Leadership & Management

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.

Total operating revenue for St. Louis area hospitals in 2008 rose 4.4 percent to more than $7 billion, while non-operating revenue dropped to a loss of $440 million from a gain of $169 million in 2007, according to a report…

HCA has named Thomas Garthwaite, MD, as the new COO of the hospital chain's clinical services group, according to an HCA news release.

Halifax Health, a public health system based in Port Orange, Fla., has challenged Adventist Health's planned take over of Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla, saying it will match Adventist's $71 million pledge to the ailing hospital…

Officials from Miami-Dade County are questioning the calculations financially struggling Jackson Health System is using to determine how they are closing in on a $230 million budget deficit, according to a report in The Miami Herald.

The American Hospital Association, along with five other hospital groups, has asked Congress to remove a provision changing Medicare's "72 Hour Rule" for therapeutic services from the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, according to a report in AHA…

New York's 1,171-bed Mount Sinai Hospital refinanced some $331 million at a discounted rate compared to those of its peers, spurred by an improved credit rating and borrowing costs on tax-exempt debt that were at a nine-week low, according to…

Health Management Associates has announced it acquired a 60 percent interest in three Shands HealthCare hospitals.