The downsizing process is a difficult transition for any hospital, but there are certain mistakes that can turn an already-tough process into a public and internal relations disaster. Here Aneil Mishra, PhD, professor and director of executive education at Michigan…
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Following a prediction by the Association of American Medical Colleges that the physician shortage may be 50 percent worse than expected, medical schools and hospitals around the country are investigating tactics to attract students to the practice of medicine and…
CHRISTUS Health, a hospital system based in Houston, has agreed to pay almost $1 million to settle allegations that it committed Medicare fraud by falsely billing the federal healthcare program for unapproved medical costs and failing to disclose overpayments, according…
California hospitals have started paying billions of dollars into a state-federal program that will match the contributed funds, according to a Daily Breeze report.
Opening a new building is a time of excitement and dread. Excitement, as a new building may yield increased efficiency, improved patient care, heightened service and new technology. Dread, as risks may be significant.
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A growing number of U.S. medical institutions have been responding to a more challenging environment at home by extending their brands and intellectual capital beyond our borders, where growth opportunities are more abundant and they have the ability to fundamentally…
The rate of hospital outpatient visits remained relatively flat in the ten year period from 1997 to 2007, according an analysis of the National Center for Health Statistics' "National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2007 Outpatient Department Summary" by the…
Hospitals in New Jersey contributed $18.6 billion to the state economy in 2009, according to an economic impact report by the New Jersey Hospital Association.
Hospitals with the most market clout command 2-3 times higher payments than the lowest-priced hospitals in Oregon's price-reporting system, according to a report by the Oregonian.
An employee of Blountstown, Fla.-based Calhoun Liberty Hospital has been accused of conspiring with his peer to take out life insurance policies on a patient of the hospital, according to a News Herald report.