Charles "Chip" Kahn III, president of the Federation of American Hospitals, is a quintessential Washington insider, having played a key role in defeating President Clinton's health reform plan in 1993. But as head of the federation, which represents for-profit hospitals,…
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A recently study by the Center for Studying Health System Change suggests that hospitals use market clout to negotiate higher-than-competitive prices, which causes price variation that is inconsistent with what is found in other industries within competitive markets, according to…
Nurses at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., have canceled their plans to strike, according to a Washington Post report.
The Kentucky Hospital Association has filed suit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over a recent change in its policy regarding provider taxes and critical access hospitals, according to an AHA News Now report.
Growth in the average total health benefit cost per employee rose 6.9 percent in 2010 to $9,562, the biggest increase since 2004, according to a survey by Mercer.
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Victorville, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services has acquired Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, according to a Prime news release.
Real-time locating systems are a health IT solution that many healthcare organizations have adopted as a means to reduce waste and improve process efficiency. Gregg Stepp, supply chain director at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas, shares the steps Texoma…
The HHS Office of the Inspector General has released an advisory opinion regarding an arrangement between a sleep testing provider and a hospital-owned sleep testing facility, in which the testing provider would provide certain equipment and services to the hospital-owned…
A week after President Obama's Deficit Commission issued its draft proposal, another bipartisan panel released its own recommendations, including substantially raising Medicare charges for beneficiaries.
Hospital workers around the country continue to strike over contract negotiations and other issues, according to various reports.