Regional Medical Center at Memphis (Tenn.) has proposed a 2012 budget that includes $20 million for capital improvements of the current facility and $40 million for construction of a replacement hospital, according to a Commercial Appeal report.
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Marin County has partnered with Marin General Hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., Prima Medical Foundation and Marin Community Clinics to continue its full service OB/GYN program for patients without private insurance, according to a hospital news release.
The American Hospital Association is urging CMS to include additional patient characteristics — including race and limited English proficiency — to the risk-adjustment methodology for its hospital readmission program, according to a letter written to the agency.
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H., received a certificate of need to renovate the main hospital facility, according to a hospital news release.
Federal prosecutors have declined to intervene in the portion of a qui tam lawsuit that names specific Tennessee hospitals as participants in falsifying medical reports made by a physician, according to a Jackson Sun report. The suit was filed by…
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Voters in California's Mountain Community Medical Services District have supported a parcel tax used to fund Trinity Hospital in Weaverville, Calif., according to a Record Searchlight report.
Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group and Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens have partnered to launch a program that will coordinate clinical interventions by pharmacists and share information from the interventions with NMPG primary care providers, according to a Walgreens news release.
California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, an affiliate of Sutter Health, has slammed San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, saying his office asked the hospital to contribute $108 million for community improvements as part of gaining approval for the hospital…
A federal judge has denied a request from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to dismiss a suit filed by federal and state governments, alleging the payor’s use of certain hospital contracts stifles competition, according to a Detroit News report.…
In efforts to improve the quality of nighttime or weekend healthcare, hospitals are increasingly hiring "nocturnists," experienced physicians who work overnight and provide patient care outside the emergency department, according to a Washington Post news report.