Leadership & Management
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.
A recent survey by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy suggests that healthcare fundraising showed signs of recovery from recession lows, according to an AHP release.
A report by the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania found that hospitals in the state provided more than 585,000 hospital and hospital service-related jobs and $98.9 billion to the state's economy in 2010, according to an HAP news release.
Nurses at Tufts Medical Center in Boston are scheduled to vote Thursday to authorize a one-day strike, according to a Boston Globe report.
In what may be seen as a low blow, Tenet Healthcare has used a new tactic to try and fend off a hostile takeover by Community Health Systems. Brentwood, Tenn.-based CHS filed an unsolicited bid to purchase Dallas-based Tenet last…