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.
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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.
Frederick (Maryland) Memorial Healthcare System lost $1 million in just one month during the fall 2008 — a loss that was unheard of for the system and due largely to a volume drop on the heels of the financial market…
Denny DeNarvaez, an executive at Sisters of Mercy Health System in Chesterfield, Mo., will become president and CEO of five-hospital Wellmont Health System, based in Kingsport, Tenn., according to a report by the St. Louis Business Journal.
The Louisiana Senate approved a bill that would provide additional funding to rural hospitals in the state by directing the state's Department of Health and Hospitals to create a program to support access to these facilities, according to a report…
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Washington, D.C.'s United Medical Center in the city's southeast area, is scheduled to be auctioned off on July 9 unless the city can reach an agreement with the hospital's current owner, Specialty Hospitals of America, according to a report by…
Fifty-four members of Congress this week asked HHS to delay implementation of the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital audit and reporting rule to plan year 2012, according to a report by AHA News Now.
Officials at Rice Hospital, a city-owned facility in Willmar, Minn., hope to turn around a worsening operational deficit by tightening the hospital's revenue cycle and managing inventory and supplies better, according to a report in the West Central Tribune.
Officials from Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's administration say they want to cut healthcare costs by scrutinizing hospital expansion applications more carefully, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
Twenty-eight states propose reducing Medicaid payments and another 20 states propose freezing provider payments in FY 2011, according to a report by the National Governors Association and National Association of State Budget Officers.