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…
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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.
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Girard (Kan.) Medical Center has opened the doors to a $10 million expansion, which increased the hospital's surgical, ICU and therapy departments, according to a report in The Morning Sun.
Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is in discussions with Harrison Outpatient Surgery Center, located in downtown Syracuse, for a possible takeover, according to The Post-Standard.
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.
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…