Legacy Health of Portland, Ore., has brought together several competing healthcare plans in and around Portland to form a collaborative care organization for Medicaid patients, according to The Lund Report.
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The California Department of Health Care Services announced a pilot program to coordinate health coverage for the more than one million residents who qualify for both Medicaid and Medicare.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers recently released a report, "The Future of the Academic Medical Center: Strategies to Avoid a Margin Meltdown," which explained some of the greatest threats to academic medical centers today.
A new report, "Best Practices: Establishing Sustainable Health Information Exchange," by IDC Health Insights, an advisory services and market research firm, provides guidelines for establishing a health information exchange based on insight from experienced executives, according to a Healthcare Payer…
Elaine Thompson, PhD, is the CEO of the new University of South Florida Health System. She previously served as president and CEO of Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center. She oversees the 851-bed hospital that houses one of the busiest single-site…
St. Louis-based SSM Health Care has announced an agreement to acquire Unity Health Center in Shawnee, Okla., effective June 30.
Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, N.Y., announced the opening of the new 30-bed Cardiovascular and Thoracic Unit.
Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., announced the opening of Mount Auburn Healthcare in Waltham, Mass.
Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas and Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C., have reached a settlement on their mutual 2010 certificate of need appeals, according to a Pilot report.