Hospitals are purchasing physician practices and employing physicians at some of the highest levels in roughly two decades. Here are the top 25 highest-paid physician specialties, with average salary figures, that were in hospital-owned practices based on the most recent…
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Pen Bay Healthcare in Rockport, Maine, has eliminated eight positions and continues to look for other cost-saving measures due to impending reductions to the state's Medicaid program, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives recently wrote a letter (pdf) to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urging that HHS "move quickly and decisively in setting a new compliance date for converting to ICD-10."
Greater continuity of care with a specialist and greater comprehensive care by a family physician were associated with less use of the emergency department, according to a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Of the roughly $16 billion dollars the Justice Department has recovered through healthcare whistleblower cases since 1987, about 36 percent has come since 2009, reflecting a surge in qui tam action, according to USA Today report.
Salem (Ore.) Hospital plans to roll out $30 million in organizational cuts to battle its growing deficit and decline in inpatient admissions, according to a Statesman Journal report.
Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital in Williamsville, N.Y., has applied for a certificate of need to add a 10-bed neonatal intensive care unit, according to a hospital news release.
A collaboration of Montana hospitals has applied for the three-year, $16 million Innovative Challenge Grant from CMS to form an accountable care organization with 48 of the state's rural hospitals, according to a Montana Watchdog report.
Geneva (N.Y.) General Hospital has broken ground on a $56 million construction project, according to a Democrat and Chronicle report.
Jackson General Hospital in Ripley, W.Va., will make another attempt at critical access hospital designation, the second attempt since 2008, according to a Jackson Newspapers report.