Profit at HMS Holdings, one of the largest companies in CMS' Recovery Audit Program for both Medicare and Medicaid, plummeted 28 percent, from $9.82 million in the first quarter of 2011 to $7.04 million in the first quarter of 2012.
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CMS gave the green light to Wisconsin's latest Medicaid overhaul, which will lead to roughly 17,000 low-income Wisconsinites losing health coverage, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.
Hospitals participating in CMS' inpatient and outpatient quality reporting programs can preview their most recent data at My QualityNet starting tomorrow, according to an AHA News Now report.
Johnston Health in Smithfield, N.C., has named five healthcare organizations as potential partners.
Compensation for the top executives at Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare increased year-over-year between 2010 and 2011, as CEO Dan Slipkovich earned the most at $536,482, according to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
MedCentral Health System in Mansfield, Ohio, has named current CFO Joe Chamberlain as COO, effective immediately, and as the acting CEO upon James Meyer's retirement.
Net income at health insurer Humana took a hit in the three months ended March 31, 2012, dropping from $315 million in the first quarter of 2011 to $248 million this past quarter.
MedCentral Health System in Mansfield, Ohio, has voted to seek a partnership with a larger health system.
Cadence Health in Winfield, Ill., has named Michael Vivoda as CEO, effective July 1, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
Roughly five years ago Rhode Island Hospital in Providence had a hand hygiene problem. Only 40-50 percent of all hand washing that was supposed to take place was actually happening, and, as a result, the entire institution decided to institute…