The University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago has halted its plans to construct a $450 million medical campus on the city's Near West Side, according to a report by the Sun-Times.
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A judge for the U.S. District Court for Western Tennessee has rejected class action certification for plaintiffs in a lawsuit that alleges a conspiracy to depress nurses' wages by Memphis-area hospitals, according to a report in AHA News Now.
While employment among all healthcare sectors continued to grow from November to December, employment in physicians' offices and outpatient care centers, including ASCs, grew faster than in hospitals, according a release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Department of Health and Human Services is planning a national claims database that would include information from Medicare, Medicaid and private payors, according to a report in American Medical News.
The American Hospital Association has issued a 27-page letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that outlines the trade organization's perspective on the combined Congressional healthcare reform bill.
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Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth has acquired Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based Anesthetix Management, a national provider of comprehensive anesthesiology and pain management service solutions to hospitals and surgery centers in 10 states, according to a TeamHealth news release.
Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp. has signed an agreement to sell HealthSouth Rehabilitation of Baton Rouge, La., to Baton Rouge Rehabilitation Hospital, according to a HealthSouth news release.
Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island, N.Y., will open an ASC and an urgicare center between April and July 2011, according to a report in the Staten Island Advance.
The American Hospital Association has announced that Stephen Smart, DDS, will be chair and Penny Brooke will be chair-elect for the AHA's 2010 Committee on Governance, according to an AHA news release.
Lexington (N.C.) Memorial Hospital, a subsidiary of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has announced plans to reorganize, according to a report by The Dispatch.