Leadership & Management

Hospitals will get $150 million in extra federal payments in fiscal year 2011 to account for regional disparities in Medicare payments. Here is how CMS proposes to split up the money, showing the percentage hospitals in each state would receive,…

West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital in Sulphur, La., is the first in the Lake Charles area to have anesthesia services covered in-network by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana after nearly six months of being out of network, according to a…

Following a $108 million settlement to resolve a federal whistleblower case alleging improper financial incentives to cardiologists, Cincinnati's Christ Hospital may be excluded from Medicare and Medicaid, according to a report in the Business Courier of Cincinnati.

A federal appeals court in Philadelphia has requested an inquiry into whether auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was acting in good faith in advising the now defunct Allegheny Health, Education and Research Foundation, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 1998, according to…

An increase in employee benefit costs was the main reason for Lahey Clinic Medical Center's 33-percent drop in operating income for the six-month period ended March 31, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal.

Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System University Medical Center is hoping a new billing system will help it close a $10 million budget gap, according to a report in The Greenville News.

Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I., is seeking $20 million from the state's General Assembly, according to The Providence Journal.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has once again asked contractors to hold claims for services under the physician fee schedule for the first 10 business days in June, while Congress struggles to delay a proposed 21.3 percent fee…

The Michigan Health and Hospital Association is reporting the University of Michigan Health System provided $280 million in community support, through uncompensated care and education services, according to an UMHS news release.

Minnesota's Allina Hospitals and Clinics CEO Ken Paulus has volunteered to work without pay until the hospital system negotiates a settlement with its nurses, according to a report in the Star Tribune.