PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute has released a report on the top six healthcare industry issues of 2011 — a year when health organizations are expected to undergo strategy makeovers as they react to new rules and payment models brought on…
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A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that the cost of hospitalization for a neurologic surgery patient was reduced by an average of $1,439 when a hospitalist and surgeon co-managed the patient.
If lawsuits challenging the health insurance mandate are successful, Michigan hospital executives say it could harm their bottom lines, according to a report by Crain’s Detroit Business. The mandate, part of the healthcare reform law, requires more than 12 million…
A former computer network administrator of Hendersonville, N.C.’s Pardee Hospital has been indicted on multiple charges alleging he embezzled $635,000, according to a Times-News report.
More companies are building onsite clinics to provide care at the workplace, following the focus on employee wellness included in the healthcare reform law, according to a FOX Business report.
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1. Start seeing patients as customers. Taking care of patients is what healthcare is all about. It may be hard for some people to think of patients as customers, but they definitely are. Their choices bring thousands and even millions…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has asked a federal judge to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging the insurer violated antitrust laws by requiring hospitals offer the lowest rates to its members, according to a release by Blue Cross…
Plano, Texas-based LHP Hospital Group has entered into a joint venture with Austin, Texas-based Seton Family of Hospitals to build Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (Texas), according to an LHP news release.
Marilyn Moon, chair of the Maryland Health Care Commission, said she recommends granting a certificate of need to Trinity Health's Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md., over rival Adventist to construct a new hospital in the state, according to…
Nurses at HCA-owned West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in Los Angeles, Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital announced plans for a five-day strike beginning on Dec. 23, according to a…