Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., has named John Brumsted, MD, president and CEO, according to a Fletcher Allen news release.
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SSM Health Care-St. Louis, Mo., has named Lee Bernstein COO and regional executive vice president of hospital operations of its seven local Missouri hospitals, according to an SSM Health Care news release.
The government has recovered roughly $4.1 billion in taxpayer dollars in fiscal year 2011 from healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts, according to a news release from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Profit in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011 for Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates increased 9.5 percent from the same period in 2010 to a total of $30.8 million thanks in part to higher net revenue, according to a…
A couple is pushing for legislation that would require hospitals to pay for the treatment of all hospital-acquired infections, according to a Daily Progress report.
Although academic hospitalists generate close to or more billable clinical activity — or encounters — than their non-academic colleagues, they earn less in compensation across both main specialties, according to the Society of Hospital Medicine's and Medical Group Management Association's…
A small physician-owned hospital in Dayton, Ohio, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Premier Health Partners, claiming the large health system colluded to drive insurers away from doing business with it, according to a Dayton Daily News report.
The American Hospital Association and Federation of American Hospitals each issued responses to President Barack Obama's budget for fiscal year 2013, both of which expressed concerned about further cuts to Medicare and Medicaid hospital reimbursements.
A senator and three professional medical associations have sent messages urging pharmaceutical companies to increase production of a pediatric cancer drug that is in dangerously low supply, according to a Washington Post report.
Hospitals and health systems that do not make painful changes away from fee-for-service may end up watching better-prepared competitors absorb the healthcare market in their communities, according to a recent Health Affairs article.