Doctors' Hospital of Michigan in Pontiac, Mich., will delay until Jan. 28 a decision to either close or institute a mass layoff, according to a Detroit News report.
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Medicaid admissions grew 30 percent and admissions for uninsured patients grew 27 percent from 1997-2008, compared with 5 percent for privately insured patients, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Horizon Healthcare Innovations, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Horizon Blue Cross Blue shield of New Jersey and 63 primary care physicians, has announced the launch of New Jersey's first state-wide patient centered medical home, according to a Horizon news release.
Tona Savoie, administrator of Bayou Region Surgical Center, a four-OR facility in Thibodaux, La., explains its use of a full-time purchasing manager, an unusual position for an ambulatory surgery center.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the U.S. economy will add 582,000 new registered nursing jobs by 2018 — but those jobs may not be in hospitals, according to a Minnesota Public Radio report.
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Six more states, all with newly elected or empowered Republican governors, are asking to join a lawsuit challenging the individual mandate to buy insurance in the healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Hill.
A new independent study funded by a home health agency finds using more home healthcare could save billions in hospital charges, according to a release by the agency, Home Instead.
Nine hospital across the United States have received credit downgrades in the last 30 days, according to a report by HFA Partners.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether states should have more freedom to cut Medicaid payments to hospitals, physicians and other providers, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
Here are the five biggest anti-kickback statute cases involving hospitals that made headlines in 2010.