The Internal Revenue Service is expected to unveil by mid-June a major overhaul of its not-for-profit reporting rules, a revamp that may require not-for-profit hospitals to quantify and disclose how much they’re spending on charity care and other...
Reports in recent years have highlighted the yawning gap between patients’ and caregivers’ demographics. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine and the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce separately released studies that urged...
Pennsylvania’s two dominant Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans said last week that two key federal agencies had given them the green light to proceed with merger plans, but the reaction at the state level portended caution lights ahead.
Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa., said the chief of its acute-care division has resigned, and two executives, including founder Alan Miller’s son, were named to replace him. Kevin Gross is stepping down as senior vice president and...
The Internal Revenue Service is expected to unveil by mid-June a major overhaul of its not-for-profit reporting rules, a revamp that may require not-for-profit hospitals to quantify and disclose how much they’re spending on charity care and other...
While the Internal Revenue Service is under pressure to force not-for-profit hospitals to disclose more about their operations in their annual filings, the CMS is forging ahead with plans to require physician-owned hospitals to disclose whom those...
Selected hospitals and systems stand to lose millions of dollars under a provision of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 that’s set to expire in September.
A recently launched Web-based continuing medical education program from the American Medical Association prompted some to ask if the AMA is getting too close to its data-mining partner in the effort, IMS Health.
St. John Health plans to spend the month of June emptying inpatient beds at its Detroit Riverview Hospital, preparing to give the keys to the place to the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. A number of parties, though, still are fighting to stop...
Government scrutiny of Sunrise Senior Living intensified last week when the McLean, Va.-based senior-care provider announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission commenced a formal investigation of the company.
David Colby resigned as executive vice president and chief financial officer of WellPoint at the request of Larry Glasscock, chairman; incoming president and CEO Angela Braly; and the board of directors.
Reports in recent years have highlighted the yawning gap between patients’ and caregivers’ demographics. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine and the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce separately released studies that urged...
Experts consider increasing diversity among doctors, nurses and other professionals as essential to reducing costly, debilitating health disparities among U.S. minorities. Now, the CMS may give hospitals added incentive to bolster their...
Improving healthcare quality for minorities won’t happen without quality diversity efforts among hospitals, according to the newly created American Leadership Council on Diversity in Healthcare. The 20-member council, an initiative of the American...
Right now, there’s a hospital administrator out there somewhere who wants to strangle whomever asked the Internal Revenue Service for its opinion on giving money to physicians to buy information technology.
For most of us in healthcare, stark statistics on the lack of diversity in the workforce are as familiar as they are troubling. As this nation evolves and minority populations continue to grow, it’s more essential than ever that hospitals take the...
I’m going to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth: When I drive I talk on my cell phone and play big band music on my CD player. From time to time, I drink a soft drink or even a hot cup of coffee while behind the wheel. Doing...
