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.
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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.
NCH Healthcare System, based in Naples, Fla., has been deemed an "immediate jeopardy" twice by state regulators last year, according to a Naples News report.
Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., reported it cut its total hospital-acquired infection rate by more than half over the past three years.
The Oregon Association of Hospital and Health Systems said it is opposed to proposed legislation that would require healthcare employers, including hospitals, to educate employees about influenza vaccination and offer the option to decline vaccination, according to the Lund Report.
A CDC-convened panel of experts has published guidelines for safe work practices in diagnostic laboratories.
Legislation that would repeal a provision designed for the disabled and elderly under the healthcare reform law has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report.
The University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla., is proceeding with plans to build a teaching hospital for its medical school despite objections from two Orlando healthcare organizations: Florida Hospital and Orlando Health, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.