Marin General Hospital, the largest hospital and only trauma center in Marin County, Calif., will once again become an independent, locally-run facility on June 29, severing ties to former manager Sutter Health, according to a report by the San Francisco…
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The independent board which manages the Cook County health system in Illinois voted unanimously on Friday to endorse a proposal to overhaul the system’s three hospitals and 16 clinics, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare in Louisville, Ky., lost $17.8 million treating patients in 2009 and the first three months of 2010, according to a report by The Courier-Journal.
Sentara Healthcare is preparing to unveil a new 18-bed, $22 million orthopedic hospital in Hampton, Va, according to The Daily Press.
Logan (Utah) Regional Hospital recently received the 2010 Community Value award from Cleverly and Associates, an independent healthcare data and consulting services firm in Columbus, Ohio. The 117-bed hospital, part of Intermountain Healthcare, was ranked in the top 20 out…
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Maryland is the only state that sets rates based on a unique negotiating process between the Maryland Hospital Association and health insurers operating in the state. Here Jim Reiter, spokesman for the hospital association, discusses a unique agreement to lower…
Expansion projects at Mercy Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Franklin Square Hospital Center and Anne Arundel Medical Center, all in Baltimore, Md., will create hundreds of new jobs within the next few years, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.
Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia will begin building a new patient tower in July as the first phase of a five-year, $621 million construction project, according to the Washington Business Journal.
Marc Koch, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Somnia Anesthesia Services and an anesthesiologist, shares the following comments regarding the recent study by The Lewin Group, published in the Journal of Nursing Economics, that claims the certified registered nurse anesthetist-only…
CaroMont Health, parent of Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, N.C., is launching a bundled payment pilot, which charges one amount for both hospital and physician services during the hospital stay and in some cases beyond that, according to a report…