Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., will assume management of its comprehensive cancer center and terminate its management agreement with Aptium, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, according to a Desert Sun report. The management transition is prompted…
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The California Hospital Association filed a lawsuit earlier this month against the state and the Department of Health and Human Service over the 10 percent reimbursement cuts under Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, and now four more medical groups are…
Pennsylvania's Department of Insurance plans to create a state-based health insurance exchange, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report.
Urology is one of the top five highest-paying medical specialties, as average compensation in 2010 for urologists hovered around $305,000, according to Medscape's 2011 Physician Compensation Survey.
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the bond rating for West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh to Caa1 from B2, according to a Moody's news release.
Hospitals reported appealing nearly one-third of all recovery audit (RAC) denials, and 77 percent of those denied claims were overturned in favor of the hospital, according to the American Hospital Association's third quarter RACTrac Survey (pdf).
Currently, Medicare physician pay cuts of 27.4 percent will go into effect Jan. 1, 2012, unless Congress intervenes, and roughly 9 percent of medical groups would cease treating Medicare patients if the cuts went through, according to an American Medical…
The board of Elkhart (Ind.) General Hospital has approved an affiliation with Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind., according to an Elkhart news release. Memorial’s board will vote on the proposed affiliation today. If it passes, the organizations will sign…
The 34-nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has released study findings showing American hospitals spend 163 percent more than hospitals in five other industrialized countries combined. Per capita, American hospitals spend $2,922. This means American hospital spending is higher…
Carthage (Mo.) City Council has approved an agreement for Chesterfield, Mo.-based Sisters of Mercy Health System to lease its city-owned McCune-Brooks Hospital, according to a Joplin Globe report. McCune-Brooks and Mercy formed a relationship after a tornado destroyed St. John’s…