A new federal study finding wide variation in how not-for-profit hospitals report free care they provide to their communities could set up another showdown next year between reform-minded lawmakers and tax-exempt hospitals.
Common wisdom would say that significant innovations in healthcare delivery typically get their start in big cities or at major academic medical centers.
Likewise, Selmer, Tenn., with a population of about 4,600 might be an unlikely place to...
Spending on Medicaid is expected to increase 7.3% from 2007 to 2008 and continue to climb over the next decade, topping $339 billion this year and nearly doubling to $674 billion by 2017, according to the first annual fiscal report on Medicaid...
A new federal study finding wide variation in how not-for-profit hospitals report free care they provide to their communities could set up another showdown next year between reform-minded lawmakers and tax-exempt hospitals.
A few healthcare bond issuers that had deals delayed by investor panic have returned to the market to find willing buyers and affordable interest rates.
Health insurers will likely see falling medical cost claims in the coming months and minimal exposure to the credit crisis gripping Wall Street, but a wider recession could hurt employer-sponsored enrollment, leading to higher premiums, analysts...
Nearly a dozen healthcare measures are expected to make their way onto ballots next month as everyday citizens, associations, labor unions and businesses try to use one of the purest forms of democracy to set state law and potentially shape federal...
Hospitals that want to reward physicians for their help saving money and meeting pay-for-performance goals have more positive signals from the federal government that carefully designed deals won’t be viewed as doorways to fraud and abuse.
During his decade at the helm of one the nation’s largest healthcare group-purchasing organizations, Premier President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Norling, 62, has been a sometimes controversial figure who will leave an indelible mark on the...
In addition to Premier, another of the country’s largest group-purchasing organizations announced a leadership change last week. Novation said on Oct. 17 that it had appointed Jody Hatcher, 42, interim president of the company, effective...
Nominations are now being accepted for Modern Healthcare’s 2009 Trustee of the Year competition. The awards, co-sponsored by executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, honor two outstanding trustees for their contributions to healthcare governance,...
Computerized physician order-entry systems adopted by hospitals unexpectedly are failing to catch serious drug interactions and medication errors, according to a recent assessment by the Leapfrog Group.
Modern Healthcare is conducting its third annual Patient Satisfaction Measurement Firms Survey. The survey will identify companies that hold the highest number of engagements and those with the most fee revenue related to healthcare. To...
Joint Commission International will conduct a three-location demonstration project to measure the effectiveness of its new quality- and safety-improvement program aimed at nonaccredited hospitals, group officials said.
MODESTO, Calif.—Kaiser Permanente opened the new Modesto Medical Center on Oct. 1. The 670,000 square-foot, $430 million hospital incorporates environmentally friendly design to reduce energy costs and improve patients’ and staff’s...
The not-for-profit e-Health Initiative released A Clinician’s Guide to Electronic Prescribing at a Boston e-prescribing conference sponsored by the CMS with the clear aim of boosting the use of e-prescribing. But the guide points to a number...
Medicare Advantage plans say they’re ready to comply with the CMS’ new marketing rules, although some are concerned the requirements will stifle their relationship with beneficiaries.
Common wisdom would say that significant innovations in healthcare delivery typically get their start in big cities or at major academic medical centers.
Likewise, Selmer, Tenn., with a population of about 4,600 might be an unlikely place to...
Louisiana’s Attorney General said evidence from a previous investigation into four patient deaths at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005 should be kept secret.
MODESTO, Calif.—Kaiser Permanente opened the new Modesto Medical Center on Oct. 1. The 670,000 square-foot, $430 million hospital incorporates environmentally friendly design to reduce energy costs and improve patients’ and staff’s...
HARRISBURG, Pa.—Pennsylvania hospitals, ambulatory-surgery centers and long-term-care providers cannot require nurses and other clinical-care workers to work overtime under a bill that cleared the state’s Legislature and was signed into law...
SEYMOUR, Ind.—Schneck Medical Center finished construction of 84,000 square feet of new space, nearly doubling the size of the facility. The expansion is part of a $65 million project, funded with bonds and cash reserves, that includes...
McKINNEY, Texas—Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, said it broke ground to build a $212 million, 95-bed hospital on 58 acres. The new Baylor Medical Center at McKinney—which will be four stories high and include a medical office complex—is...
In just a couple of weeks, Americans will go to the polls to elect a new president. And while both candidates have included healthcare reform as a key part of their respective platforms, healthcare has become a secondary issue to most of the...
In the past two weeks, I have spent a great deal of time reading and trying to understand the overall purpose and intention of two new hotbeds in healthcare.
In these tough economic times, it’s easy for any chief executive officer to lose sleep about the state of our nation’s economy and its effect on our respective organizations. Believe me, I know. I’ve been through five recessions working in the...
Brett Gosney, 49, CEO of the Animas Surgical Hospital in Durango, Colo., took over as president of Physician Hospitals of America, a Sioux Falls, S.D.-based trade group that represents physician-owned hospitals, during the group’s eighth...
No one wants to inhale grit and unhealthy fumes, and for those with pulmonary ailments, pollution can be doubly troubling. With an eye for keeping one more smog-producing vehicle off the road, the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, a...
