Last summer, struggling Mission Community Hospital in Panorama City, Calif., entered into a three-stage agreement with newly formed, Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Deanco Healthcare to manage and eventually assume ownership of the 145-bed hospital. Deanco began by providing consulting services to…
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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the healthcare reform law that was heard by Atlanta's 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, the only federal court to strike down the insurance mandate portion of the healthcare reform law,…
Beginning Dec. 1, New York will expand its courts specializing in medical malpractice cases to Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
After a slow start to the year, merger and acquisition activity for managed care companies has more than doubled in the second half of the year, according to a report by Irving Levin and Associates.
St. Luke's Hospital & Health Networks, based in Bethlehem, Pa., opened its new St. Luke's Hospital – Anderson Campus in Bethlehem Township, Pa., on Friday, according to a news release by the health system.
Unionized workers, including nurses, at Regional Hospital of Scranton (Pa.) have ratified a contract with the hospital, owned by Community Health Systems, according to a Times Leader report.
The following transactions between hospitals and physician groups took place within the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent. 1. Great River Health in Iowa Acquires Keokuk ClinicGreat River Health Systems in West Burlington, Iowa, agreed to acquire the…
As electronic health records and health information exchanges make patient information more accessible, healthcare organizations are seeking ways to integrate and manage this data. Integrating patients' medical records, labs and diagnostic images from different sources and storing them in one…
Implementing a surgical intern survival skills curriculum can increase general surgery interns' confidence levels, according to a study in the American Journal of Surgery.
The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.