Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System has filed suit against the management company hired to oversee two of its community health centers, alleging the company breached its contract and opened a competing clinic, according to a Times Free Press report.
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A Nevada bill would repeal a state law that makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against tobacco users in their hiring, which means hospitals could refuse to hire smokers under the legislation, according to a Las Vegas Sun report.
Phoebe Putney Health System in Albany, Ga., said it is "disappointed" with the Supreme Court's ruling yesterday, in which justices unanimously agreed with the Federal Trade Commission and struck down Phoebe Putney's acquisition of Palmyra Medical Center in Albany, according…
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission issued an advisory opinion that Norman (Okla.) Physician Hospital Organization's proposed clinical integration program was not likely to prompt antitrust scrutiny. It's been several years since the last regulatory opinion on a clinical integration…
Supreme Court justices sided with the Federal Trade Commission today with a unanimous ruling that lower courts improperly dismissed antitrust complaints over Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital's acquisition of Palmyra Medical Center in Albany.
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In a letter to President Barack Obama signed by a majority of House Democrats, 107 lawmakers told the president to remain steadfast in protecting Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security benefits and back away from altering the chained consumer price index…
In a 10-6 vote, the Montana House Human Services Committee moved to kill House Bill 306, which would have required a stricter review process for organizations to build ambulatory surgery centers in the state, according to a Billings Gazette report.
Approximately 400 people have filed suit against St. Joseph London (Ky.) hospital and 11 cardiologists, claiming they conspired to perform unnecessary heart procedures on patients, according to a USA Today/Courier-Journal report.
Republican lawmakers in Maine are seeking to roll back the state's certificate of need program that requires state officials to review proposals for major provider expansions and construction of new facilities, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
An African-American nurse has sued Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Mich., claiming the hospital obliged to a man's request that no African-American nurses care for his newborn child, according to a Detroit Free Press report.