Vicki Edelman, RN, BSN, administrator for Blue Bell (Pa). Surgery Center, discusses five reasons why the ASC has a successful relationship with its new anesthesia group.
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Arizona Heart Institute, a physician-owned cardiology group based in Phoenix, signed a letter of intent to merge with Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, which operates the five-hospital Abrazo Health Care System in the region.
Health Insurance company representatives appeared before Rhode Island's House Finance Committee to oppose a plan to raise a state tax on insurance premiums that would raise $20 million for Landmark Medical Center, in Woonsocket, R.I., according to a report in…
Two members of Rapid City (S.D.) Regional Hospital's board resigned to protest a hospital fee increase intended to finance a proposed 5-percent hospital budget increase, according to a report in the Rapid City Journal.
Clear Lake Regional Hospital in Houston is about to start a $17 million expansion of its Heart and Vascular Hospital, according to a report by the Houston Business Journal.
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Bellevue, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is considering a plan to relocate its back-office functions, including accounting, finance, information technology, health care information management, patient financial services and payroll, to a central location, possibly in Clark County, to better serve patients, according to…
States may be forced to slash Medicaid reimbursements yet more next year, after generous federal enhancements are due to end, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta has named Leslie Donahue as its new president and CEO effective July 12, according to a report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Payment cuts and givebacks in the first three years of health reform will harm hospitals' margins and limit their ability to reduce bad debt, according to a release by Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services.
With shrinking margins and competing priorities for capital and technology purchases, hospitals should implement several best practices when determining budget outlays, according to a new ECRI Institute white paper.