Patients at Community Hospital in New Port Richey, Fla., part of HCA West Florida, will relocate to the new Medical Center of Trinity (Fla.) Feb. 7, according to a hospital news release.
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The following hospital mergers and acquisitions took place within the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.
Dr. Walter O. Moss Regional Medical Center in Lake Charles, La., will close its pediatric and psychiatric clinics March 1 due to a $2.3 million budget cut, according to a KPLC report.
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health Care is facing more than $80,000 in fines and penalties after attorneys general in two states accused the system's bone and marrow registry of "unfair and deceptive acts," according to a News Telegram report.
A recent report from the American Hospital Association found that non-profit, tax-exempt hospitals spend an average of 11.3 percent of their total annual expenses on community benefits.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed coverage of transcatheter aortic valve replacement under coverage with evidence development when certain conditions are met.
The American Medical Association is going after ICD-10 requirements again, as the medical group wrote a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urging that the implementation of ICD-10 be stopped.
Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point (Ind.) has opened the new Burrell Cancer Radiation Oncology Center, according to a health system news release.
University Hospital in Louisville, Ky., will form a committee and hire a consultant to address questions about the safety-net hospital's future after its participation in a proposed merger was halted by state officials, according to a Courier-Journal report.
The National Business Group on Health has issued a strong recommendation that U.S. hospitals and healthcare facilities require all of their employees be vaccinated annually for influenza.