Plans by the Cook County Health & Hospitals System to close its Oak Forest (Ill.) Hospital and convert it to an outpatient facility may be hindered by a report issued yesterday, findings its closure could hurt access to care for…
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Nurses at Tufts Medical Center in Boston have authorized a strike for May 6, according to a Tufts Daily report.
Peggy Troy, president and CEO of Children's Hospital and Health System in Milwaukee, Wis., and Susan Edward, president and CEO of ProHealth Care in Waukesha, Wis., both stressed the need to change incentives that currently reward hospitals and physicians for…
The registered nurses of St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., will hold a one-day strike for patient safety on May 6, as contract talks continue to stall over staffing levels at the hospital, according to a news release.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., will pay $2.2 million to settle allegations that it improperly billed various federal health programs, according to a Boston Globe report. Federal prosecutors say the case began in 2007 when a physician accused the…
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Non-profit hospitals like my own now face a more skeptical regulatory environment, challenging whether we give back enough to our communities to justify our tax-free status. While some of the criticisms of non-profits have been unfair, this is basically a…
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011, with net income attributable to the company up 18.3 percent, from $46.9 million in the first quarter of 2010 to $55.5 million for…
The Oklahoma Senate has approved legislation that would levy at 2.5 percent fee on the net revenues of 77 Oklahoma hospitals in order to generate additional federal matching funds for the state's Medicaid program, according to a Forbes report.
The United States Department of Agriculture has announced $234 million in loans and grants for 135 rural development projects across the U.S., including a number of grants and loans to rural hospitals and hospital districts.
Many current healthcare initiatives seem to necessitate a generous capital outlay — electronic medical records, physician recruitment and retention and the development of new care models, to name a few. To keep up with the changing times, health system CEOs…