The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation is teaming up with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering to explore potential solutions to a federal directive on maintenance schedules for medical equipment.
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The FDA announced yesterday that it has approved two new suppliers for two critical cancer drugs that have experienced shortages, according to a Newsday report.
Net income at Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems fell 55.5 percent in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011, to $30.9 million due in large part to a $42 million after-tax charge from the early extinguishment of debt, according to…
A $240 million UPMC hospital in Monroeville, Pa., will be out of network to Highmark members when it opens in July after the insurer refused UPMC's request to sign a one-year contract for Highmark members, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review…
MultiCare and Franciscan Health System, both based in Tacoma, Wash., will be forced to pay a city business tax starting March 5, according to a Bellingham Herald report.
The New Mexico Human Services Department has released a new proposal (pdf) to restructure its Medicaid program.
Integrated Medical Professionals, a multi-specialty practice that includes the largest independent provider of urological and radiation oncology services in the country, has partnered with Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, according to a joint news release.
Nancy Wilson, RN, board member of the Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare District in Garberville, Calif., wrote a letter in the Redwood Times defending the recent salary hike of SHCHD Administrator Harry Jasper.
The 200 hospitals and health systems within Illinois generate roughly $78.7 billion in state economic activity every year, according to a report from the Illinois Hospital Association (pdf).
Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital is laying off 75 employees — or 5 percent of its workforce — due to a fiscal year ending with a loss of roughly $10 million, according to a Hartford Business Journal report.