The healthcare industry seems to be bucking a national trend of declining unionization. Some workers apparently find union membership more attractive when they are concerned about job security or working conditions, two issues that emerged in the recent economic downturn…
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CMS recently issued final rules for its value-based purchasing program for hospitals. Beginning in fiscal year 2013, which starts on Oct. 1, 2012, CMS will offer hospitals an incentive payment for achievement or improvement in 13 key measures. Here Susan…
Standard & Poor's held a conference call earlier this month to go over a report published on May 17 entitled The Appeal Of Alternative Financing Is Not Without Risk For Municipal Issuers. This report is a good reminder that bank…
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…
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.
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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.
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.