HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is warning that Republican efforts to defund the healthcare reform law could end up halting all payments to Medicare Advantage plans, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
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Philadelphia-based Aria Health hopes to build a new hospital and medical complex in Lower Makefield, Pa., near the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border, according to a report by The Intelligencer.
The last three years of turbulent market activity and volatility across all business sectors has left the bond market off track and has led to numerous rating downgrades. According to Moody’s, in 2010 downgrades again exceeded upgrades for U.S. not-for-profit…
The Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Brown Mills, N.J., has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Virtua Health, specific members of the health systems and three cardiology physician groups, according to a Philadelphia Business…
Karen Howey, administrator of Matrix Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., recommends talking to your physicians — especially those who have recently joined your facility — about the reliability of their preference cards. "We often say, 'We'll make sure you have…
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Carla Daley Shehata, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health, discusses seven of the most common patient complaints in an ASC, as well as how to prevent them.
More physician groups and ambulatory surgery centers across the country are adding outpatient spine surgery to increase patient volume and drive profits. However, there are several aspects of adding spine the group or ASC should consider before recruiting a new…
Brent Lambert, MD, founding principal of ASCOA, says the company evaluates about two "broken" ambulatory surgery centers every week to consider for a potential partnership and a subsequent turnaround. Here are six elements Dr. Lambert and Luke Lambert, CEO of…
Dallas, Texas-based Baylor Health Care System will send selected specialists to Glen Rose (Texas) Medical Center on a rotating basis to help reduce the center's specialist shortages, according to a news release.
Rhode Island's Health Department has approved a Lifespan request to consolidate two of its Providence hospitals' open heart surgery services — those of Miriam Hospital and those of Rhode Island Hospital, according to a news release.