The Massachusetts Nurses Association has asked a federal mediator to assist in contract negotiations between Quincy (Mass.) Medical Center and its nursing staff, after the two parties failed to reach a new contract agreement at the end of February, according…
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A coalition of 1,100 Tennessee physicians representing 25 medical practices is currently pushing for legislation that would remove certificate of need requirements for equipment purchases or the addition of new service lines by healthcare providers in the state, according to…
A recent report by the Washington Post suggests that the recession alleviated a nursing provider shortage, at least for hospitals in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
A recent study by the Government Accountability Office offers five key strategies to reduce fraud and waste in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The study outlines various GAO recommendations and provisions in recently enacted laws to carry out these strategies.
CMS has issued an interim final rule on how it will determine resident cap reductions for teaching hospitals that are members of a Medicare graduate medical education affiliated group, according to an AHA News Now report.
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A federal appeals panel has upheld a smoking ban at 139-bed ACMH Hospital in Kittanning, Pa., disagreeing with an arbitrator’s decision striking down the ban, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. United Steelworkers Local 158-06, representing clerks, nurse…
Emergency departments limited to elderly patients have opened at a few hospitals nationwide in the past three years, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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.
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.