Most acute-care hospitals have lower operating margins and almost half face reduced access to capital, according to a new report by the AHA.
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Todd Ebert, president and CEO of group purchasing organization Amerinet discusses healthcare reform's influence on the supply chain and increased concerns for efficiency and cost.
A 200,000 square-foot, 144-bed replacement facility for Adventist Health's Hanford (Calif.) Community Medical Center is nearing completion, according to a report by KMPH News.
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix will break ground this week on a $71 million expansion of its surgical services department, according to a news release by the hospitals.
Maryland hospitals and insurers reached an agreement this week on a 2.44 percent raise in hospital rates starting in July, according to a report by the Maryland Daily Record.
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More than 600 hospitals participating in the AHA's RAC Trac survey provided a wealth of details about first-quarter activities of recovery audit contractors monitoring Medicare claims, according to a report by RAC Trac.
San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp, Calif., which is currently operated by San Joaquin County, may become a separate government entity overseen by an independent board, according to a report by the Record.
With Senate hearings on Donald M. Berwick, MD, the nominee to lead CMS, expected within weeks, the leading national hospital organizations indicated their support for him in a letter to the leaders of key Senate committees, according to a report…
When St. John's Clinic, the physician practice arm of Springfield, Mo,-based St. John's Health System planned to construct a new facility to house physician offices and hospital outpatient department services in Rolla, Mo., its leaders designed the facility to promote…
In Medicare's three-year recovery audit contractor demonstration program, providers appealed 12.7 percent of RAC determinations and won 64.4 percent of those appeals through March 9, 2010, according to a report by CMS.