The American Hospital Association has released a report on the economic impact of hospitals, finding 1 out of 9 jobs in the United States are supported by hospitals.
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska Pays for Two Hospitals to Participate in Improvement Programs
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska is providing money to improve patient outcomes at two hospitals in Omaha, according to a Forbes report. Creighton University Medical Center and Methodist Hospital will each receive $35,000 from the payor. The funds…
In the 15 months since its enactment, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has changed countless rules, regulations and policies within the healthcare industry. These matters are discussed every day, whether in board rooms, the pages of business publications…
Swedish/Issaquah (Wash.) Hospital is expected to create 1,000 jobs by next summer, according to an Issaquah Press news report.
As many hospitals struggle to create successful inpatient programs in an unstable healthcare environment wherein traditional hospital services are increasingly out migrated to third party facilities, the Brain and Spine Institute at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis., has…
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The new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital, which will be part of University of Michigan Health System, will add 500 new employees by the time it opens in November, according to a health system news release.
The planned three-bed Black River Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo., which uses Surgery Center of Poplar Bluff as a foundation for renovations, will quickly be expanded to 100-150 beds, according to a Daily American Republic news report.
Unite Here, a national labor union based in New York, has agreed to issue a formal apology and a $6 million settlement to Sacramento-based Sutter Health after six years of accusing the health system of using dirty linens in its…
Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System, which may be acquired by insurer Highmark under a recent proposal, saw its Standard & Poor’s credit rating move from negative to “developing” this week, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report. The proposed affiliation…
California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, part of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, is offering fewer community benefits than Mayor Ed Lee requested in exchange for approval to build a new hospital, according to a Bay Citizen report.