The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association and more than 80 of its member hospitals have settled a class action lawsuit alleging the hospitals fixed the pay of temporary nurses hired through per diem agencies for $22.5 million, according to a…
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A California Superior Court judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit that was filed to halt construction of Sutter Health's planned $284 million hospitals just north of Santa Rosa, Calif., according to a North Bay Business Journal news report.
A legislative committee that is responsible for Louisiana's annual construction budget has stripped $900 million in borrowing authority that had previously been committed to a planned $1.2 billion public hospital in New Orleans, according to a KLFY news report.
Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital had a surplus of $66.6 million at the end of fiscal year 2009-2010, compared to $136.8 million in fiscal year 2006-2007, according to a Sunday News report.
Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center recently broke ground on a construction project that could generate up to 1,000 new permanent jobs, according to a hospital news release.
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Two physician-owned hospitals within the Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health System will likely seek nonprofit status soon, according to a Desert Sun report. IU West in Avon is 20 percent physician-owned and IU North in Carmel is 40 percent owned by…
A range of variables feed into operating room efficiency, such as nursing, staffing, time distribution and supplies — just to name a few. Surgical staff, hospital administrators and physicians play different roles in each piece, which can often result in…
Along with hopes of higher quality care and lowered costs, healthcare reform legislation has presented new regulations for healthcare organizations. The new regulation, in addition to previously established rules, can cause significant burdens for hospital CEOs. Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical…
Here are 10 states with the highest employment of healthcare workers in 2009, according to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Healthcare employment includes several occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Standard Occupational Classification System, including medical and…
The newly built Virtua Voorhees (N.J.) Hospital is now open to the public, according to a hospital news release.