A recent report by the Connecticut Hospital Association found that hospitals in the state contribute $17.6 billion to the economy each year.
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Public data on patient outcomes in Veterans Affairs hospitals has motivated hospitals with poor results to make changes, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
CMS' new Value-Based Purchasing program will move a small but significant portion of hospital payments to a new pay-for performance system that begins in October 2012, according to John T. Kelly, MD, managing director of Huron Healthcare, part of Huron…
Self-funded health plans, which have been long used by large employers to control healthcare costs, are increasingly being considered by small- to mid-sized businesses, according to a recent report by United Benefit Advisors.
Memorial Health System in Springfield, Ill., embarked on a journey several years ago to improve its employee engagement. In a 2004 survey of employees at Memorial Medical Center (the health system’s flagship hospital), employee engagement scored in the 30th percentile…
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Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health announced it earned an income from day-to-day operations of $685 million in 2010, up from $471 million in 2009, according to a Sutter Health news release.
Miami’s struggling Jackson Health System has received a detailed turnaround plan from a Chicago consulting group that believes the system can be saved without massive labor cuts, according to a Miami Herald report. Executives from The Sibery Group proposed six…
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is pushing for a 5.5 percent tax on non-profit hospitals to increase federal matching funds for the state's Medicaid program, but a number of hospitals argue they would not recoup the projected $266.6 million they…
Despite studies showing the cost-effectiveness of palliative care, insurers typically don’t reimburse hospitals for it, except for doctor visits and care related to hospice, according to a report by the Washington Post.
A new study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative and published in Medical Care reveals hospitals with higher staffing levels in both intensive care units and non-intensive care units improve patient outcomes, according to…