Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle and Kirkland, Wash.-based Evergreen Healthcare have formed a strategic partnership to collaborate on patient care, according to a joint news release. Under the partnership, the systems will remain independent while collaborating on certain initiatives,…
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John Henson, administrator of Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin, Ky., has resigned from his post, according to a hospital news release.
Darryl Faye, CFO of Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola, Ind., has announced his plans to retire, according to a KCP News report.
The following is reprinted with permission from Singletrack Analytics. In the draft ACO regulations, CMS established a single ACO risk adjustment factor using historical data from all participants, and did not modify it throughout the participation period. This policy reflected…
Detroit Medical Center CEO Mike Duggan is scheduled to make $2.41 million in salary, bonuses and several years of stock options this year, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, based in Palo Alto, Calif., and Anthem Blue Cross of California have reached a new three-year health insurance provider agreement, effective Sept. 1, 2011, according to a Stanford news release.
Both the American Hospital Association and American Medical Association boosted their lobbying efforts in the third quarter of 2011 from the second quarter of this year, according to a report from the Center for Responsive Politics.
CMS recently announced that the 2012 calendar year application fee for providers that are initially enrolling in Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program; revalidating their Medicare, Medicaid or CHIP enrollment; or adding a new Medicare practice location will…
Less than 10 percent of healthcare providers are more than halfway ready in terms of being fully prepared for ICD-10, according to a KLAS report.
CMS recently developed and released four implementation handbooks to help hospitals and other providers make the transition to ICD-10.