The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that public hospitals and community health centers cannot sue drug manufacturers over alleged overcharging for prescription medications.
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A recent report by the Connecticut Hospital Association found that hospitals in the state contribute $17.6 billion to the economy each year.
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.
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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…
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.