Reno county commissioners may dissolve University Medical Center’s ties with the University of Nevada medical school unless the new university dean takes residency in Las Vegas, according to a Las Vegas Sun report. Clark County commissioners are frustrated over what…
Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First has partnered with Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours to expand pediatric care, according to a Health First news release.
A recent white paper by The Beryl Institute and Revenue Cycle Partners has found revenue cycle processes can have a significant impact on patient experience.
Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Ron Kind (D- WI) have introduced a bill that would allow critical access hospitals to continue to include the full cost of provider taxes as allowable costs for purposes of determining Medicare reimbursement, according to…
Kansas City, Mo.-based St. Luke's Health System will open its new Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Mo., next Tuesday, according to a news release by the health system.
Richard Lopes, MD, former president of WellStar Medical Group, claims interim CEO Jim Budzinski fired him to prevent him from revealing alleged billing and revenue violations, according to a Marietta Daily Journal report.
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital employees are planning to protest outside Rabobank headquarters in response to what they call a "questionable financial relationship" between the hospital, the prominent local bank and the bank's president, according to a Monterey Herald report.
As more people choose high-deductible health insurance or drop coverage altogether, hospitals are under pressure to improve their collection efforts with patients, says Jim Bohnsack, vice president of the healthcare group at TransUnion, the credit-reporting agency.
Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, N.Y., has fired neurosurgeon William A. Stewart, MD, claiming he refused to cooperate in an investigation, but Dr. Stewart says he was terminated for whistleblowing, according to a Post-Standard report. Dr. Stewart, who has been…
USC University Hospital in Los Angeles has re-opened its kidney transplant system after a physician accidentally transplanted a kidney into the wrong patient on Jan. 29, according to a Los Angeles Times report. The hospital has attributed the error to…
