Bellin Health Care System in Green Bay, Wis., has developed a thriving side business providing turnkey retail health clinics for other health systems, according to a report by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Laurie Liles has been named CEO of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, according to a report in the Phoenix Business Journal.
Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital and Fort Collins, Colo.-based Poudre Valley Health System are in contract negotiations to partner on a joint venture medical facility in Frederick, Colo., according to a report by the Boulder County Business Report.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has approved the sale of two Chicago-area hospitals owned by Resurrection Health Care to for-profit Vanguard Health Systems, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Miami's Jackson Health System experienced a surplus of $1.7 million in April; however, the gains were due to a one-time $9 million special Medicaid payment, according to a report by the Miami Herald.
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The Senate Democratic leadership wants to add the three-and-a-half-year Medicare physician fee-fix into its tax extenders bill, according to a report by the Hill.
A new tax bill unveiled by Senate Democratic leaders lacks an extension of federal Cobra premium subsidies for laid-off employees, which ran out June 1, according to a report in Business Insurance.
Standard & Poor's has upgraded $19.96 million long-term, fixed-rate bonds from Carolina Medical Center-Union in Monroe, N.C., to A+ with a stable outlook, according to a report in the Charlotte Business Journal.
Fitch Ratings has assigned an AA- rating with outlook stable to McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, S.C., for a total of $127 million in new bonds, according to a release from Fitch.
More than 90 percent of hospitals in a study do not have fully inclusive policies toward lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, according to a release from the Human Rights Campaign.