Leadership & Management

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…

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has vowed to appeal the denial of a certificate of need request for a $4.8 million expansion of its emergency department, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA has filed suit against the Florida Department of Revenue challenging nearly $760,000 in interest payments the Department says it owes, according to a Miami Herald report.

Tenet Healthcare will seek damages for the cost of resisting a now-terminated takeover bid from Community Health Systems, according to a Bloomberg report. CHS withdrew its $7.3 billion offer to buy Tenet on May 10 after Tenet rejected the bid…

Boston-based Partners HealthCare System — the parent company to Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital — has posted a more than five-fold increase in its second quarter operating income, according to a Boston Globe report. The company…

Representatives from top investment banking and private equity firms predicted a strong year for healthcare and more mergers and acquisitions of healthcare organizations, according to a release by the Nashville Healthcare Council.

Approximately 50 UC San Diego Medical Center employees demonstrated in front of the hospital yesterday as part of a statewide protest over negotiations between the University of California and the labor union representing UC Health System workers, according to a…