The baby boomer generation started turning 65 years old this January, which means an expected 2.8 million boomers will qualify for Medicare in 2011 alone. Hospitals must remain on guard for the implications stemming from an exploding baby boomer population.…
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The AHA’s Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence initiative has released a 50-page guide to help hospitals reduce inappropriate variation in healthcare, according to an AHA report. The guide, titled Health Care Leader Action Guide: Understanding and Managing Variation, includes practical…
Moody's Investors Service has issued a negative outlook for non-profit healthcare services over the next 12-18 months, with hospitals experiencing falling revenues as federal stimulus funding ends in June and payment transitions away from fee-for-service models, according to a Healthcare…
Universal Health Services' CFO Steve Filton told attendees at a UBS healthcare conference that acute-care performance for the hospital operator remains "muted," according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Swedish Medical Center in Seattle will open a stand-alone emergency department in Everett, Wash., next week, according to a news release by the hospital.
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Larry D. Taylor is president and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare. Q: What are some of the steps a management and development company can take to facilitate change in a struggling ambulatory surgery center (that the current physician-owners…
The Committee on Research of the American Hospital Association has identified five strategic issues for hospitals through 2015: efficiency, new payment models, bending costs curves, care coordination and quality improvement for better health outcomes, according to an AHA report. The…
Vanguard Health Systems' — which acquired Detroit Medical Center on Jan. 1 — reported a revenue increase of 14.3 percent to $960.6 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010, compared to the same quarter the year prior, according to…
Saratoga Hospital in Sarasota Springs, N.Y., and Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center jointly filed a certificate of need application with the New York Department of Health seeking approval to develop an urgent care center in Malta, N.Y., according to a Saratoga…
Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital in East St. Louis, Ill., will cease all inpatient operations this summer, though its emergency services will remain open, according to a Belleville News Democrat report.