Last month, acting New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey quietly signed into law legislation that will directly regulate the education of each of the roughly 2,000 hospital trustees at more than 100 healthcare facilities throughout the state. Short in...
When Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill last May that would have increased the burden of proof necessary to establish a malpractice lawsuit against healthcare professionals who provide emergency treatment, physician Todd Taylor decided he’d...
Lawmakers and healthcare trade groups reacted with outrage late last week as Bush administration officials issued rules to curb states from collecting a higher share of federal Medicaid payments just hours after Congress told the officials not to do...
James Holsinger Jr. was nominated to serve as surgeon general of the United States, the White House said. His experience includes stints as the secretary for Health and Family Services for the Commonwealth of Kentucky and chancellor of the...
Last month, acting New Jersey Gov. Richard Codey quietly signed into law legislation that will directly regulate the education of each of the roughly 2,000 hospital trustees at more than 100 healthcare facilities throughout the state. Short in...
Provider groups and quality organizations rallied behind bipartisan legislation that was introduced last week seeking to resolve the medical liability crisis by piloting “health courts” and other solutions in the states.
It hasn’t even started yet, but some physicians are already questioning the long-term sustainability of the CMS’ new physician pay-for-reporting program, which may be too burdensome for some practices to implement.
Two of the nation’s largest healthcare lobbying groups crossed swords over the Medicare Advantage program last week, with the American Medical Association facing off against America’s Health Insurance Plans.
I n a ruling that could dampen healthcare antitrust lawsuits, the U.S. Supreme Court last week made it more difficult for all antitrust plaintiffs to keep their claims alive in the legal system.
Hordes of cold-fearing pilgrims spend winters in sunny Arizona, straining hospitals’ budgets with a need for huge ranks of per diem and traveling nurses. Last week, the U.S. Justice Department and Arizona’s attorney general agreed to an antitrust...
More than 500 people showed up last week at the eighth annual Non-Profit Health Care Investor Conference in New York to hear some of the wealthiest not-for-profit hospitals in the country discuss their “Future Delivery System Design.”
The final payout to local healthcare foundations from the 2001 sale of Intracoastal Health Systems, West Palm Beach, Fla., will take a bit longer than some in the state expected.
Please welcome reporter Gregg Blesch to our editorial staff. Working out of our Chicago office, Blesch, 33, covers healthcare legal affairs and regional healthcare business news in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Blesch replaces reporter Mark...
It’s rare when a federal agency hearing is marked by all-around praise of proposed regulations that would affect both an industry’s and the federal government’s bottom lines. That was the case, however, at a Food and Drug Administration public...
When Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed a bill last May that would have increased the burden of proof necessary to establish a malpractice lawsuit against healthcare professionals who provide emergency treatment, physician Todd Taylor decided he’d...
Columbus (Ind.) Regional Hospital is planning an expansion that would make room for a bigger, modern emergency department and achieve or make progress toward having all private rooms within the 90-year-old campus.
CHICAGO—Rush University Medical Center has transferred its behavioral health system to Resurrection Health Care. Rush characterized the handoff in a statement as supporting its “strategic focus” on redeveloping its campus on Chicago’s West...
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo.—Exempla Lutheran Medical Center unveiled an estimated $225 million expansion and renovation project that will add a five-story tower to the 543-bed hospital. The project, expected to be complete by early 2010, is the final...
NEWARK, N.J.—Seven additional New Jersey hospitals have joined a pay-for-performance program offered by the Leapfrog Group. They join eight hospitals in the state that have participated in the program since 2006. The Leapfrog Hospital Rewards...
HUMBLE, Texas—Acuity Healthcare Management Corp., an Austin, Texas-based long-term, acute-care company, broke ground on a 42,000-square-foot LTAC hospital outside Houston on May 20. The new facility, which will cost between $12 million and...
The Medicare Advantage program is squarely in the crosshairs of congressional Democrats looking for funding cuts to offset an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. And it should be. What is so curious about the debate now...
The scene was a focus group of young adults in western North Carolina, part of a community assessment of local health needs conducted more than a year ago. Of the many issues discussed, the gaps in mental health services drew some of the most...
Although we appreciate the research and detail in your cover story on Ascension Health, it focuses heavily on the business side of our health system (“Ascending in healthcare,” May 14, p. 6). Less emphasis is given to what we consider our greatest...
When I tell people in healthcare that they are in the hospitality business they look at me with both surprise and apprehension, and I don’t blame them. Providers, however, had better wake up to the fact the world has changed. In order to compete in...
Under the clarion call of taking back control of hospitals from lay administrators and improving quality, a group of 130 doctors in Hawaii and a small physician-owned hospital company in Kansas have acquired St. Francis Medical Center for $46.5...
K. Conwell Smith, a one-time senior lobbyist for the National Retail Federation who has an extensive background in health policy, has joined the Federation of American Hospitals as vice president of legislation. Smith, 35, joins federation...
The drug industry’s lobbying arm, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, caught some flak by launching an apparent pre-emptive strike against Michael Moore’s new healthcare documentary “Sicko” before the film was shown May 19 at...
