The announcement on May 10, 2011, by the Federal Trade Commission and the State of Texas of their successful antitrust prosecution of Southwest Health Alliances, Inc. for price fixing juxtaposes against the FTC’s Accountable Care Organization workshop, held on May…
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed the state's budget plan, which includes drastic cuts to the state's Medicaid program, according to a Tallahassee Democrat report.
Federal agents are investigating physician contracts at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based North Broward Hospital District, according to a Sun Sentinel report. Agents from the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services issued the district, also known as Broward…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and the union representing service workers at CHS' McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Springfield, Ore., agreed on a new contract, according to a Register-Guard report.
HHS has released a preliminary plan for reviewing its existing rules to identify ways to reduce regulatory burdens, according to an AHA News Now report.
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A report by the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy found a minimum three-fold difference in price for every healthcare service across Massachusetts healthcare providers despite similar quality of the service, according to a DHCFP news release.
Oakland, Calif.-based SEIU's United Healthcare Workers West local has reached a tentative agreement with Tenet Healthcare Corp. over worker contracts at nine of the hospital operator's facilities in California, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.
Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada, Okla., has prevailed in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by heart surgeon Troy Norred, MD, according to an Ada Evening News report.
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., has settled a lawsuit jointly filed by 32 former patients of the now deceased George Reardon, MD, who claim the physician had molested them as children, according to an NECN news…
Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey, Mich., will be eliminating 48 positions due to a particularly difficult winter, according to a Harbor Light Newspaper.