The Hospital of Central Connecticut, which has locations in New Britain and Southington, has been disciplined by state officials after inspections found several violations, including one that may have led to a patient's death, according to a report in The…

A recent study reported that Massachusetts continued to see gains in the share of residents who reported having a steady source of healthcare coverage in 2008, its second year of near-universal coverage, but also saw growing numbers of patients saying…

Summa Health Systems and Crystal Clinic, both based in Akron, Ohio, have merged orthopedic programs, according to a report in Crain's Cleveland Business.

A study by Public Citizen, a non-profit public-interest organization, found that hospitals routinely exploit loopholes to avoid reporting physicians who have had their admitting privileges revoked or restricted for more than 30 days, as is required by federal law, according…

Note: The following article was first published in The Camden Quarterly, volume XIII, number 2 by The Camden Group, one of the nation's leading healthcare advisory firms. Historically, buying physician practices has not resulted in successful outcomes. Hospital inexperience in…

A new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation projects that uncompensated care by hospitals and health systems could increase to $141.4 billion by 2019 if healthcare reform is not enacted, according to a Robert Wood Johnson news release.

Thirteen California hospitals, including seven in Los Angeles and Orange counties, have been fined for serious violations that lead to patient deaths in some cases, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

A study published in The Archives of Internal Medicine demonstrated that gifts such as coffee mugs and pens can influence a physician's attitude toward certain medications, according to a report in the New York Times.  

The Massachusetts Public Health Council voted to approve new rules for implementing more aggressive public reporting of hospital errors, according to a report in The Boston Herald.  

Like many of hospitals around the country, our non-profit, community hospital has watched intently as ASCs have proliferated. We have noted the increasing interest of surgeons in owning these facilities, and the high rates of patient satisfaction they deliver. Not…