Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems Inc. has offered $100 million to acquire Youngstown, Ohio-based Forum Health, outbidding Ardent Health Services, according to a Nashville Business Journal report.
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New billing clinics at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Southeast Wisconsin have been extremely popular with patients and ease collections, says Coreen Dicus-Johnson, senior vice president of physician and revenue operations at Wheaton Franciscan.
A precarious economy coupled with a culture of decreased employee loyalty is making it more important than ever that hospitals understand how to retain their top leaders. Today, that often means working harder to keep leadership from seeking other opportunities.…
Emergency department overcrowding is not an unusual phenomenon. Hospitals across the country are struggling to assist every patient admitted into the emergency room as the number of patient visits to the emergency department increases. Robert Takla, MD, chair and medical…
In the wake of federal and state funding cuts, Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville is preparing to cut back on care to low-income and uninsured people who live outside its primary service area, as well as…
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LifePoint Hospitals has announced its second quarter 2010 financial results, including a 7.5 percent increase in revenue over the same period a year ago, according to a LifePoint news release.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. announced its second quarter 2010 financial results, including a 3.3 percent increase in revenue, according to a Tenet news release.
As the nation slowly digs out of one of the toughest recessions in recent history, healthcare providers are searching for ways to wisely invest in capital equipment that positively impacts patient care and the bottom line. It isn't easy, though,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has upheld its proposed 2.9 percent pay cut to hospital for inpatient services, despite calls from Congress and hospital groups to reevaluate the cuts.
A report performed six years ago by consultants for Parkland Hospital in Dallas urged the facility to reevaluate its medical resident training program and cited "nominal supervision" by UT Southwestern faculty physicians, according to a report by the Dallas Morning…