Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has vetoed nearly $9.7 million in funds for 630-bed Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville, according to a report by the Gainesville Sun.
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St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., is building a $6.9 million outpatient center to meet changes under healthcare reform, such as an increase in patient volume and new payment structures, according to a report by the State Journal-Register.
Texas Regional Medical Center at Sunnyvale recently opened its Heart & Vascular Center, according to a report by dBusiness News.
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…
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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.