Leadership & Management

The employment rate at hospitals and physician practices is expected to increase over the last six month of the year, due largely in part to the end of uncertainties surrounding healthcare reform and the Medicare sustainable growth rate, according to…

The Kentucky Hospital Association has predicted the state's hospitals could lose $1.2 billion in revenue over the next 10 years, according to a KHA report.

Newberry County Memorial Hospital in Newberry, S.C., recently underwent a revenue cycle review that identified several opportunities for improved efficiency for the 102-bed hospital.Ron Vigus, CEO of the hospital, says the hospital completed the last fiscal year with a positive…

Larry Gentilello, MD, has filed a lawsuit against Dallas' University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center for demoting him after complaining about laidback supervision of residents and billing fraud, according to a report by the Dallas Morning News.

Former Beverly (Mass.) Hospital executive Paul Galerzano has plead guilty to charges that he solicited bribes and kickbacks and used hospital funds to furnish his home with expensive antiques, according to a report by the Eagle-Tribune.

Harms Memorial Hospital in American Falls, Idaho, has until Aug. 3 to make improvements on citations from Idaho Department of Health and Welfare surveys over the last several months or it could risk losing Medicare and Medicaid payments, according to…

Patients at U.S. hospitals are experiencing the longest wait times in emergency departments since 2002, when they were first tracked, according to a Press Ganey Associates news release.

The California Department of Public Health recently launched a pilot program that will allow six hospitals without cardiac surgery programs to perform emergency and non-emergency angioplasty, according to a report by the Roseville Press Tribune.

Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare's bond rating has been downgraded for a second time from a "A" to an "A-", according to a Business First report.

The North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation has approved Raleigh, N.C.-based Rex Healthcare's certificate of need application to build the N.C. Cancer Hospital at Rex, according to a news release by the health system.