Blue Shield of California is imposing cumulative rate hikes of 30-35 percent, including a hike of as much as 59 percent for individuals, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
Leadership & Management
Employee wellness programs have garnered a great deal of positive attention in recent years, as new, more personalized approaches have provided more effective ways in which to improve the health of employees in a way that the employees see as…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will restructure its National Hospital Discharge Survey, which has been conducted annually since 1965, according to a Health Data Management report.
U.S. health care spending grew at a historically low rate 4.0 percent in 2009, the latest reported year, according to a report by CMS and other government officials in Health Affairs.
The rift between U.S. Catholic leadership and certain Catholic hospitals, such as those in Catholic Health Care West, are becoming wider due to differences on abortion and birth control, according to a report by the Catholic News Agency.
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King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., has filed suit against by District 1199 of the Service Employees International Union, alleging the union violated federal laws governing the use of automated phone dialing systems during an ongoing labor dispute, according…
With the Jan. 9 deadline for submitting comments on the proposed rules for the Medicaid Recovery Audit Contractor program drawing near, the AHA and other hospital organizations have submitted a variety of proposed changes, according to Paul Spencer's FiMed Blog…
Here are 12 statistics about average annual revenue generated by various specialties on behalf of their affiliated hospitals in 2007 and 2010, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2010 Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey.
William Roe, former CFO of Danbury (Conn.) Hospital, has pleaded guilty to stealing approximately $200,000 from Danbury Hospital and St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek news report.
A Goldman Sachs analyst said the hospital sector faces a challenging year due to state budget crunches and lagging volumes, according to a report by Forbes.