Construction on a $340 replacement facility for Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., has been completed and patients will be transferred from the hospital's existing facility beginning in September, according to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek.
Leadership & Management
Tenet's CEO said the company will seek to expand outpatient clinics through acquisitions and continue to reduce costs, in the wake of its aborted offer to buy the Australian hospital company Healthscope, according to a report in Bloomberg Businessweek.
The following leaders of national healthcare trade associations, representing key healthcare constituencies, had a crucial role in shaping the healthcare reform law. Here are summaries of what each did on behalf of their members, how the law will affect their…
Somnia Anesthesia Services has sponsored a white paper with HFMA entitled "Driving Value in Anesthesia Services."
The Senate will not vote on a proposed Medicare physician fee-fix before Tuesday, when CMS will have to begin processing bills with a 21.3 percent cut, according to a report by the Hill.
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River Region Health System in Vicksburg, Miss., has filed 763 lawsuits so far this year to collect on unpaid bills, compared with 114 lawsuits during the same period in 2009, according to a report by News Channel 3.
Michael Young, CEO of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, is getting a bonus of nearly $300,000 for his successful turnaround of the hospital, according to a report by WSB TV News.
Caregroup Healthcare System, including its flagship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, will pay $8.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by employees who said they weren’t paid for work during lunchbreaks, according to a report by the Boston Herald.
The Stephens County (Ga.) Hospital Authority will abandon its campaign to block Ty Cobb Healthcare System from building a hospital in Lavonia, Ga., according to a report in the Athens Banner-Herald.
Bellin Health Care System in Green Bay, Wis., has developed a thriving side business providing turnkey retail health clinics for other health systems, according to a report by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.