Ross Alexander, MBA, administrator of The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.), shares four approaches his ASC takes to ensure effective working relationships with its anesthesiologists.
Leadership & Management
Arizona Heart Institute, a physician-owned cardiology group based in Phoenix, has signed a letter of intent to merge with Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, which operates the five-hospital Abrazo Health Care system, according to a report in The Arizona Republic.
WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y., has reported $2.2 million in profits for 2009, according to The Post-Journal.
Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital has started a $104-million expansion project, according to Ultimate Woodlands.
Two years after his resignation, the former CEO of the University of Maryland Medical System is the subject of controversy over his $7.8 million pay package, according to a report in the Baltimore Sun.
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Medical Properties Trust has entered into a new $450 million credit arrangement with a group of banks that will enable it to pursue more healthcare property acquisitions, according to a company press release. The new credit facility replaces an existing…
St. Joseph's Women's Hospital in Tampa, Fla., has announced a $75 million expansion that opens in fall 2012, according to a report by the Tampa Tribune.
Congressional Democrats are ready to scrap a proposed five-year Medicare physician fee fix, meaning that Congress is back to passing month-by-month patches to keep a looming 21.3 percent fee cut from going into effect, according to a report by Politico.
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York will join the North Shore-LIJ Health System, according to a press release from North Shore-LIJ.
Healthcare CFOs are less optimistic about their company's financial futures and the overall state of the economy than their peers in other industries, according to a new survey by Grant Thornton.