In the 1980s, they were the Visigoths to corporate America’s Romans, plundering the established order. They were dubbed “barbarians at the gate” by the book of that title that tells the tale of the biggest leveraged buyout in history, the $25...
The ouster of Massachusetts Hospital Association head Ron Hollander, a long-tenured executive who resigned after a closed-door meeting of independent board members earlier this month, came as a rare public revolt in the image-conscious, cozy world...
The ouster of Massachusetts Hospital Association head Ron Hollander, a long-tenured executive who resigned after a closed-door meeting of independent board members earlier this month, came as a rare public revolt in the image-conscious, cozy world...
Almost half of all California hospitals considered at risk of collapse during a major earthquake will not meet seismic-safety standards established by a state law 13 years ago, according to a new study conducted by the not-for-profit RAND Corp. for...
The American Hospital Association and the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems are both fighting a proposed CMS rule that the associations say would limit healthcare services to poor and uninsured patients.
A plan released last week by a broad coalition of healthcare groups to increase coverage of the uninsured was shot down by some former members of the effort as being too far-reaching and costly. As a result, those members don’t expect the plan to...
Software vendor Allscripts Healthcare Solutions assembled a coalition of healthcare plans, technology companies and provider organizations to back an offer to provide a free, Web-based electronic prescribing service to all U.S. physicians in an...
A flurry of healthcare company deals worth close to $12 billion was announced last week signaling strong interest in businesses providing long-term and senior care for two of the deals.
A new report published by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reaffirmed some concerns about the Joint Commission’s relationship with its consulting subsidiary, Joint Commission Resources, though the commission itself views the report as...
In the 1980s, they were the Visigoths to corporate America’s Romans, plundering the established order. They were dubbed “barbarians at the gate” by the book of that title that tells the tale of the biggest leveraged buyout in history, the $25...
For those who have long pushed for government to do something to help the growing number of uninsured Americans, the current pullulation of proposals is both surprising and heartwarming. Equally stunning are the strange nexuses of interest groups...
Quite often when I am reading an article about a disease, I start to feel some of the symptoms described. I am not alone; a lot of people I talk to say they experience this phenomenon, which may be akin to the sympathetic pregnancy that some...
The beleaguered Cleveland Clinic has spent months extricating itself from the deep doo-doo of physician and institutional conflicts of interest, but now it’s really stepped in it: Dog lovers are hot on its trail.
