Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health plans to submit a certificate of need application to develop a new hospital in Holly Springs, N.C., according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.
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Two GOP representatives have introduced separate bills to repeal the ban on physician-owned hospitals in the healthcare reform law, according to a report by AHA News Now.
Surgery Center of Fairfield County, a four-OR facility with one procedure room in Bridgeport, Conn., hosts nine different specialties: GI, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic, pain, plastic, podiatry and urology. Faith Kycia, administrator of the center, identifies eight challenges and…
CMS is seeing progress toward its goal of cutting the Medicare fee-for-service error rate in half by 2012, according to a CMS official's testimony before Congress.
One month after Kenneth Graham, former CEO of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., was ousted by the board of directors without cause, criticism of the ouster continues and the hospital foundation's fundraising efforts seem threatened, according to a…
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The following six lawsuits involving executives were reported within the past month, beginning with the most recent. 1. 5 Former Executives of Tampa’s WellCare Health Charged for Medicaid FraudFive former executives of Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans have been indicted for…
SSM Orthopedics in St. Louis has acquired 14 private practice physicians, according to a STLtoday news report.
The core issue behind healthcare reform is really “entitlement reform,” according to Boston University professor Laurence Kotlikoff, who believes the country needs to start from scratch with healthcare reform, according to an interview with Yahoo Finance. The economics professor said…
Mark Samples, president of Prime Healthcare Properties in Huntsville, Ala., lists five frequently asked questions about ambulatory surgery center development and provides the answers.
Mark Samples, president of Prime Healthcare Properties, a development firm in Huntsville, Ala., identifies five significant ambulatory surgery center development mistakes.