Caregroup Healthcare System, including its flagship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by employees who said they weren’t paid for work during lunchbreaks, according to a report by the Boston Herald.
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The Stephens County (Ga.) Hospital Authority will abandon its campaign to block Ty Cobb Healthcare System from building a hospital in Lavonia, Ga., according to a report in the Athens Banner-Herald.
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.
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.
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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.
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.