Lawrence Barco, president and CEO of MidMichigan Medical Center-Clare in Clare, has announced his retirement, effective June 30.
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A new CNN/ORC International poll released today shows that 51 percent of Americans oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, while 43 percent are in favor of it. Six percent have no opinion on the matter.
Speaking at White House town hall meeting on women's health Thursday, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said an overturning of the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would have a "pretty cataclysmic impact" on the nation, according to a Nurse.com…
The U.S. House of Representatives voted by a 270 to 146 margin to strike down a 2.3 percent tax on medical devices, according to a Reuters report.
There is no association between patient-centered medical home coordinated care processes and patient experience, according to a recent Health Services Research study.
Dallas-based Orthofix, an orthopedic medical device manufacturer, has agreed to a $34 million settlement to resolve alleged False Claims Act violations.
Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, S.C., is changing some of its policies in response to a federal investigation of a patient's death from a bacterial infection, according to a Miami Herald report.
St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., announced the launch of a new model for emergency care to accommodate increasing emergency department volume.
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is facing a class-action lawsuit over a data breach that occurred in April, when the system lost 10 discs containing personal information for roughly 315,000 patients, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
Current changes in the healthcare system have caused 83 percent of physicians to think about quitting, according to survey results from the Doctor Patient Medical Association Foundation.