Leadership & Management

Miami-Dade County's Jackson Health is preparing labor negotiations with Jackson's four labor unions as contracts with the unions will expire on Sept. 30, according to a Miami Herald report.

An accounting firm is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, Calif., claiming that the firm helped cover up alleged improper payments to physicians and filed false claims to Medicare, according to a…

WellPoint will begin tying hospital reimbursement increases to quality measurements through its Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in 14 states, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.

Detroit Medical Center's Harper University Hospital will start a project to improve its operating rooms in November, beginning with infrastructure expansions and then looking to improve efficiencies with lean management techniques, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Overall hospital prices rose 0.2 percent in April compared to March, representing a 1.5 percent increase since April 2010, according to a Healthcare Financial Management Association report of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index.

Defining your hospital's 'mission, vision and values' can boost employee engagement, encourage participation in hospital initiatives and send a clear message to the community about your direction. Unfortunately, many hospital executives fail to make these concepts part of hospital operations,…

The Nevada State Medical Association has sent a letter to Gov. Brian Sandoval and 63 lawmakers, saying that 15 percent cuts to Medicaid reimbursements will hurt access to patient care for Nevada residents, according to a Nevada News Bureau report.

The Illinois Hospital Association is promoting a plan that would delay Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals in an attempt to stave off a $463 million proposed cut in next year's Medicaid payments to hospitals, according to a Northwest Herald report.

Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, Calif., opened and began treating patients yesterday, according to a release by the hospital.

The Oklahoma House has approved a bill approved by the Senate last month to assess a 2.5 percent fee on hospitals' net revenues in order to generate additional federal matching funds for the state's Medicaid program, according to a Bloomberg…