Pauls Valley (Okla.) General Hospital has laid off 17 of 278 full-time employees as part of a restructuring plan to improve efficiency and realign job responsibilities, according to a Pauls Valley Democrat report.
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A Florida bill would require physicians, urgent care centers and surgery centers to post the prices of their 50 most common procedures on signs within the facility, according to a Sun Sentinel report.
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Greenville (S.C.) Hospital System is building a $1.3 million hybrid operating room, according to a Greenville News report.
Cayuga Medical Center in Ithaca, N.Y., has agreed to pay a $3.57 million settlement to the state of New York after it allegedly violated Stark Law, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian.
Springfield, Ga.-based Effingham Health System has completed its $30.9 million expansion, according to a Savannah Morning News report.
Greenville, N.C.-based University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina is now officially known as Vidant Health, according to a system news release.
The majority of Americans expect the Supreme Court justices to base their ruling on the healthcare reform law on their ideological views rather than their interpretation of the law, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation news release.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has been approved to begin renovations on the exterior of Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, N.J., which HackensackUMC hopes to reopen, according to a report by The Record.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark, an insurer, will spend up to $500 million on a new network of physicians, community hospitals and outpatient care locations — an investment in addition to its $475 million takeover of West Penn Allegheny Health System, according to…