Starting Jan. 1, CMS will require hospitals that participate its Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program and have intensive care units to submit data quarterly on central line-associated bloodstream infections, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
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Northern Michigan Regional Health System in Petoskey, Mich., will cut dozens of jobs as well as special care nursery and mental health services in order to stem losses, according to a Petoskey News report.
The University of Kansas Hospital announced fiscal year 2010 revenue of $805 million, up 7 percent from $750.5 million in 2009, according to a news release by the hospital.
Members of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, which includes 2,200 hospitals, has seen an 11 percent drop in giving from 2008-2009, from $8.6 billion to $7.7 billion. But William C. McGinly, president and CEO of the association, says there are…
Nurses at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine, have scheduled a one-day strike for Nov. 22 after failing to agree to a contract with the hospital, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
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St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., has agreed to pay the United States $22 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it paid kickbacks and violated the Stark Law when it entered into a professional services…
The ED at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center still faces overcrowding, but dangerous conditions have abated due to a new rapid early medical evaluation area, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
The Cleveland Clinic will lay off approximately 200 employees in administrative and clinical positions this week, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
The Michigan Nurses Association has filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board against Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Mich., alleging unfair labor practices, according to a Lansing State Journal report.
Here are seven stories from Becker’s Hospital Review on hospital emergency departments.