Michael Silhol, the top attorney for Dallas' Parkland Memorial Hospital is receiving a years' salary — $332,000 — in severance from the hospital following his resignation, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
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Philadelphia-based Albert Einstein Healthcare Network and Morristown, Pa.-based Montgomery Health System have broken ground on a $350 million, 146-bed hospital in East Norriton, Pa., according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.
Boston Medical Center has announced it expects to lose $175 million in 2010 due largely to Medicaid reimbursement changes, according to a Boston Globe report.
MedAssets has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Broadlane Group for $850 million, creating an entity that would serve as many as 4,400 hospitals through various services, including group purchasing, according to a release by MedAssets.
The California Medical Association has filed a class action suit against Blue Shield of California alleging the insurers' physician rating program potentially harms physicians and patients by spreading misinformation, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report.
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The American Hospital Association is reminding hospitals to preview their data on hospital-acquired conditions when CMS begins its preview period on Sept. 16 to correct for errors before the data is released publicly, according to an AHA News Now report.
Jackson Health System in Miami is expected to end its 2010 fiscal year, which closes at the end of the month, with a $90 million loss, an improvement from last year's $244 million deficit, according to a Miami Herald report.
Transfers of newly arrived patients to another hospital are often unnecessary and could be reduced, resulting in significant cost savings, according to a release by UC San Diego Health System.
The Louisiana State Health Department has informed Louisiana doctors they will have to pay back a collective $17 million in Medicaid overpayments because the Department of Health and Hospitals failed to make Medicaid budget cuts on time, according to a…
A healthcare economist is proposing a hybrid payment model for Medicare, allowing managed care or fee-for-service payments, depending on the market, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.