Valued-based payments are here to stay. However, as the government and commercial insurers depart from traditional fee-for-service reimbursement models and shift toward care delivery systems that reward value, providers face numerous challenges.
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Richard A. Correll, co-founder and former president and CEO of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, will retire, effective June 30.
The New York State Nurses Association union and the NYC Hospital Alliance have reached a tentative four-year agreement that covers approximately 8,500 nurses.
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Brewer-based Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems' bond rating to "Baa2" from "Baa1," affecting $144 million of debt.
The Healthcare Financial Management Association will host its Annual National Institute conference from June 22 to 25 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
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Tanner Medical Center-Villa Rica (Ga.). Tanner Medical Center-Villa Rica has served its community for roughly 50 years and joined Tanner Health System in 1985. In October 2003, Tanner opened a new, $17 million, 40-bed Tanner Medical Center-Villa Rica. The hospital…
Elizabethtown (N.Y.) Community Hospital. Located in northern New York, nearly 30 miles southwest of Burlington, Vt., Elizabethtown Community is a Joint Commission-accredited critical access hospital. Its emergency department treats about 5,500 patients each year, nearly one-third of which are trauma…
Sutter Tracy (Calif.) Community Hospital. Sutter Tracy Community Hospital was established by community members in 1948 and built through donations from local residents, businesses, service organizations and industries. It affiliated with Sacramento-based Sutter Health in 1993. The 82-bed hospital was…
Mayo Health System in Eau Claire, Wis. Eau Claire Hospital was originally founded as Luther Hospital in 1908. Today, the 304-bed hospital is part of the Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System and boasts the only verified trauma center in…
East Alabama Medical Center (Opelika). Established in 1952 as Lee County Hospital, the hospital changed its name to East Alabama Medical Center in 1981. Today, EAMC — located in the principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area in the east…