Leadership & Management

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.

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.

Nearly four million, or one in every 10, hospital admissions were potentially unnecessary in 2008, according to a report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The hospital industry gained more than 5,000 employees in Oct. 2010, a five percent increase from Sept. 2010, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report.

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