Nine hospitalists submitted their resignations to Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth System last week, citing administrative interference in medical decisions as the reason for their departure, according to a Patriot-News report. The hospitalists were led by Michael Hildren, MD, who said the…
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As Porterville, Calif.-based Sierra View District Hospital narrows down its CEO search to two finalists, it is expected the salary of the new hospital leader could range between $282,000 and $394,000, according to a Porterville Recorder report.
Roosevelt Hairston Jr., the former general counsel and executive vice president of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has been sentenced to four years in prison after he embezzled $1.7 million from the organization, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report. In…
The commissioners of Jefferson Healthcare Hospital in Port Townsend, Wash., have unanimously approved an affiliation with Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, according to a Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader report. The deal will go into effect Dec. 1. A…
Growth rates in Medicare claim costs increased at an annual rate of 1.97 percent over the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2011, an all-time low, according to a Standard & Poor's news release (pdf).
The South Dakota Department of Health has awarded 15 rural hospitals a total of $201,880 in grants for projects that include medication error reduction and telehealth, according to a SDDH news release.
Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health and Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare have formed a supply chain network with the goal of reducing supply expenses and improving operational performance, according to a group news release.
Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and House Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) led an event for hundreds of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security recipients yesterday to tell the supercommittee that entitlement programs should not be considered…
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper rejected a Republican proposal to explore getting Medicaid waivers from the federal government that would enable Colorado to spend less on Medicaid, according to a Denver Post report.
Somnia Anesthesia, a national anesthesia management company, has announced the publishing of new resource material for hospitals that describes best practices for the anesthesia request for proposal process, according to a Somnia news release.