Registered nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., have voted and ratified a new three-year contract with the hospital, under which patient ratios would be reduced to four to five patients per nurse during day and evening shifts and…
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Saying it opposes further cuts in Medicare and Medicaid payments, the AHA proposed alternative measures to cut federal healthcare spending and add revenue, according to an AHA Action Alert to hospitals.
Jackson Health System, based in Miami, has cut 189 jobs in efforts to save money and reduce its debts, according to a Miami Herald news report.
Two New Jersey hospitals are going to the State Supreme Court to fight the reopening of Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, according to a report from The Record. The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and Englewood Hospital and Medical Center are…
Two physicians are suing the partnership that owns a hospital within the Houston-based St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System over a buy-back offer that would clear the hospital of its physician investors, according to a Houston Chronicle report. Approximately 100 physicians…
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After the state Health Facilities and Services Review Board denied Illinois’ Cook County from transforming its Oak Forest (Ill.) Hospital into an outpatient clinic, officials are now trying to make the hospital exempt from the board’s further review, according to…
Rick Pollack, executive vice president of advocacy and public policy for the American Hospital Association addressed attendees at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in Chicago on Friday about current legislative priorities in Washington D.C., and how hospitals and other…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems announced it has received a subpoena from the Security and Exchange Commission regarding its admission practices, according to a Nashville Post report.
HCA has launched a new business services subsidiary that will provide non-HCA hospitals assistance in supply chain management, contract staffing, revenue cycle management and group purchasing, according to a report by the Tennessean.
Closures of emergency departments are linked to low margins, safety-net issues and for-profit status, as well as location in high-poverty areas and competitive markets, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.