Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care is planning a series of construction projects that would cost more than $1 billion, according to a Press-Citizen report.
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Signing bonuses are on the rise, as 88 percent of placed physicians received a signing bonus in 2011, according to a report from The Medicus Firm.
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Although many physicians may tell patients who leave against medical advice that the health insurer will not pay for their care, health insurers still usually cover the care, according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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.