Bonner Investments is suing its former renter, Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, Wash., claiming a breach of contract after the hospital allegedly dismantled part of the facility to limit future competition, according to a Peninsula Daily News report. …
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The Office of Civil Rights is offering HIPAA enforcement training sessions for States Attorneys General, aiming to aid them in investigating and seeking damages for HIPAA violations within their states, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.…
As cancer prevalence continues to rise in the U.S., demand increases for highly coordinated oncology networks that provide the best possible patient care closest to home. A Kurt Salmon study conducted in the fall of 2010 found that all regional…
As the health reform law now stands, American hospitals must trim $155 billion in waste over the next decade. But how will that happen? Job freezes and layoffs are no longer viable solutions. Asking staff to do more with less…
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, which closed last year due to financial troubles, will reopen as a 24/7 emergency and ambulatory surgery center, according to a New York Times report.
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The West Virginia Legislature has approved a temporary provider tax for acute-care hospitals in the state, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Meridian, Miss.-based Rush Health System has opened the new, 25-bed John C. Stennis Memorial Hospital has opened in DeKalb, Miss., according to a WREG report.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives has approved legislation that would levy a 2 percent assessment on hospital's net patient revenues, which will be used to increase funds to the state's Medicaid program, according to a report by The Oklahoman.
St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers has agreed to a historic partnership with the North Shore-LIJ Health System and real estate developers to build a state-of-the-art medical complex as part of a proposed redevelopment project in Greenwich Village, according to a…
NorthShore University HealthSystem Foundation has received a $5 million gift to establish The John and Carol Walter Center for Urologic Health, a state-of-the-art center for urologic care and advanced research, according to a NorthShore news release. The center will be…