More than a week after ground broke for the new $1.2 billion University Medical Center in New Orleans, state lawmakers are voicing concerns that the hospital’s cost may be unsustainable, according to a Forbes report. A report by the Illinois-based…
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Almost every week we can find announcements of new emergency department building or rebuilding projects planned or completed somewhere in the country. While there are no official construction statistics available on just how many ED facilities are remodeled, expanded or…
Boston-based Steward Health Care System has finalized its acquisition of Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill, Mass., and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer, Mass., according to a Boston Globe report.
A hospital fee included in the Indiana state budget is expected to generate $100 million in federal funds to hospitals in the state, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.
Miami-Dade County Commissioners will soon consider two separate plans to remedy the management problems surrounding public Jackson Health System, according to a Miami Herald report.
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1. In February, Innovative Resources Group — doing business as APS Healthcare Midwest of White Plains, N.Y. — agreed to pay $13 million to the federal government and the state of Georgia to settle allegations that it submitted false claims…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a final rule for its Hospital Inpatient Value-Based Purchasing program, which allots incentive payments to hospitals based on their performance on certain quality measures, rather than simply reporting data, starting in…
A judge is expected to rule this week whether Lacy Thomas, former CEO of Las Vegas’ University Medical Center, will again stand trial on allegations that he steered $10 million in no-bid contracts and sweetheart deals to his friends in…
The office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Education is proposing a "mystery shopper" approach to evaluate primary care physicians, according to an AAPC release.
A planned nursing strike at Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital scheduled for yesterday was called off after the nurses' union reached a tentative agreement with the hospital, according to a Times-Tribune report.