Five hospitals across the United States have received credit downgrades in the last 30 days, according to a report by HFA Partners.
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The Urgent Care Association of America reports the following 10 statistics about urgent care centers, based on surveys it sponsored in 2010.
A recent study by the Kentucky Hospital Association found that hospitals in the state contributed more than $1.48 billion in community benefit during 2009, up from $1.06 billion in 2008.
William Panza, MD, an anesthesiologist with Mosaic Anesthesia and Perioperative Services, recently touted the success of the merger between two anesthesia groups that created his current group practice, according to an ENC Today report.
New limits have been placed on the maximum number of medical records a recovery audit contractor may request from physicians and non-physician practitioners for complex reviews, according to a release from CMS. 1. Number of entities. To qualify as a…
The California Department of Public Health will allow Southwest Healthcare System to open expansions at its Rancho Springs Medical Center in Murrieta, Calif., and Inland Valley Medical Center in Wildomar, Calif., after determining not to revoke the hospital operator's license,…
Miami-based Jackson Health System lost $24.6 million in it first fiscal quarter of the year, prompting the treasurer of the Public Health Trust, which oversees Jackson, to refer to the health system's finances as facing a train wreck, according to…
The number of retail medical clinics in the United States could double by 2015, according to The ConvUrgentCare Market Report by Merchant Medicine.
Finding the $54 billion needed to fund a proposed two-year Medicare physician fee-fix in President Obama's budget will be challenging at a time when Congress is intent on spending reductions, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
President Obama's newly released budget would cut $18.4 billion in matching federal funding for state Medicaid programs by reducing how much hospitals and other providers could be taxed to come up with the state's share, according to a report by…