Altoona (Pa.) Regional Health System is planning to close the former Bon Secours Mercy Hospital in Altoona near the end of March, according to an Altoona Mirror report.
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The Federal Trade Commission has continued its challenge of the Palmyra Medical Center in Albany, Ga., sale to Phoebe Putney Health System also in Albany, according to Georgia Public Broadcasting report.
Franciscan St. Francis Health-Beech Grove (Ind.) will officially end all inpatient operations March 16, according to an Indiana Business Journal report.
Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami, owned by Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America, has announced Elizabeth Durrence as COO.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare (pdf) reported a net loss of $76 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, compared with a gain of $74 million in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Washington State recently approved a provision within its Medicaid program in which it will no longer pay hospitals for any emergency department visit deemed as "unnecessary," and the American College of Emergency Physicians said this approach will put potential ED…
Employees at Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage can receive a $10,000 bonus if they help recruit operating room nurses, according to a KTUU 2 report.
HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has announced a proposed rule for certification requirements for electronic health record technology, to be effective in 2014.
A recent Medicare Learning Network Matters (pdf) report informed hospitals how to bill for renal and urinary tract disorders in Medicare beneficiaries.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield — the private payor for Virginia, Maryland and Washingon, D.C. — is distributing more than $8.5 million to 12 regional safety net clinics to help develop patient-centered medical homes.