By Modern Healthcare | March 09, 2013
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Greg Vigdor is the new president and CEO of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association as of March 4. Vigdor joins the Phoenix-based organization from Seattle, where he has been president and CEO of the Washington Health Foundation since its founding in 1992. Vigdor takes over the... FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | March 02, 2013
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Investor-owned healthcare systems have been adding to their legal ranks and boosting self-policing in an attempt to get one step ahead of heightened regulatory activity around fraud and abuse. FULL STORY »
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had long opposed Medicaid expansion under health reform, has called for the state to expand the program for three years, or as long as federal dollars cover the costs. FULL STORY »
HCA Holdings, the largest for-profit U.S. hospital chain, gave an earnings forecast that was lower than analysts’ estimates as recent revenue gains become overshadowed by unpaid patient bills. FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | February 02, 2013
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The team behind one of the largest and most successful hospital chains in the U.S. is getting closer to breaking into new territory 10,000 miles away in what could be a sign of things to come. FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson | January 26, 2013
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A judge in Kansas City slapped HCA with a $162 million judgment last week for violating commitments to fix up distressed hospitals and provide indigent care. The community foundation's three-year legal battle to enforce the agreement highlights the difficulties in such arrangements. FULL STORY »
HCA Midwest Health System, part of Nashville-based HCA, is expanding its Midwest Physicians group with an agreement to take over College Park Family Care Center, which has 10 locations in Johnson County, Kan., in suburban Kansas City. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | December 08, 2012
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The encouraging results of a 14-hospital childbirth safety initiative are a reminder of the nation's notoriously high infant mortality rate and high rate of adverse events in the delivery room. They also shed light on how some simple interventions can be highly effective, but that institutions can... FULL STORY »
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