The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, which leases Grady Memorial Hospital to a corporation that operates it, is calling upon to hospital's board to justify its planned closure of two community health clinics, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
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Hospital employment in the United States increased more than 0.5 percent from 4.708 million in January to 4.711 in February, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to a news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Texas Children's Hospital in Houston has opened Texas Children's Hospital West Campus in suburban Houston, according to a release by the hospital.
A leading House Republicans is targeting five provisions of the healthcare reform law for defunding, according to a report by the Hill.
The AHA and 12 other hospital and pediatric care organizations are opposing an HHS proposal to cut funding for residency programs in children's hospitals in fiscal year 2012, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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In response to pressure from the government, insurers, employers and patients over the high healthcare costs at Boston's Children's Hospital, hospital leaders have successfully managed to cut $90 million in the past year and a half, according to a Boston…
Healthcare costs in Northern California soar above those in Southern California, mainly because of the consolidated hospital market dominated by Sutter Health, according to a LA Times news report.
President Obama has allowed states some flexibility by allowing them to create alternative reforms to the insurance mandate, but proponents of healthcare reform are saying alternative reforms may never emerge, according to a news report by The Hill.
The article below is reprinted with permission from The Capital Issue, a quarterly newsletter published by Lancaster Pollard.The end of 2010 saw the expiration of a number of options for hospitals seeking financing for capital projects. These temporary measures stemmed…
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch called for a moratorium on hospital expansions and criticized the high salaries of healthcare executives in a Feb. 15 budget speech, according to a Union Leader report.