Accretive Health — the Chicago-based healthcare debt and collections agency that has been surrounded in controversy over accusations of patient privacy violations and questionable collections practices — reported profit of $1.49 million in the first quarter of 2012, a major…
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Eighteen executives across Connecticut's 30 hospitals received more than $1 million in total compensation in 2010, and seven of those 18 have since retired or are currently retiring from their roles, according to a report from The Hartford Courant and…
Nevada's Health and Human Services director said 150,000 people will be added to state Medicaid rolls at a cost of $574 million between now and 2020 if the federal healthcare law is upheld in the Supreme Court, according to a…
Houston-based Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital has appointed Lisa Cox, RN, BSN, MSN, as its new chief nursing officer, according to a Cypress Creek Mirror report.
U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a bill yesterday that would extend the Medicare-Dependent Hospital Program and the Low-Volume Hospital Program an extra year for rural hospitals through September 2013.
University of Miami plans to lay off up to 800 employees from its medical school, a reduction partially due to reduced payments from partner Jackson Health System, according to a Miami Herald report.
Frank Costa, MD, has been dismissed as medical director and administrator at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center due to his involvement with helping insurer Highmark purchase property for outpatient centers, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced the availability of up to $75 million in grants for the construction or renovation of school-based health centers.
Credentialing and privileging are the fundamental building blocks of quality. While the vast majority of hospitals have been vigilant on these issues, some situations continue to be troublesome. Hospitals often work with surgeons who don't perform many cases at their…
Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and physicians from Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center are facing a whistleblower lawsuit alleging Medicare and Medicaid fraud, according to a Dallas Morning News report.