The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled against Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., finding it intentionally disregarded its own records in refusing to pay disability compensation to a nurse who injured her back while transferring a patient, according to…
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Cook County (Ill.) Health and Hospital System CFO Michael Ayres says the financially-troubled system is having a difficult time filling patient billing jobs, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report. The staffing problem is one of several that could trigger a…
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System has entered into a clinical collaboration with Walgreens' Take Care Clinics' four locations in the New Orleans area, according to a Take Care Health System news release.
A draft audit issued by CMS has identified irregularities in how local New Mexico governments and eight hospitals in the state generated money used to obtain federal matching funds as part of CMS' Sole Community Provider fund program during 2009,…
The Franciscan Alliance, a multi-state Catholic health system based in, Mishawaka, Ind., has acquired the Surgical Hospital of Munster (Ind.) to serve as an ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from the Munster Times.
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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.
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…