Based on a recent flurry of published assertions, emergency department documentation and billing have come into scrutiny as many institutions claim the use of electronic health records has contributed to billions of dollars in higher costs for Medicare, private insurers…
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Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America will offer $1 billion in senior notes to help fund a special cash dividend.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. has named Bob Kerrey, former governor of Nebraska and U.S. senator, to its board of directors.
Dean Gruner, MD, has served as president and CEO of ThedaCare, a five-hospital system in Appleton, Wis., since 2008.
In a blog post, TeleTracking Technologies provides five examples of hospitals and health systems that have created significant cost savings or revenue growth by implementing real-time capacity management solutions.
The following hospital lawsuits, settlements or legal developments were reported within the past month, beginning with the most recent.
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago is part of Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care.
Medical Facilities Corporation, the parent company of Black Hills Surgical Hospital, four other specialty surgical hospitals and one surgery center, has acquired a majority interest in Arkansas Specialty Hospital in Little Rock.
Health Care DataWorks provides business intelligence solutions, empowering healthcare organizations to improve quality of care and reduce costs.
The days of hospitals or health systems and physician groups working independently and with a level of distrust are falling by the wayside as the parties are integrating rapidly in reaction to the changes brought on by healthcare reform. In…