Ramapo Anesthesia in Suffern, N.Y., this week announced the addition of anesthesiologists James D. Levinsohn, MD, and Sinha Monsur, MD, to its staff. Both physicians will provide anesthesia services at Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, according to a…
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A county prosecutor has asked the Idaho Attorney General's Office to take over a criminal investigation of Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot, according to an Idaho State Journal report.
Peter Slavin, MD, president of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, has been named chairman of the board of directors for the Massachusetts Hospital Association.
Ronald A. Paulus, MD, has big goals and an even "bigger" aim. As the first physician CEO of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, Dr. Paulus oversees a $1.2 billion integrated delivery system — the sixth-largest in the state. Prior to his…
The American Hospital Association sponsored a policy briefing with congressional staffers on Tuesday to push for legislation that would extend lapsed or soon-to-expire Medicare provisions impacting rural patients and providers, according to an AHA News Now report.
Physicians at hospitals and health systems are mostly engaged with their job, but a recent Morehead Associates survey of more than 1.4 million physicians reveals a slight statistical decrease in physician engagement from 2010 to 2011.
If the Supreme Court decides to strike down only the individual health insurance mandate when it rules on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act later this month, there will likely still be an expansion in the number of insured…
A subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee approved funding on Wednesday that increases discretionary spending for HHS programs by $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2013, supporting funding for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Holy Cross Germantown (Md.) Hospital's new name, although seemingly obvious, was chosen deliberately to reflect its brand, according to a Washington Business Journal report.
CMS will extend the deadline for hospitals and others to apply for a pool of $43.2 million in grants to test new approaches to prenatal care for Medicaid enrollees at risk for pre-term births, according to an AHA News Now…