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…
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At the core: Continuous process improvement Managed Print Services is no longer a buzz phrase or a short-term trend in healthcare. The reality is that hospitals today are spending an even higher portion of their annual budgets on printing and…
A new report by Moody's Investors Service found that non-profit hospitals in the U.S. experienced the lowest revenue growth in more than a decade and flat admissions during 2010, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
CMS has issued a proposed rule to reduce average inpatient payments for hospitals by 0.55 percent for fiscal year 2012, prompting criticism from the AHA, according to a report by AHA News Now. The overall reduction is due to a…
Community Health Systems has filed a motion today to dismiss what it calls a “baseless” lawsuit brought on by Tenet Healthcare, according to a CHS news release. Tenet filed a federal lawsuit last week, claiming CHS has systematically overbilled Medicare…
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Twenty-three hospitals filed a motion today in Detroit’s Federal District Court asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by the city of Pontiac against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to a Detroit Free Press report.…
Here are 10 recent lawsuits or settlements involving hospitals, beginning with the most recent. 1. California Accuses Sutter Health of Overbilling More Than $100M for AnesthesiaCalifornia Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones filed to intervene in a whistleblower suit accusing Sacramento, Calif.-based…
Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ohio Valley Health Services and Education Corp. has reported earnings of $2.88 million in the first quarter compared to a loss of $803,000 in the same period in 2010, according to an Intelligencer report.
Rural hospitals face challenges involving limited finances and workforce under the implementation of the healthcare reform law, according to a new AHA Trendwatch report. These hospitals provide high-quality care while tackling the challenges due of their location, small size, limited…
As the Florida House and Senate put the final touches on bills that would convert Medicaid to HMOs, hospitals in the state are considering taking on insurance risk themselves rather than giving it to HMOs, according to a report in…