After a record numbers of medical helicopter crashes that have killed 57 people since late 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration said it will require new safety devices, greater restrictions on flying in bad weather and heightened standards for pilots, according…
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In the first ruling on a bevy of lawsuits against the healthcare reform law's mandating the purchase of health insurance, a federal judge in Michigan ruled the provision is constitutional, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Law…
The American Hospital Association wrote a letter of support yesterday for a bill allowing general supervision by a physician for many outpatient therapy services, according to an AHANews Now report.
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…
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…
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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.
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…