Utah Senator Stuart Reid has promised to back legislation requiring providers to notify patients upfront that they share patient data with government programs, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.
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New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has vetoed a bill that would allow healthcare providers' insurers to make "early offers" to injured patients, expediting the malpractice process, according to a Union Leader report.
Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., has announced a round of layoffs as Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare prepares to take over the hospital July 1, according to a Reno Gazette-Journal report.
The United States will need 5.6 million more healthcare workers by 2020, as the demand for healthcare services is expected to grow twice as fast as the national economy in the next eight years, according to a new study from…
Leadership in today's evolving physician group practice organizations — especially as hospitals return to the business of purchasing physician practices in order to further their integration strategies — requires a diverse array of skills and experience. Many of these organizations…
Memorial Hospital of Adel (Ga.) will change its name to Cook Medical Center-A Campus of Tift Regional Medical Center on July 2, to reflect its recent purchase by The Hospital Authority of Tift County, which owns and operates Tift Regional…
Mercy Health System, based in Conshohocken, Pa., has named Robert Permut, MD, MSHA, as CEO of the Mercy Physician Network.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced grants have been awarded to 219 community health centers to expand access to care and create new jobs.
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare has announced several leadership changes resulting from its newly created South Region, a collaboration between three Piedmont-affiliated hospitals on the south side of Atlanta.
In the fall of 2010, Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives implemented accountable care readiness pilots in three cities — Lexington, Ky., Denver, Colo., and Lincoln, Neb. — taking a population health-based approach to caring for Medicare patients with chronic illnesses.…