Main Line Health has agreed to a $1.03 million settlement, resolving allegations that the four-hospital system submitted improper claims to Medicare, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and three other Republican Congressmen sent a letter (pdf) to the White House yesterday with two proposals on how to keep the interest rate low on subsidized Stafford student loans.
Revenue cycle software firm Craneware recently received the Amerinet Supplier Performance Award for companies with services under $25 million.
Emergency department management firm CEP America will host a free webinar June 19 at 4:30 p.m. CDT on how hospitals can improve ED throughput times with the "quick emergency disposition" process.
King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., has laid off an undisclosed number of employees.
Howard Scott, MD, has been named CMO of Methodist South Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., according to a Memphis Daily News report.
Outside of labor costs, the supply chain eats the largest chunk of change out of a hospital's operating budget, and hospital CFOs are continually looking for ways to maximize savings and efficiency within this controllable process.
In August, John DeNardo will retire as CEO of University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago and associate vice president of health affairs for the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
UHS Delaware Valley Hospital in Walton, N.Y., announced David Polge is retiring as president and CEO today after leading the 25-bed critical access hospital for 22 years.
Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital has broken ground on a new 64,000-square-foot cardiology unit and emergency department, according to a St. Tammany News report.