A lawsuit authorized by the North Sonoma County (Calif.) Healthcare District seeks to block development of an 82-bed hospital in Santa Rosa, Calif., by Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.
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Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital and its affiliated faculty physician practice will undergo a major restructuring under the umbrella of Northwestern Medicine, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates has filed a motion to dismiss a whistleblower suit by a former executive alleging the hospital operator provided kickbacks to physicians and as a result submitted false claims to Medicare, according to a Marco Eagle…
Following a new study on group purchasing organizations by the Government Accountability Office, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said he wants proof GPOs save money for Medicare and Medicaid, according to a release by Sen. Grassley.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, with the Office of the Inspector General of HHS, to establish a protocol for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual…
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Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan, which operates five hospitals, has entered into an affiliation agreement with Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School of Medicine, also in Providence, to recruit new physicians and raise the profile of Lifespan's flagship Rhode Island Hospital, according…
A project aimed at reducing readmissions at Michigan hospitals will be expanded statewide later this fall, according to a Michigan Health & Hospital Association news release.
Universal Health Services, based in King of Prussia, Pa., has reached an agreement with CMS and the California Department of Public Health to abate the termination of Wildomar, Calif.-based Southwest Healthcare System's Medicare provider agreement and state hospital license, respectively,…
Following adoption of new codes on ethics early in the decade, group purchasing organizations have undertaken many changes, according to a new report by the Government Accounting Office.Here are 10 points the GAO made in a study of the six…
The Department of Justice will be joining a lawsuit against Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minn., which has been accused of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for pathology tests that were never performed, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review…