Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., takes on the largest portion of uncompensated care in the city — $173,045,893 worth in 2009 — according to a Nashville Business Journal report. Warren Beck, VUMC’s senior vice president of finance, said…
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The following hospitals and healthcare systems recently announced layoffs and job cuts. Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare in Utica, N.Y., eliminated 52 full- and part-time positions, including the layoffs of 24 employees and the elimination of 28 vacant positions, according to…
Rockville, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare is appealing a recommendation by the chair of the Maryland Health Care Commission to grant Silver Spring, Md.-based Holy Cross Hospital approval to develop a new hospital in Montgomery County over Adventist, according to a Washington…
The Services Employees International Union has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against Prime Healthcare Service's Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, Calif., over alleged false reports by the hospital that its employees ended their affiliation with…
Writing in the RAC Monitor, Gloryanne Bryant, regional managing director of health information management for the 21 Kaiser Foundation and Hospitals in Northern California, provides the following 10 tips to improve readiness for recovery audit contractors.
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Repealing healthcare reform, which the House plans to vote on next Wednesday, would raise the federal deficit by about $230 billion over the next decade and leave 32 million more Americans uninsured, according to a report by the Congressional Budget…
Republican governors are demanding changes in the healthcare reform law so that states would be able to cut Medicaid enrollment and balance their budgets, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The Hospital Authority of Effingham County, which operates critical access Effingham Hospital in Springfield, Ga., has received a $30.94 million loan for modernization projects financed by FHA Section 242 Hospital Mortgage Insurance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban…
Although many hospitals sing the praises of lean management, the trendy business philosophy still leaves room for error, particularly if implemented as a half-baked improvement project for certain areas of business. By keeping an eye on the following four problem…
Boston-based Partners HealthCare System, the parent company of Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, plans to borrow $420 million through municipal bonds for improvements to its hospitals, according to a Boston Business Journal report. The proceeds of the…