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.
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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.
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UCLA Health System CEO David Feinberg, MD, attributes the health system's successful operations to prioritizing patients and paying special attention to the healing process, according to an LA Times news report.
Thirty-two nurses at Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital in Ely, Minn., rejected the hospital's final contract offer and authorized a strike, according to a Minnesota Nurses Association news release.
Hendersonville, N.C.-based Park Ridge Health has sent a letter to Gov. Beverly Perdue urging the state to protect competition against Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System as part of the health system's Certificate of Public Advantage agreement with the state, according…
The Oregon House has reached an impasse on a proposed a health insurance exchange bill due to divided opinions on whether the exchange should be allowed to negotiate for lower rates with health insurers, according to a BusinessWeek news report.
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded HCA Holdings' stock from a junk-level to a B1 rating, four steps below investment grade, according to a Wall Street Journal report.