The article below is reprinted with permission from The Capital Issue, a quarterly newsletter published by Lancaster Pollard. Several years of physician and community outreach have improved the transparency of Beatrice Community Hospital’s care delivery and finances, inviting more…
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The Alliance of Specialty Medicine is questioning proposed changes in Medicare reimbursements in the recent draft report of the federal Debt Commission, according to a release from the Alliance.
Citing underpayment, a hospital has filed a lawsuit against the West Virginia Medicaid program, a network of community health centers is planning another lawsuit and a health system has stopped treating patients in the program, according to a report by…
Nurses at Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., have authorized a one-day strike on Nov. 24, according to a Washington Post report.
Construction will soon begin on a new 36-bed hospital, Florence Hospital at Anthem, in Florence, Ariz., according to a Blade-Tribune report.
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Proficient healthcare design gives hospitals the buildings and framework to help them gain efficiency and avoid risks associated with healthcare reform. Doug Strout, healthcare practice leader for KMD Architects, explains recent trends in hospital design along with tips for hospitals…
Pittsburgh-based UPMC revealed a $77 million increase in operating revenues from July 1 to Sept. 30, leaving the healthcare system healthy enough to add 815 jobs through the end of fiscal year 2011, according to a UPMC news release.
CMS released proposed rules to introduce in 2011 bonus payments to Medicare Advantage plans achieving high patient satisfaction scores, according to a CMS release.
Ron J. Anderson, MD, is a member of the AHA board. For 28 years, he has been president and CEO of Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, a public system that includes 968-bed Parkland Memorial Hospital. Here Dr. Anderson…
Last month, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston announced an extraordinary $1.5 billion capital campaign — the largest in the hospital’s 200-year history. Jim Thompson, vice president for development at MGH, offers insight into how political and economic factors are influencing…