The AHA and 12 other hospital and pediatric care organizations are opposing an HHS proposal to cut funding for residency programs in children's hospitals in fiscal year 2012, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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In response to pressure from the government, insurers, employers and patients over the high healthcare costs at Boston's Children's Hospital, hospital leaders have successfully managed to cut $90 million in the past year and a half, according to a Boston…
Healthcare costs in Northern California soar above those in Southern California, mainly because of the consolidated hospital market dominated by Sutter Health, according to a LA Times news report.
President Obama has allowed states some flexibility by allowing them to create alternative reforms to the insurance mandate, but proponents of healthcare reform are saying alternative reforms may never emerge, according to a news report by The Hill.
The article below is reprinted with permission from The Capital Issue, a quarterly newsletter published by Lancaster Pollard.The end of 2010 saw the expiration of a number of options for hospitals seeking financing for capital projects. These temporary measures stemmed…
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New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch called for a moratorium on hospital expansions and criticized the high salaries of healthcare executives in a Feb. 15 budget speech, according to a Union Leader report.
A proposed merger between two Massachusetts health insurers has died, with Harvard Pilgrim Health and Tufts Health Plan saying they could not justify a merger due to costs and complexity, according to a Boston Herald report. The groups announced plans…
Investors are lining up to buy shares of HCA in its initial public offering despite its $28.2 billion in debt at the end of 2010, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
A record number of Texas physicians have opted out of participating in the Medicare program due to declining reimbursements, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
The South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services announced that healthcare providers in the state will receive a 3 percent decrease in reimbursements for Medicaid services beginning April 4, according to a news release by the Department.