The multibillion-dollar business of caring for the nation’s 2.2 million prisoners and inmates continues to snare headlines, sap government resources and pose enormous financial and delivery challenges for the federal, state and local government...
A bipartisan coalition in the House of Representatives introduced legislation to expand healthcare coverage of children under federal entitlement programs. Under the bill, states that implement certain policies to streamline enrollment would get an...
Hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake in a legal dispute set to begin this week in which three of the seven hospitals in the Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati are trying to exit the health system.
Federal lawmakers last week signaled that Medicare Advantage plans would come under tougher congressional scrutiny even as government officials and proponents of the private plans defended the program.
The late Rep. Charles Norwood was remembered by healthcare leaders last week as a controversial yet tireless crusader for national patient-care standards whose efforts, though never fully realized, helped drive significant managed-care...
Healthcare experts are questioning the feasibility of the Bush administration’s legislative proposal to incorporate performance measures into Medicaid’s payment system.
The Integrated Healthcare Association, the nation’s largest pay-for-performance program, will take a big step forward in the burgeoning pay-for performance movement when it adds efficiency measures to its formula for providing incentives to more...
The post-acute sector got a boost last week when a competing company proposed to outbid an offer from healthcare real estate investment trust Ventas to buy Sunrise Senior Living REIT.
Behavioral healthcare provider Psychiatric Solutions must wait a bit longer in its effort to close a deal to acquire Horizon Health Corp. while both companies respond to the Federal Trade Commission’s request for additional information last week.
Over the past several years, WellPoint has grabbed headlines as it swept through the managed-care industry, converting Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans to for-profit status and rolling them up into what is arguably now the nation’s most dominant...
The multibillion-dollar business of caring for the nation’s 2.2 million prisoners and inmates continues to snare headlines, sap government resources and pose enormous financial and delivery challenges for the federal, state and local government...
LEXINGTON, Ky.—The University of Kentucky is moving forward on the first phase of a $450 million replacement hospital that will serve as the centerpiece of a 20-year, $2.5 billion building plan aimed at creating what officials describe as...
SPRINGVILLE, N.Y.—Bertrand Chaffee Hospital filed for Chapter 11 protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Buffalo. Hospital officials said in a news release that the 114-bed hospital and Jennie B. Richmond Chaffee Nursing Home just...
CLEVELAND—Hillcrest Hospital announced a five-year, $163 million expansion that will double the size of its emergency department and add 72 private rooms in a new patient tower. The project also includes new operating rooms, a neonatal...
We all know that all European countries have achieved universal coverage for their citizens by nationalizing healthcare, with the government serving as the only health insurer. We also know that the Canadian model of single-payer financing is used...
In regard to your “State Farm sues Adventist” article (Feb. 5, p. 17), it was somewhat ironic that an auto insurance agency takes offense at discounted rates. Do they charge the same rate for a 20-year-old driver vs. a 60-year-old? Do they charge...
Anyone who reads my columns knows how much I respect customer service. Acts of customer service are the basis for success, but too often success brings arrogance and apathy. The real kicker here is leadership, and too many execs are so mesmerized by...
Enloe Medical Center, Chico, Calif., named Deborah Yancer its new CEO, effective April 2. She replaces Dan Neumeister, who resigned in July 2006 after less than six months on the job following a no-confidence resolution by the medical...
As Washington insiders will tell you, access to upper-echelon political figures costs money. But what about access to Mr. Bush, himself? That price is expected to be set Feb. 21, when bidding closes on the “Beers with Bush” auction sponsored by the...
