St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, has been snapping up local physician practices at a fast pace, leading to higher prices for patients, according to a report by The New York Times.
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IMA Endoscopy SurgiCenter in Merrillville, Ind., will be acquired by Indiana's Methodist Hospitals, according to a Times of Northwest Indiana report.
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System has ousted the CEO and COO of Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., according to a Los Angeles Times report.
A growing number of hospitals are charging upfront fees for patients with non-emergent problems who seek care in emergency departments, according to American Medical News.
CareFusion has announced several new products to improve patient medication safety, according to News-Medical.
MEDNAX has acquired DeKalb Anesthesia Associates, the physician group that provides anesthesia services at DeKalb Medical facilities in Decatur, Ga., according to Business Wire.
Scribes are gaining traction in the emergency department and are becoming the trusted sidekicks of ED physicians in many ways, according to a recent post at CEP America's blog.
CMS and Congress may eliminate the administrative law judge level for appeals of Medicare claims reviews, and that measure could have a major impact on hospitals and other providers, according to a recent blog post by Karen Bowden, senior vice…
In the federal government's 2012 fiscal year, Medicare Recovery Auditors (RACs) collected $2.29 billion in overpayments from providers — a record that nearly tripled last year's total overpayment collections, according to the latest figures from CMS (pdf).
Here are the 11 latest hospital executive and physician compensation stories from the past month, starting with the most recent.