Results from a study suggest pay-for-performance hospital programs may need to be tailored to the specific healthcare organization in order to yield the greatest effect on healthcare quality, according to an article published in Health Affairs.
Leadership & Management
The trial between the Foundation for Seacoast Health and Hospital Corporation of America began yesterday, as both parties contend for control of Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital, according to a Seacoast Online report. Portsmouth Regional is currently owned and operated by…
A federal judge has approved a class-action settlement involving St. Vincent Indianapolis and the method it used to collect overdue payments, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report. Plaintiff Michael Sargent sued the hospital in Oct. 2008, claiming the hospital…
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…
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…
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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.
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…