Tim Leigh, a councilman for Colorado Springs, Colo., has called for the CEO and chief strategy officer of Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs to be put on administrative leave and an investigation of the city-owned system, according to a…
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A physician from Naples, Fla., will pay a fine of $10,000 after he allegedly accessed thousands of patient records at NCH Downtown Naples Hospital to see who didn't have a primary care physician, according to a Naples Daily News report.
Hospital emergency department visits are up in almost every hospital in the country right now, and implementing a capacity alert response system can help assuage the high volumes, according to a whitepaper from CEP America.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System's financial woes are continuing, as it lost $2.1 million in January, according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report.
As many uninsured and underinsured Americans face extremely high costs if they wish to receive healthcare treatment, some are turning to alternative currencies to pay for that healthcare, according to a CNN report.
Honolulu-based Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, which runs 14 hospitals and healthcare facilities on five islands, released salary figures for its top executives, and CEO Bruce Anderson's salary is the highest at $242,250, according to a Honolulu Civil Beat report.
Twelve state attorneys general filed an amicus brief (pdf) with the Supreme Court in support of the healthcare reform law's expansion of the Medicaid program.
Staten Island, N.Y.-based Richmond University Medical Center is planning to expand its clinical services in the community, according to a Staten Island Advance report.
ASC Strategies, a firm specializing in surgical services consulting services to hospitals and health systems, has announced it has launched a new "Outpatient Strategies" division.
The Illinois Department of Revenue, the Illinois Attorney General's Office, the Illinois Hospital Association and Gov. Pat Quinn's office are getting closer to defining the parameters of how much charity care is required of non-profit hospitals in order for them…