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Danielle Reno, ICD-10 director at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health discusses her system's preparations for ICD-10 with Becker's Hospital Review Editor in Chief Lindsey Dunn.  

Most emergency department visits for infants younger than 1 year were billed to Medicaid in 2010, according to a statistical brief from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.  

Brian O. Spillers has 18 years of experience as an advisory, consulting and valuation professional focused on the healthcare industry. He has worked for Principle Valuation since 2007.

Last week, Rhode Island's Health and Human Services Committee approved Kathleen C. Hittner, MD, as health insurance commissioner for the state, according to a report from The Providence Journal. 

As hospitals and health systems face lower reimbursements, becoming more efficient and lowering costs is top-of-mind for many hospital executives and board members. For instance, officials at Hillcrest Health System in Waco, Texas, wanted to make improvements to the system's…

Erlanger at Hutcheson in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., has changed its name to the original Hutcheson Medical Center, according to a Dade County Sentinel report.

Estes Park (Colo.) Medical Center is launching a new brand, according to an Estes Park Trail-Gazette report.

In an effort to offer the latest therapies to a larger number of cancer patients, hospitals and health systems are expanding their cancer programs. Here are seven of the largest oncology expansions in the past month, starting with the most…

St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, Ill., and Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville, Ill., intend to combine their mental and behavioral health services at a new center, according to a Belleville News-Democrat report.

Columbus-based OhioHealth is planning a $42 million medical campus in Pickerington, Ohio, according to report by The Columbus Dispatch.