After nearly three years of construction, John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, Calif., will be opening its new $612 million patient care tower on April 10, according to a Contra Costa Times news report.
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CMS will no longer enforce a policy that was set to take place last week, requiring a physician or other practitioner’s signature on requisitions for clinical laboratory tests in 2011, according to an AHA News report. The policy was set…
Rex Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., has agreed to pay the federal government $1.9 million to settle Medicare fraud charges resulting from a whistleblower lawsuit, according to a news release from Phillips & Cohen LLP. The whistleblower suit alleged a…
Sabra Health Care REIT entered into an agreement to purchase Texas Regional Medical Center of Sunnyvale's real estate, according to a Sabra news release.
New York State, not hospitals, will pay medical bills for newborns who suffer brain injuries during birth, according to a Times-Union report.
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Hospitals across the country added 10,200 jobs in March, up from approximately 4.72 million in February to approximately 4.73 million, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
Effective April 1, CMS is requiring home health and hospice care eligibility for Medicare patients be authorized by a provider in a face-to-face patient encounter, according to an AHA News Now report.
Belleville, Ill.-based Memorial Hospital has unveiled plans to build a new, $118 million, 94-bed hospital in Shiloh, Ill., according to a Belleville News Democrat report.
Keokuk (Iowa) Area Hospital will focus on leaner operations after failing to find a partner for an affiliation, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
After serving its local community for 75 years, Franciscan Skemp Hospital in Arcadia, Wis., will be closing its doors due to underutilization of the facility, according to a local WKBT news report.