Logan (Utah) Regional Hospital recently received the 2010 Community Value award from Cleverly and Associates, an independent healthcare data and consulting services firm in Columbus, Ohio. The 117-bed hospital, part of Intermountain Healthcare, was ranked in the top 20 out…
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Maryland is the only state that sets rates based on a unique negotiating process between the Maryland Hospital Association and health insurers operating in the state. Here Jim Reiter, spokesman for the hospital association, discusses a unique agreement to lower…
Expansion projects at Mercy Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Franklin Square Hospital Center and Anne Arundel Medical Center, all in Baltimore, Md., will create hundreds of new jobs within the next few years, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.
Inova Fairfax Hospital in Virginia will begin building a new patient tower in July as the first phase of a five-year, $621 million construction project, according to the Washington Business Journal.
Marc Koch, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Somnia Anesthesia Services and an anesthesiologist, shares the following comments regarding the recent study by The Lewin Group, published in the Journal of Nursing Economics, that claims the certified registered nurse anesthetist-only…
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CaroMont Health, parent of Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, N.C., is launching a bundled payment pilot, which charges one amount for both hospital and physician services during the hospital stay and in some cases beyond that, according to a report…
Keith Metz, MD, knows why surgeons choose to work at ASCs. A practicing clinical anesthesiologist and medical director at Great Lakes Surgical Center in Southfield, Mich., Dr. Metz organized a surgeon group to develop an ASC in 2003, hoping for…
Most acute-care hospitals have lower operating margins and almost half face reduced access to capital, according to a new report by the AHA.
Todd Ebert, president and CEO of group purchasing organization Amerinet discusses healthcare reform's influence on the supply chain and increased concerns for efficiency and cost.
A 200,000 square-foot, 144-bed replacement facility for Adventist Health's Hanford (Calif.) Community Medical Center is nearing completion, according to a report by KMPH News.