In 2010, non-profit hospitals and health systems raised more than $8.3 billion in donations and other charitable fundraising, an 8 percent increase from 2009, and healthcare organizations have started to establish separate fundraising foundations to boost their development efforts, according…
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently submitted a plan to Congress that would reform Medicare's hospital wage index by establishing a labor market area and wage index for each hospital.
Washington state is considering a proposal by emergency physicians to prevent overutilization of the emergency department by Medicaid patients, according to an American Medical News report.
The reimbursement contract between Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford and health insurer Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has officially expired as neither party could agree to adequate terms, according to a Hartford Courant report.
This morning, some supporters of Cooper Green Mercy Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., prepared to hold a rally outside the county courthouse to protest plans to close the hospital's oncology unit, according to a Birmingham News report.
Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Fla., has opened its new $12 million Judy and Steve Turner Heart and Vascular Center, according to a Walton Sun report.
Last month, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare announced Bob Kerrey, former Nebraska governor, resigned from the board of directors so he could devote full attention to his U.S. Senate election campaign, according to documents from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
To say that the medical community has noticed a change in the government's enforcement stance regarding HIPAA violations would be quite an understatement. Examples of cringe-worthy behavior by providers are becoming legion. In addition to the now near-famous case involving…
As hospitals continue to tighten budgets in order to compensate for financial losses, newly graduated nurses may find it tougher to find a job, according to The Rebel Yell.
The following hospital mergers and acquisitions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.