The Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare recently cut hospital maternity payments for women on state welfare, and hospitals are now scrambling to make up for the lost funds, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
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Two proposed arrangements between anesthesiologists and physician-owned facilities could lead to administrative sanctions, according to a Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General release.
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Members of the American Hospital Association now have an opportunity to "like" the organization on Facebook and tweet it on Twitter.
ETView Medical today appointed David Amar, MD, to its scientific advisory board. Dr. Amar will work with the device company to advance the development of surgical lung isolation products.
Wheeling (W. Va.) Hospital will acquire a primary care practice that operates as a walk-in clinic in Wheeling, according to an Intelligencer report.
Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, radiation oncologist John Halligan, MD, and the Kenai Peninsula Borough administration in Alaska have reached an agreement on a cancer center after an initial disagreement, according to a Peninsula Clarion report.
In an effort to provide a booster shot to the growing primary care shortage nationwide, Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) has introduced legislation to facilitate physician reentry into clinical practices.
Georgia may expand managed care for Medicaid beneficiaries with more for-profit health insurers as the state braces for a Medicaid deficit of $600 million within the next three years, according to a report from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health and Blue Shield of California have formed an accountable care organization to cover 16,000 Blue Shield HMO enrollees, according to a San Francisco Business Times report.