Leadership & Management

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…

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen and his administration expect Tennessee hospitals to agree to a hospital assessment fee increase that would fill an expected $121.5 million hole in TennCare's budget, according to a Times Free Press report.

Upper Chesapeake Health System in Bel Air, Md., is finalizing a $250 million expansion plan for the health system that would include the relocation of Harford Memorial Hospital in Havre de Grace, Md., according to a Baltimore Business Journal report.

Martin Memorial Health System in Stuart, Fla., will move forward with plans to develop an 80-bed hospital in Port St. Lucie, Fla., despite an appeal from HCA on the facility's certificate of need, according to a TCPalm report.

An investigation has been launched over a second unnamed Maryland hospital suspected of unnecessarily using heart stents to treat cardiac patients, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Morton Hospital and Medical Center in Taunton, Mass., has announced that 800 non-union workers at the hospital will have their defined-benefit pension plans replaced with 403(b) retirement plans, according to a Wicked Local report.

Physician groups have a variety of options for where they can practice, and they don’t always require a hospital facility, says Marisa Manley, president of Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Here Ms. Manley offers five key insights for hospital administrators looking…

Hospitals continue to show improvements in quality measures for heart attacks, pneumonia, surgery and children's asthma but there still are a few areas for improvement in quality measures, according to a new report by the Joint Commission.

Hospitals report that patients are leaving their bills unpaid or struggling to understand their financial obligations, according to several recent reports.