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.
Leadership & Management
Malcolm Sina, president & CEO of The DASCO Companies, a medical real estate development firm, discusses hospital construction after the recession.
A New York state judge's use of "judge-directed negotiations" is one of 20 demonstrations on innovative solutions for malpractice cases recently awarded for $23 million in HHS funds, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Construction of a replacement facility for Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn., has been completed, and the new facility is scheduled to officially open on Oct. 2, according to a report by The Daily News Journal.
Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital in Alexandria, La., has officially opened for business, according to a report The Town Talk.
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United Hospital Center in Clarksburg, W.Va., will begin moving to a new facility later this month, with a scheduled opening of the new hospital set for Oct. 3, according to a report by WBOY News.
University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, based in Ann Arbor, expects to double its projected operating margin for fiscal 2010 to 3.3 percent, according to a report by Crain's Detroit Business.
The Maryland Hospital Association, which negotiates rates for hospitals with payors in the state, has reduced its requested rate increase from 3.28 percent to 2.95 percent for fiscal 2011, according to a report in the Baltimore Business Journal.
Construction on a $340 replacement facility for Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., has been completed and patients will be transferred from the hospital's existing facility beginning in September, according to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek.
Tenet's CEO said the company will seek to expand outpatient clinics through acquisitions and continue to reduce costs, in the wake of its aborted offer to buy the Australian hospital company Healthscope, according to a report in Bloomberg Businessweek.