In its first year of a seven-year “learning lab,” the joint effort between rival Minnesota health systems HealthPartners and Allina Hospitals and Clinics was able to shave $6 million from medical costs, according to a Star Tribune report. Bloomington-based HealthPartners…
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The city of Chicago is seeking a vendor that can implement and manage a wellness program for city employees in an effort to cut down healthcare costs, according to a Chicago News Cooperative report.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is extending the temporary certification program for health IT to summer 2012, according to a notice in the Federal Register.
An HHS committee has submitted to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius a report outlining a recommended methodology for determining medically underserved areas and health professional shortage areas, according to an AHA News Now report.
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,…
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.