Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare and Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare have singed an agreement to develop clinical partnerships and expand services, according to a joint news release by the organizations.
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An American Medical Association poll found 94 percent of Americans are concerned about the 23 percent Medicare fee cut for physicians that would go into effect on Dec. 1 unless Congress stops it, according to an AMA release.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded University HealthSystem Consortium a grant to identify strategies to attract more foreign residents to seek care in the U.S., according to a UHC release.
A leading Republican lawmaker in Texas, backed by Gov. Rick Perry, is proposing the state drop out of the Medicaid program and avoid upcoming mandates to expand state Medicaid programs under the healthcare reform law, according to a report by…
CMS proposes to set an implementation date of April 1, 2011 for the new Medicaid recovery audit contractor program, according to a new proposed rule from CMS.
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The latest trend in hospital employment is the position of the social media manager, according to an American Medical News report.
In order to attract better-paying, commercially insured patients, many Nashville-area hospitals are taking part in the national trend of investing in outpatient services in suburban settings, according to a Tennessean report.
Non-profit healthcare system Kaleida Health, in Buffalo, N.Y., has hired Cleveland Clinic to consult on its heart care program, according to a Buffalo News report.
Temporary high-risk insurance pools, which Republicans want to make a permanent alternative to the upcoming health insurance mandate, have enrolled only a small fraction of the people they were expected to enroll, according to a report by the New York…
Hospital pharmacies may want to consider implementing strategies to address increased pharmaceutical consumption and increased operational costs, according to an IMA Consulting report.