Chicago-based Cook County Health & Hospitals System is planning to hire up to 85 nurses and front-line workers to improve patient satisfaction to prepare for future changes to patients' insurance, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
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More than 21,000 mental health workers and nurses at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and nurses from other unions are striking today, marking the second time in four months Kaiser nurses have protested takeaways in the proposed contract, according to a…
Irving, Texas-based Christus Health is consolidating its corporate offices in Dallas in the suburb of Irving, according to a health system news release.
A new hospital planned by Gainesville, Ga.-based Northeast Georgia Health System is expected to create 500 jobs, according to a Dacula Patch report.
Hospitals across the country are expanding emergency departments to manage growing ED patient volumes.
Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital is planning a $120 million proton therapy center, according to a Palm Beach Post report.
The bundled payment episode definitions in previous Medicare bundled payment initiatives such as the Medicare Participating Heart Bypass Demonstration and the Medicare Acute Care Episode Demonstration included only services provided during the inpatient stay. As inpatients, these patients are closely…
Based on figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest salaries for healthcare practitioners and healthcare support staff are in California and Alaska, according to a Business Journal report.
Boston-based health insurer Harvard Pilgrim Health Care cut its premium rate increase to 1.9 percent after the Massachusetts Division of Insurance previously approved a 3.8 percent rate hike, according to a Boston Globe report.
Rhode Island hospitals lost nearly $4 million in 2011, the first time the state's hospitals recorded a negative cumulative operating margin, according to a Rhode Island Public Radio report.