The GOP-controlled House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee approved legislation to defund health insurance exchanges, according to a report by AHA News Now.
Leadership & Management
Three hospital leaders discuss how their hospitals embraced transparency and data distribution to improve finances, satisfaction and clinical outcomes at their facilities.
A gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a transgender patient against Oregon State Hospital in Salem, Ore., has been put on hold but may be put to rest because the patient will be discharged from the hospital's psychiatric facility soon, according…
Gregory Sullivan, Massachusetts inspector general, has expressed dismay at recent data showing high numbers of patients from New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island coming to Massachusetts for free medical care, according to a Boston Herald news report.
Employee development — encouraging staff members to pursue promotions, further degrees, credentialing or personal improvement in areas of weakness — is essential for building a hospital of engaged, motivated colleagues. Eric Barber, CEO of Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville,…
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A proposed Alabama bill would allow appeals of certificate of need decisions to go directly to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals instead of going to Circuit Court first, according to a Birmingham News report.
William Roe, former CFO of Danbury (Conn.) Hospital has returned to jail after violating probation and will remain there until sentencing on May 20 for charges he defrauded the hospital of roughly $140,000 and other crimes, according to a News…
Louisiana will distribute $83 million to 27 private hospitals that care for needy patients through its Low-Income and Needy Care Collaboration Program, a program approved by CMS last November, according to a news release by Gov. Bobby Jindal.
The American Hospital Association has outlined its advocacy priorities for 2011 around 14 key areas and has released issue papers on each key area, which will be used to explain hospitals' concerns to legislators, according to an AHA News Now…
Pressures on reimbursement and requirements through healthcare reform seem to demand a new model of care — one that takes down walls between providers and contains costs by eliminating redundancy and waste. In a webinar sponsored by healthcare management and…