At the end of April, Moody's Investors Service released a report on its preliminary median data for non-profit hospitals and health systems in fiscal year 2011. The data showed some consistency with the median data from FY 2010, but revenue…
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Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Wash., has launched a new brand initiative, according to a Business Examiner report.
A dozen practices in the Haddon Heights, N.J.-based multispecialty physicians network Lourdes Medical Associates — part of the Camden, N.J.-based Lourdes Health System — have received patient-centered medical home recognition from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, according to a…
A new study from the RAND Corporation found that consumer-directed health plans — which include high-deductible health plans and personal health accounts — could cut U.S. healthcare costs by $57 billion per year if they account for half of all…
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y., announced the opening of a new $6.5 million inpatient unit.
Although many executives at the eight largest for-profit hospital companies experienced increases in total compensation in 2011 compared with 2010, base salaries did not fluctuate much.
CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner and several American Hospital Association leaders shared sentiments during the AHA's annual meeting in Washington D.C., according to an AHA News Now report.
In this year's May issue of Health Affairs, four detailed studies look at different Medicare spending trends and what is driving the variations.
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City has agreed to pay close to $12 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 134 into law, which will require Colorado hospitals to discount care to any uninsured patient that makes less than 250 percent of the federal poverty level, according to a Denver Business Journal report.