Craig Rhyne, MD, CMO of Covenant Health in Lubbock, Texas, has extensive experience with the health system, beginning in 1969 when he worked in Covenant Medical Center's kitchen serving dinner trays and washing dishes as a high school student. In…
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A coalition of health care providers including the Washington Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington State Medical Association and Washington State Hospital Association announced (pdf) 100 percent participation in an initiative to reduce Medicaid emergency department visits.
The University of Michigan Health System has opened its Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.
Healthcare experts likened federal reporting and payment models for hospital readmissions to the initial implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act, which has "suffered widespread criticism since its passage," according to commentary published in the Agency for Healthcare Research…
John Koster, MD, is the president and CEO of Providence Health & Services in Renton, Wash., one of the nation's largest Catholic healthcare organizations. Dr. Koster joined Providence in April 1997 in a position with primary responsibility for system operations.…
More than 500 nurses from Research Medical Center in Kansas City have reached a contract agreement with Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America, bringing a year and a half of negotiations to a close, according to a Kansas City Star…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health announced the receipt of two proposals for reuse of the old Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital in Buffalo.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems are proposing a freestanding children's hospital in San Antonio that would be the base of a new pediatric network, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.
University General Hospital in Houston is facing allegations that it defrauded its partners for a joint venture project in Alvin, Texas, according to a Houston Business Journal report.
The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved the final version of legislation to address drug shortages, according to a report from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.