Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance has announced the ground breaking of a $69 million surgery tower expansion at its Johnson City Medical Center.
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The former CEO of Powell (Wyo.) Valley Healthcare is facing charges for allegedly embezzling about $850,000 while he led the organization last year, according to a Powell Tribune report.
Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare Health System has announced its affiliation with a 400-physician group and its acquisition of a physician management company.
Roughly 43 percent of physicians think Medicare reimbursements will go down in the near future, while only 4 percent believe they will go up, according to a survey from LocumTenens.com.
UnitedHealthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group — the largest insurer in the United States based on both enrollment and revenue — announced it will purchase Preferred Care Partners and Medica HealthCare Plans, two Florida-based Medicare Advantage health plans.
Antonio Alfonso, MD, chairman of the Department of Surgery at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., was the second-highest paid employee on New York's payroll in 2011, according to analysis from SeeThroughNY, a project of conservative think tank Manhattan…
The Obama administration is crediting the healthcare reform law for yesterday's indictment of providers allegedly involved in a $375 million Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme, according to a report from The Hill.
The average cost for a 180-day episode of total knee replacement for Medicare patients is $22,611, while that figure is $25,872 for patients with commercial health insurance — a 14 percent difference, according to a report from the Health Care…
In 2010, Kentucky hospitals contributed roughly $1.67 billion in net community benefits, according to a report from the Kentucky Hospital Association (pdf).
Miami-based Jackson Health System will cut 1,115 jobs to save $69 million annually, according to a Miami Herald report.