The average base salary for a typical chief nursing information officer is about $200,000 to $250,000, up from about $175,000 a year ago, according to Witt-Kieffer survey cited in an InformationWeek report.
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Health insurer Highmark, based in Pittsburgh, has posted the results of its pay-for-performance program from fiscal year 2011, according to a company news release. Highmark launched its Quality BLUE pay-for-performance program in 2002 with six hospitals. By fiscal year 2011,…
Montgomery, Ala.-based Baptist Health has formed an agreement to acquire Montgomery Cancer Center, according to a health system news release. Under the agreement, Baptist will acquire MCC, Montgomery Breast Center and Carmichael Imaging. MCC includes 13 physicians. The acquisition does…
Novi, Mich.-based Trinity Health has signed a letter of intent to acquire Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, according to a Crain’s Chicago Business report. The two organizations have held informal merger discussions for about a year, according to…
Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare in Louisville, Ky., has agreed to pay $435,502 to settle claims that it overbilled Medicare from 2006-2010, according to a Business First report. Federal officials contended that JHSMH improperly charged Medicare for outpatient wound-care…
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Melbourne, Fla.-based Wuesthoff Health System has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Osler Medical, a multispecialty physician group with 47 providers, effective Nov. 1, according to a Wuesthoff news release.
Fairview Red Wing (Minn.) Medical Center could end its relationship with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and join the Mayo Clinic Health System if discussions among the three groups progress, according to a Red Wing Republican report.
Phoenix-based Banner Health, which has locations in seven states, has been accepted by CMS into the agency's Accountable Care Organization Pioneer Program, according to a Phoenix Business Journal report.
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