Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has passed a new law that allows physicians to express sympathy to patients and families without fear of a malpractice lawsuit, according to an MLive news report.
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CDC has released its "Research to Practice: Building Our Understanding," which is a series of reports focused on health communication with various audiences and marketing practices to guide communities with the implementation of policy, systems and environmental change strategies to…
Rapid growth in hospital markups for uninsured patients at for-profit hospitals is driving up medical bills across the country, drawing criticism as low-income patients land bills they struggle to pay, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
Legislative researchers say Kansas Medicaid caseload costs between now and June 30, 2012, could cost taxpayers $10 million more than projected six months ago, according to a report by the Kansas Reporter.
A strategic plan to convert south suburban Chicago’s struggling Oak Forest (Ill.) Hospital into a regional outpatient health center has been met with opposition from the community, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. The 213-bed hospital is part of Cook…
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At the core: Continuous process improvement Managed Print Services is no longer a buzz phrase or a short-term trend in healthcare. The reality is that hospitals today are spending an even higher portion of their annual budgets on printing and…
A new report by Moody's Investors Service found that non-profit hospitals in the U.S. experienced the lowest revenue growth in more than a decade and flat admissions during 2010, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
CMS has issued a proposed rule to reduce average inpatient payments for hospitals by 0.55 percent for fiscal year 2012, prompting criticism from the AHA, according to a report by AHA News Now. The overall reduction is due to a…
Community Health Systems has filed a motion today to dismiss what it calls a “baseless” lawsuit brought on by Tenet Healthcare, according to a CHS news release. Tenet filed a federal lawsuit last week, claiming CHS has systematically overbilled Medicare…
Twenty-three hospitals filed a motion today in Detroit’s Federal District Court asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by the city of Pontiac against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to a Detroit Free Press report.…