Fargo, N.D.-based Sanford Health and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health will each be hiring 300-350 employees this year, according to a Grand Forks Herald news report.
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Here are 13 legal issues affecting hospitals and health systems in 2011. 1) Lawsuits against the mandate to buy health insurance. Since Congress is unlikely to repeal healthcare reform in the face of President Obama's veto, any repeal in the…
Kevin Haeberle, senior vice president and senior advisor at Integrated Healthcare Strategies, identifies five characteristics of an engaged hospital workforce.
Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Hospital and Englewood (N.J.) Hospital and Medical Center have gone to court to fight the reopening of Westwood, N.J.-based Pascack Valley Hospital, according to a Record report.
UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh saved 336 inpatient days on elective spine surgery patients in 2010 through patient- and family-centered interventions, according to a report in Health Affairs.
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Medline Industries, a medical supply firm based in Mundelein, Ill., has agreed to pay $85 million to the federal government to settle claims about illegal kickbacks to hospitals, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Sean Mason, a former Medline employee,…
Healthcare executives from the New York area have been named in a government corruption case involving a state senator and assemblyman, according to a Crain’s New York Business report. The lawsuit alleges that New York Senator Carl Kruger and Assemblyman…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Presbyterian Healthcare is set to begin construction later this year on a new, $90 million hospital near Mint Hill, N.C., according to a Charlotte Observer report.
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Ill., is scheduled to move into a new, $50 million facility on March 24, according to a Pantagraph report.
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association is asking Governor Jan Brewer to consider legislation that would impose a provider tax on hospitals and other healthcare providers to ease cuts to the state's Medicaid program, according to a Phoenix Business Journal…