Beatrice (Neb.) Community Hospital and Health Center has completed its new $50 million hospital after a little more than two years of construction, according to a Lincoln Journal Star report.
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Eric Shinseki, secretary of Veterans Affairs, plans to visit the VA's $665 million medical center under construction in Orlando, Fla., to address its delayed opening, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.
U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, MD, (R-Okla.), and Rep. Charles Boustany, MD, (R-La.), sent a letter (pdf) to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concern over findings from a recent audit of HHS' financial statements from fiscal…
As Providence, R.I., approaches bankruptcy, the Hospital Association of Rhode Island said the city's non-profit hospitals cannot necessarily contribute funds to the budget even though some top executives are paid seven figures, according to a WPRI report.
The Department of Health and Human Services has denied California's effort to require Medi-Cal, or Medicaid, patients to pay for certain healthcare services, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine in Hempstead, N.Y., have formed an academic affiliation, according to a hospital news release.
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