Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida will open the new West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami on April 27, according to a news release by the health system.
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A report by the American Hospital Association suggests that hospital costs are declining as part of the total cost of healthcare in the United States, down from 42.7 percent of costs in 1980 to 32.6 percent of costs in 2009.
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a likely GOP presidential candidate, told a Republican meeting that consumers should take on more healthcare costs to tamp down medical inflation, according to a report by the Hill.
A decrease in demand for outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and physician office visits spurred a 20 percent drop in net income for not-for-profit Novant Health in 2010, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.
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While electronic health records have been widely recognized and implemented throughout hospitals, electronic credentialing receives little attention, although it can also drive efficiencies and savings — potentially millions — in hospitals.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enacts a number of new requirements for non-profit hospitals under section 501(r) of IRS code. The new provisions require 501 (3)(c) hospitals to:
BACK Center, an orthopedic surgeon group in Melbourne, Fla., and its medical director Richard Hynes, MD, are suing Osler Medical in Melbourne for failing to comply in an agreement, according to a Florida Today news report.
A breast cancer surgeon and researcher at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center in Albuquerque has sued the university, alleging she was fired after reporting patients were receiving substandard care, according to a KRQE News 13 report. The…
Stamford (Conn.) Hospital is seeking an injunction to end UnitedHealthcare's plan to halt payment for services provided at the facility starting next month, according to a Stamford Advocate report.