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.
Leadership & Management
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…
Two large hospitals in Reno, Nev., saw a combined loss of more than $68 million for the 2010 year, according to a Northern Nevada Business Weekly report. Renown Regional Medical Center lost $24.1 million and Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center…
Federal agencies are now closely coordinating an investigation into Community Health Systems’ billing practices, according to a Reuters report. The Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and…
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After being faced with allegations of substandard care, an internal review has showed no evidence of substandard care by the chief of surgery at University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, according to an Albuquerque Journal report. Breast cancer surgeon…
Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua plans to open a replacement hospital for its facility in Voorhees, N.J., on May 22, according to the health system.
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Healthcare has broken ground on a new campus in Hillsborough, N.C., according to a Chapel Hill News report.
Stephen Mansfield, PhD, FACHE, president and CEO of Methodist Health System in Dallas, discusses his outlook on healthcare for the next several years, including the need to improve access, the process of integrating independent physicians and the American expectations that…
Orthopaedic Surgical Center of the North Shore, founded by the orthopedic surgeons of Sports Medicine North in Peabody, Mass., bills itself as the largest and most successful orthopedic group in New England. John Powell, CEO of this ambulatory surgery center,…