Of the 247 hospitals participating in CMS's Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration project, run by CMS and Premier, North Shore University Hospital performed better than anyone else. The 731-bed hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., reaped more than $200,000 in pay-for-performance (P4P) funds,…
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Abbott, based in Abbott Park, Ill., acquired Irvine, Calif.-based Visiogen for $400 million in cash, expanding the company's vision care portfolio, according to an Abbott news release.
A new study indicates that it would be better, when possible, for nighttime orthopedic surgeries to wait until morning, when surgeons are fully rested, according to a release from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
The American Association for Respiratory Care is asking hospitals to complete a survey for the Department of Health and Human Services to obtain a count of mechanical ventilators available as the country prepares for the H1N1 flu virus this fall,…
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, Mercy Memorial Hospital System in Monroe, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System are joining together as equal partners to build a $5 million outpatient cancer center in Monroe, according to a report…
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Hospital Corporation of America, which is composed of locally managed healthcare facilities that include 163 hospitals and 112 outpatient centers in 20 states and England, has joined Practice Greenhealth, the nation's leading group for organizations in the healthcare community that…
Here are the top 10 hospitals with the highest grossing cardiovascular surgery departments (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred million) based on Medicare charges, according to data from the American Hospital Directory.
Here are the top 10 hospitals with the highest grossing neurosurgery departments (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred million) based on Medicare charges, according to data from the American Hospital Directory.
Chicago-based NeuStrategy and San Diego-based SpineMark Corp. have released the results of their Spine COE® (Center of Excellence) Survey, a powerful new benchmarking tool to help define best practices in spine care, according to a joint news release.
A white paper by the Senior Center for Health and Security, a national organization based in Reston, Va., is endorsing physician-owned hospitals against proposals to "drive them completely out of existence," according to a release from Senior Center for Health…