We are entering the age of the informed healthcare consumer: While hospitals promote internal transparency to keep employees aware of strategic decisions and financial hurdles, government and commercial resources are expanding the breadth of information available to patients. The availability…
Leadership & Management
Hospitals looking to replace their executives can benefit from considering internal candidates, who know the organization well and have already established connections to leaders and staff. Here Ralph DiPisa, partner of executive healthcare recruiter Phillips DiPisa, discusses strategies for targeting…
A report by the Congressional Budget Office indicates that House Republicans' proposed FY 2012 budget could lead to rationing, according to a report by NPR.
While Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, Calif., will receive a $10 million county loan, Contra Costa County supervisors warned the safety-net hospital that it can’t expect regular cash infusion and must get its finances in order, according to a…
Las Vegas' University Medical Center Threatens to Cut Ties With Medical School Over Dean's Residency
Reno county commissioners may dissolve University Medical Center’s ties with the University of Nevada medical school unless the new university dean takes residency in Las Vegas, according to a Las Vegas Sun report. Clark County commissioners are frustrated over what…
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Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First has partnered with Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours to expand pediatric care, according to a Health First news release.
A recent white paper by The Beryl Institute and Revenue Cycle Partners has found revenue cycle processes can have a significant impact on patient experience.
Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Ron Kind (D- WI) have introduced a bill that would allow critical access hospitals to continue to include the full cost of provider taxes as allowable costs for purposes of determining Medicare reimbursement, according to…
Kansas City, Mo.-based St. Luke's Health System will open its new Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Mo., next Tuesday, according to a news release by the health system.
Richard Lopes, MD, former president of WellStar Medical Group, claims interim CEO Jim Budzinski fired him to prevent him from revealing alleged billing and revenue violations, according to a Marietta Daily Journal report.