Four hospitals — Inova Alexandria (Va.) Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, Wis., Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth and The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati — have partnered with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists to improve antimicrobial…
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As the incentive and reimbursement structures begin to shift to value-based programs, several hospitals across the country are getting a head start by trying to limit unnecessary treatments and save money in the process, according to a USA Today report.
Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), co-chairmen of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, are expected to announce that the supercommittee will not set forth a deal outlining at least $1.2 trillion in cost savings by…
Although Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Health System and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan are currently in negotiations over hospital price increases, the standoff involves several other issues, such as value-based incentive contracts, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.
Covenant Hospital Plainview (Texas) has launched an initiative to promote a smoke-free campus, according to a Herald report.
Full-time emergency medicine physicians, a majority who are employed by hospitals, earn an average of $239,758 per year, according to the 2011 LocumTenens.com Emergency Medicine Salary Survey (pdf).
Chris DiCicco has stepped down as president of St. Mary Medical Center, a Catholic Healthcare West facility in Long Beach, Calif., according to a Contra Costa Times report.
Miami-based Jackson Health System's executives have developed a strategic plan that will attempt to turn around the public system that has lost more than $400 million over the past three years, but they will release the plan only to board…
Roughly 829,000 Colorado residents do not have health insurance, a 22 percent spike from two years ago when there were about 678,000 uninsured Coloradans, according to the 2011 Colorado Health Access Survey (pdf).
Kaiser Permanente recently opened a new sports medicine center in Elk Grove, Calif., that includes its new Promenade Medical Offices, according to a report from The Sacramento Bee.