The Tennessee Hospital Association may ask incoming Gov. Bill Haslam and state lawmakers to extend, and possibly increase, the hospital assessment fee that helped the state avoid making more than $700 million in TennCare cuts this year, according to a…
Leadership & Management
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has filed a petition with the New Jersey Department of Health to re-open Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, N.J., according to a North Jersey report.
Beckley, W.Va.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare has filed suit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources over allegedly inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates, according to a press release by the health system.
House Republicans' new plan to repeal the healthcare reform law specifically overrides Congressional "pay-go" requirements against adding to the federal deficit, according to a report by the Hill.
The following hospital expansion or renovation plans were among the largest announced or completed in 2010 and covered by Becker’s Hospital Review. 1. Scripps Health in California Begins $2B, 25-Year Rebuilding PlanIn November, Scripps Health in San Diego announced a…
Advertisement
Here are five significant trends that affected hospital employment in 2010.
Incorporating new data from the third quarter of 2010, the AHA's RACTrac survey of participating hospitals made the following findings about denials by Medicare recovery audit contractors in the first three quarters of 2010.
The baby boomer generation, which starts turning 65 on Jan. 1, threatens to bankrupt the Medicare program, according to a report by the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune.
A Mississippi county judge has ruled against Jackson, Miss.-based St. Dominic Hospital's plans to relocate 71 beds from its Jackson campus to a new, $121 million facility in Madison, Miss., according to a Sun Herald report.
Although almost 6 million people are thought to be eligible for state-run preexisting condition insurance plans set up under the healthcare reform law, HHS said only 8,011 people were signed up as of Nov. 1, according to a report by…