Change is likely in store for the Joint Commission with Mark Chassin slated to take over as its new president, but how much he might alter the accreditation organization’s course is yet to be seen.
Through the window of his apartment in the Grand Hyatt Dubai, Bruce Solomon can watch workers erecting the Burj Dubai skyscraper, which became the world’s tallest building last month, even though it’s well shy of its ultimate height.
Suzanne Delbanco, 39, resigned as chief executive officer of the Leapfrog Group effective this fall, the organization announced. Delbanco founded Leapfrog in 2000 at age 32 to help providers and insurers improve care and rationalize costs, with...
A federal judge in Florida ended a lawsuit alleging Tenet Healthcare Corp. deprived thousands of hospitals of their fair share of Medicare outlier payments through a scheme to boost its own take by more than $1 billion.
Two of the Senate’s most outspoken critics of Medicare’s Quality Improvement Organization program introduced legislation that would strip the program’s QIO groups of their investigatory duties and instead give that responsibility to Medicare...
Change is likely in store for the Joint Commission with Mark Chassin slated to take over as its new president, but how much he might alter the accreditation organization’s course is yet to be seen.
Despite the apparent success of lawmakers in passing two different bills to renew the State Children’s Health Insurance Program last week, there are indications that the politically charged program is still at risk.
Blue Shield of California has filed a lawsuit against Alvarado Hospital Medical Center alleging the San Diego facility is refusing to honor a contract signed by its previous owner, Tenet Healthcare Corp.
The proposed sale of Las Vegas-based Sierra Health Services to UnitedHealth Group is getting close scrutiny in Nevada, the first of three states that must approve the merger.
A presidential commission’s recommendation to restructure the disability and compensation systems for wounded soldiers could greatly improve healthcare for the nation’s veterans, experts said.
A plan for a merger between two Rhode Island healthcare systems owning more than a third of the state’s hospitals is getting a mixed reception from lawmakers, the healthcare community and residents.
Community Health Systems made even clearer last week what changes will be coming to Triad Hospitals in the wake of Community’s $6.97 billion acquisition of Triad. Those changes will come as the investor-owned hospital companies grapple with bad-debt...
The nominations for Modern Healthcare’s 15th annual Spirit of Excellence awards are now open. The awards, co-sponsored by Sodexho Health Care Services, honor organizations and individuals that go beyond what’s expected in serving their...
After what must have seemed like a brief reprieve, physician-owned hospitals are again embattled with Congress, with the opening round finding a way into the Children’s Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007.
Hospital industry officials found plenty not to like in the CMS’ hospital inpatient prospective system final rule unveiled last week. The industry is opposed to an estimated five-year Medicare reimbursement cut of $20 billion that is tied to the...
Shortly after arriving as chief executive officer at South Florida’s North Broward Hospital District in July 2006, Alan Levine balked as he pored over the books and discovered tax subsidies mixed in with operating revenue.
Through the window of his apartment in the Grand Hyatt Dubai, Bruce Solomon can watch workers erecting the Burj Dubai skyscraper, which became the world’s tallest building last month, even though it’s well shy of its ultimate height.
While ordinary workers struggle with mounting debt, piddling pay increases, vanishing pensions and dwindling health coverage, a new generation of tycoons has emerged, every bit as avaricious and shameless as the Gilded Age monopolists Rockefeller,...
Providing healthcare coverage for all Americans is a goal that has long been debated and discussed. Providers, payers, policymakers and consumers all agree that something must be done, yet few agree on exactly how we achieve this goal.
Bravo for the government’s action against Advanced Neuromodulation Systems for paying $5,000 kickbacks to doctors for every five new patients treated and for providing physicians with lavish gifts (“St. Jude medical subsidiary fined,” Daily...
There is nothing more insidious than people talking about you behind your back, especially when the rumor being spread about you is that you did something immoral or unethical. When you are in a leadership position, this happens all the time.
The American Hospital Association, Chicago, named eight healthcare executives to its board of trustees for three-year terms starting Jan. 1, 2008. The newly appointed members to the 28-person board are: Mark Adams, 54, a surgeon and chief of
Gary Blan, president and CEO of St. Clare’s Health System, said he will retire on Jan. 1, 2008, when the sponsorship of the four-hospital system changes from Tulsa, Okla.-based Marian Health System to Catholic Health Initiatives, Denver.
Pittsburgh Mercy Health System has become healthcare’s latest fashion victim, putting its stylishly clad foot in its mouth when it banned all shoes with open toes or holes from patient-care areas at the hospital.
