Hospital trade groups tore into the House GOP's proposed budget resolution for FY 2012, focusing their ire on $155 billion in proposed Medicare cuts over the next 10 years.
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National healthcare reform will help 1.3 million Illinois residents obtain health insurance and increase state government healthcare spending by about 10 percent when it is fully implemented in 2016, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Creative cost-cutting is more than alliteration. It can bolster an organization’s bottom line, enhance engagement and increase operational efficiency. Thriftiness is not unique to any business, but hospitals face a particularly pressing question: how do they save costs while preserving…
Former employees of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Parkersburg, W. Va., have filed a class-action lawsuit against its former parent company, Houston-based Signature Hospitals, alleging the system failed to pay them for accrued sick leave following the hospital’s acquisition by West…
Partnerships between U.S. and foreign hospitals and medical schools are nothing new to the healthcare industry; however, most current partnerships are aimed at expanding education and research opportunities and do not include more formal service line joint ventures or operating…
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A Nevada state probe has been launched to determine whether cardiologists of University Medical Center in Las Vegas improperly accepted consulting fees from Biotronik, a pacemaker manufacturer, according to a Las Vegas Sun report. The New York Times recently published…
Here are the top 10 challenges facing healthcare workers, according to Chicago-based Career Builder's Turnoverx: How to Cure the Retention Problems Ailing Your Health Care Organization. The top 10 challenges are based on the top responses to the question, "What…
Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have reintroduced a bill to abolish the Independent Payment Advisory Board, according to a release by Sen. Hatch.
The American Hospital Association has sent a letter to CMS urging it to correct errors in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System regarding its rural floor budget-neutrality adjustment, according to an AHA New Now news release.
The Washington state House of Representatives has released its two-year budget, which includes $250 million in Medicaid reimbursement cuts to hospitals in the state as well as an estimated $75 million in cuts for ER visits, according to a release…