Overall hospital prices rose 0.2 percent in April compared to March, representing a 1.5 percent increase since April 2010, according to a Healthcare Financial Management Association report of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index.
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Defining your hospital's 'mission, vision and values' can boost employee engagement, encourage participation in hospital initiatives and send a clear message to the community about your direction. Unfortunately, many hospital executives fail to make these concepts part of hospital operations,…
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.
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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…