Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals' net income in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 rose 4.1 percent from the same period last year to a total of $37.7 million, according to a LifePoint news release.
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The Department of Health and Human Services has released a notice saying consumers can now expect to get the most out of their health insurance dollar, according to an HHS news release.
Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health Network has purchased a former office tower for approximately $4 million, according to a Dayton Daily News report.
Ben Venue Laboratories is releasing a limited supply of preservative-free methotrexate to ease the shortage of the pediatric cancer drug, according to a company news release.
If the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's individual mandate is eliminated, insurance coverage would drop, but individuals' premiums would increase only slightly, according to a Rand Corporation study.
Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City will soon open its new $17 million emergency department after about two-and-a-half years of construction, according to a Globe Gazette report.
Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital in Dover, Del., has opened a new emergency and trauma services department, according to a hospital news release.
Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Healthcare System has opened its new $10 million radiation oncology suite, according to a health system news release.
The non-profit organization Cost of Care has launched a new project designed to teach medical students and physicians about medical necessity, according to a news release.
Parkland Memorial Hospital's interim CEO Thomas Royer, MD, has urged hospital employees to stay engaged following the leak of a patient safety report hospital board members have refused to make public, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.