New Jersey hospitals reported an average operating margin of 2.3 percent in 2010, up from 1.7 percent reporting in 2009, but 30 percent of the state's hospitals still posted overall operating losses, according to a New Jersey Hospital Association news…
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A proposal by three Arizona health systems could restore healthcare coverage to more than 19,000 children in the state if the program is approved by CMS, according to an Arizona Central report.
Clark County, Ind., commissioners are considering a proposal by a Salt Lake City-based private equity firm to refinance Kentuckiana Medical Center in Clarksville, Ind., according to a News and Tribune report.
Miami-based Jackson Health System plans to outsource its Medicaid and disability enrollment services for uninsured patients, which is expected to save the public health system $2.5 million and lead to the loss of 26 jobs, according to a Miami Herald…
Gwendolyn Washington, MD, a primary care physician based in Southfield, Mich., has been sentenced to 10 years in prison following a conviction for corruption, healthcare fraud and prescription drug trafficking, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
The AMA House of Delegates has instructed the American Medical Association to identify and review states whose governors have opted out of the federal Medicare physician supervision requirements for anesthesia provision, according to an American Medical News report. Read the…
Josh Billstein, practice manager at The Polyclinic in Seattle, shares eight ways ambulatory surgery centers can save more money on supplies and staffing.
University Hospitals, based in Cleveland, named Michael Anderson, MD, CMO of University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital. Mystie Johnson, MD, was tapped CMO of Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City West, Ariz.…
Warfarin, insulin, antiplatelet drugs and diabetes medications that are taken by mouth accounted for two-thirds of emergency hospitalizations for elderly patients, according to research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review…
Hospitals in Indiana reported 34 hospital-acquired stage 3 or 4 pressure ulcers, 33 retained foreign objects and 17 falls resulting in a death or serious disability in 2010, according to the Indiana State Department of Health’s Medical Error Report for…