Leadership & Management

A plan to slash Minnesota’s Medicaid budget proposed by state health plan and hospital executives has received criticism from advocates for people with disabilities, who deemed it “self-serving” and “money-grabbing,” according to a Pioneer Press report. The executives go by…

A recent study by the University of Florida commissioned by the Florida Hospital Association found that the number full-time equivalent employees at Florida hospitals increased 4.3 percent between 2007 and 2009, according to an FHA news release.

AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan, a third-party administrator for Passport Health Plan, Kentucky's Medicaid managed care plan, has agreed to pay $2 million in damages to the state for submitting false information in order to receive higher payments, according to a…

A fifth lawsuit has been filed against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Ascension Health and 21 Michigan hospitals, according to a news release from Michigan law firm Sommers Schwartz.

A study in the Annals of Internal Medicine challenges the prevailing view that higher healthcare spending fails to improve patient outcomes, according to a report by USC Annenberg.

In a recent AMA survey, a majority of the public said only medical doctors should be allowed to perform eight listed procedures. Here is a summary of each procedure followed in parentheses by the percentage who thought only MDs should…

Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently announced or implement layoffs at their facilities, in order from most positions affected to least positions affected.

Here are 10 big fraud and abuse cases involving hospital executives.

A small but growing number of southern California hospitals now allow patients to make emergency room appointments online, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

Last year was the first full year of Medicare's nationwide recovery audit contractor program. Here Lori Brocato, audit management product manager for Healthport, makes five points on how it went.