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A year ago, few people outside of the pharmacy sector knew much about drug compounding. Now the industry is at the center of legal and regulatory action.
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Maine hospitals this month will feel relief when they receive nearly $500 million from the state, but the payments don't provide a remedy for higher taxes that hospitals are paying and lower reimbursements they're receiving for medical services, hospital officials say.
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Healthcare organizations are increasingly outsourcing the role of “chief investment officer” as providers are faced with managing multiple asset pools in a tough economic environment.
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Fauquier Health, a Warrenton, Va.-based not-for-profit health system, and LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, Tenn., have signed an agreement to create a joint venture in which the two will own and operate Fauquier Health.
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As accountable care organizations proliferate, a new study suggests that overall health spending may slow when hospitals and medical groups agree to the new payment model with even one insurer. That's good news for proponents of accountable care, who hope to see a change in healthcare financing...
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Vanguard Health Systems, the Nashville-based parent of Detroit Medical Center, increased shareholder net income 8 percent to $61.9 million in fiscal year 2013. The increase represented 75 cents per share in the fiscal year ended June 30, an increase from $57.3 million, or 71 cents per share, for...
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The American Hospital Association posted an $8.7 million surplus in fiscal 2012, thanks in part to increased member activity coming from uncertainty surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, officials from the trade group said Thursday.
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The recession, healthcare reforms and other pressures have put the squeeze on emerging companies offering traditional medical technologies like pharmaceuticals and medical devices. But wearable gadgets and health-tracking services–which collect data from the user, and are a major part of...
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A California arbitrator has ruled that a public hospital could legally hire a neonatologist who was banned by a “non-compete” agreement from working at the medical center because such restrictions are contrary to public policy in California.
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The operating performance of not-for-profit hospitals and health systems rated by Fitch Ratings improved in 2012. But last year may be the “high water mark” for hospital finances.
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