The Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital’s settlement of a lawsuit accusing hospitals and insurers of conspiring to shut the tiny physician-owned hospital out of the market may serve as a “guidepost” for physician-owners of hospitals to protect...
The current gloomy economic picture isn’t expected to significantly slow healthcare construction already under way or scheduled to begin in 2008, some experts say. However, the years 2009 and 2010 may tell a different story—but at least one of those...
While news items on retail clinics and ambulatory surgery centers have captured the attention of the public and healthcare professionals, if you follow the money, one would see that most of the healthcare construction dollars in 2007 were spent the...
Eleven California hospitals were fined $25,000 per violation by the state for actions that caused or were likely to have caused serious injury or death to patients. Nearly all the fines were medication-error related, including one penalty against...
The Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital’s settlement of a lawsuit accusing hospitals and insurers of conspiring to shut the tiny physician-owned hospital out of the market may serve as a “guidepost” for physician-owners of hospitals to protect...
Physician-owned hospital advocates may have scored a win with a settlement in Kansas last week, but a recent study about referral patterns to ambulatory surgery centers continues—and broadens—the debate over physician investment.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s expected acquisition of Bear, Stearns & Co. should create an even bigger player in healthcare finance, but seems likely to have little effect on hospital systems that have used Bear Stearns.
VHA hopes to show hospitals how much they stand to potentially lose through Medicare’s new reimbursement policy regarding hospital-acquired conditions by conducting an analysis of some of its member hospitals.
While news items on retail clinics and ambulatory surgery centers have captured the attention of the public and healthcare professionals, if you follow the money, one would see that most of the healthcare construction dollars in 2007 were spent the...
The current gloomy economic picture isn’t expected to significantly slow healthcare construction already under way or scheduled to begin in 2008, some experts say. However, the years 2009 and 2010 may tell a different story—but at least one of those...
While Congress mucks about with procedural shenanigans aimed at embarrassing the other side of the aisle and fruitlessly debates plans to expand or rip apart popular programs, the goal of fixing our ludicrously muddled healthcare payment system...
The recent news that Medicare Health Support, or MHS, would suspend services to 68,000 beneficiaries at the end of its three-year pilot phase raised questions—and legitimate concern—about the federal government’s commitment to beneficiary health...
The message from healthcare executives responding to your latest survey on key information technology issues is clear: Health IT in the nation’s hospitals, physician offices and other healthcare organizations is proceeding at a snail’s pace and will...
There’s a new book about to be released that is a must read for anyone in healthcare. It’s all about the Mayo Clinic and how it evolved and the total dedication of the people who have made it a center of excellence that is envied all over the world.
The phrase “even your germs have germs” may one day be considered a favorable pronouncement thanks to the work of synthetic biologist Timothy Lu, a Harvard medical student and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D. recipient who is determined...
