Texas Rep. Susan King (R-Abilene) has filed a bill that would allow healthcare providers to opt out of the requirement to provide patient information to the state, according to a Reporter News report.
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Union nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center plan to sever their contract with the hospital before a strike vote next month, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
The following excerpt is from the first chapter of the book “Lean Six Sigma for Hospitals: Simple Steps to Fast, Affordable, Flawless Healthcare” (McGraw-Hill; 2011). Excerpted with permission from McGraw-Hill. Following the excerpt is a Q&A with Becker’s Hospital Review…
Here are 10 trends affecting employment and compensation in healthcare, according to various surveys, studies and news reports.
Tenet Healthcare has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit regarding the deaths of patients who were stranded at one of the company’s New Orleans hospitals in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, according to a Bloomberg report. At least 34 patients…
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Local residents are voicing their concerns about Corning (N.Y.) Hospital's move, saying the loss of the hospital will mean a negative impact on local businesses, according to a news report by The Leader.
South Carolina's Budget and Control Board has approved a $100 million bailout for the state's Department of Health and Human Services, allowing the state's financially squeezed Medicaid program to continue paying physicians and other providers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek…
The changes to the SEC rule governing continuing disclosure for tax-exempt hospitals and other municipal borrowers are now in effect. Here's a quick overview on how you may be affected and what to do about it.
Rockledge, Fla.-based three-hospital Health First will open 100-bed, $166 million Viera (Fla.) Hospital next week, according to a Florida Today report.
Illinois' Cook County Health & Hospitals System — the public hospital system for the metropolitan Chicago area — has said it plans to close Oak Forest (Ill.) Hospital and convert it into an outpatient facility, according to a Chicago Tribune…