Several Pennsylvania hospitals have seen increases in volume as former patients of Carbondale, Pa.-based Marian Community Hospital, which closed Feb. 28, seek care elsewhere, according to a Scranton Times-Tribune report.
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The National Labor Relations Board released a memo discussing how regional offices will implement new representation case procedures, which go into effect today.
Ashland (Kan.) Hospital Center decided to tackle the shortage of rural physicians in a creative way: It offers physicians eight weeks of paid time off to provide mission and humanitarian medical services to those in need, according to a report…
As healthcare insurers diversify and buy traditional business adversaries such as hospital consultants and physicians groups, serious independence and patient confidentiality concerns arise, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
By a narrow 215 to 195 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that extends low interest rates on government student loans by cutting a preventive care fund, part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,…
Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo., will acquire medical oncology practice Southwest Oncology and radiation oncology practice Durango Cancer Center, according to a report in The Daily Times.
For hospitals and health systems, physician compensation will always be a hot-button issue. Branching out and attracting physicians is a core goal of any health organization, especially with the advent of accountable care organizations, but because physicians go through thorough…
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