It finally happened. The Supreme Court has ruled on the healthcare reform, and has decided to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with the distinction that the individual mandate can stay, so long as it is deemed a…
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The Oktibbeha County board of supervisors has passed a motion to seek a consulting company to assess Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville, Miss., which is the first step required in the sale of a county-owned hospital, according to The Dispatch.
Abington (Pa.) Health and Huntingdon Valley, Pa.-based Holy Redeemer Health System have announced their intention to create a new regional health system.
Tommy Smith, president and CEO of Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Healthcare System, has announced his intent to retire next April, according to a Courier-Journal report.
HHS has released a protocol for its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act audit program.
Thomas Dolan, PhD, president and CEO of the American College of Healthcare Executives, has announced his intention to retire, effective May 10, 2013.
In a webinar hosted by McGuireWoods, Barton Walker, JD, healthcare attorney for McGuireWoods, discussed the importance hospital and health system officials should place on certain structural considerations of mergers, acquisitions and affiliations. Although there are a variety of structures for…
The International Anesthesia Research Society has awarded Ansgar Brambrink, MD, PhD, $750,000 for anesthesia research — the largest single grant in the organization's 90-year history.
The American Hospital Association recently expressed support for the Senate's highway bill, which includes a provision that pension plan interest rates would be based on historical averages to protect employers from wild variations in interest rates.
Nancy Schlichting, the CEO of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System, says there are no easy answers in addressing primary care physician shortages, but paying PCPs more money is a place to start, according to a Bridge Michigan report.