Leadership & Management

Community members are concerned that Brookdale University Hospital, a 530-bed non-profit hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., may be on the verge of closing, according to a New York Daily News report.

The 102-bed Rockville General Hospital in Vernon, Conn., will stop offering childbirth services by the end of the year due to hospital costs and a changing physician culture, according to a FoxCT report.

Officials from Memorial Health System in South Bend, Ind., are attributing job eliminations and budget cuts to healthcare reform, according to a South Bend Tribune report.

After announcing an original plan for employee distribution in 2009, officials from Ohio’s Kettering Health Network are not confirming how jobs will be divided between its original and new hospitals, according to a Dayton Daily News report.

Healthcare workers across the country are striking and protesting over contracts, according to various reports.

In its final rule for hospital outpatient services, CMS is putting on hold an earlier proposal to change physician supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in 2011.

The American Hospital Association, along with 13 other organizations, sent a letter to U.S. House and Senate leaders asking them to enact legislation to extend nine Medicare policies that are set to expire on Dec. 31, according to an AHA…

In its final rule for outpatient procedures, CMS rejected a request to develop specific payment codes for some orthopedic implants, saying providers could assign charges to a C-code or an uncoded revenue line.

Pittsburgh-based West Penn Allegheny Health System reported an operating loss of $89.9 million for its fiscal year ended in June, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.

The Detroit Medical Center and Vanguard Health Systems broke ground on Monday for a new joint venture facility, a $43.5 million children’s hospital, according to a Detroit News report.