A North Dakota bill under consideration by the Senate Human Services Committee would provide $3.5 million in additional funding over two years to critical access hospitals in the state, according to a Devil's Lake Journal report.
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Nurses at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., are taking part in a one-day strike today in response to stalled contract negotiations, according to a Washington Post report.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems has cut 10 percent of its corporate workforce as it eliminated or shifted certain functions to its regional systems, according to a The Tennessean report.
The House approved a measure that would repeal an unpopular provision in the healthcare reform law that would force businesses to file 1099 tax-reporting forms for payments of $600 or more, according to a report by the Washington Post. All…
Cleve L. Killingsworth, the former CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, collected $8.6 million in compensation following his resignation from the insurer in March 2010, according to a Boston Globe report.
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Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing, Mich., which is owned by McLaren Health Care, will be laying off 100-150 employees to make up for a decrease in patient volumes, according to a Lansing State Journal news report.
After a successful sale of $33 million bonds that was authorized by the hospital board, West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyo., is set to begin its expansion and renovation project, according to a Powell Tribune news report.
Like a large family, hospitals are careful to spread resources and attention evenly so as not to create resentment among departments. However, one department may not be receiving the attention it deserves: the emergency department. Patient volume in EDs has…
Five former executives of Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans have been indicted for allegedly defrauding the Florida Medicaid program by producing false documents to inflate the costs of behavior health services, according to an MSNBC report. The former executives indicted are…
Straying from the “pay and chase” approach to fraud, healthcare programs are concentrating on preventing “bad actors” from fraudulently billing Medicare or Medicaid, according to a Reuters report. Peter Budetti of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said fraudsters…