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HCA, the Nashville-based hospital giant, is buying three hospitals in Florida from Iasis Healthcare, marking the smaller chain's exit from the state.
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Garry Menzel will join DaVita Healthcare Partners as CFO in September. Menzel, 48, will start at the Denver-based company as senior VP of finance and then officially begin serving as CFO after the company files its third-quarter financial results. Since 2008, Menzel has served as COO and CFO...
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James Scoggin Jr. will retire as president of HCA's North Texas Division on Oct. 1. Scoggin, 55, is a 26-year HCA veteran who has served since 2006 as president of the division that includes 14 hospitals in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Oklahoma City markets.
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The Citrus County (Fla.) Hospital Board will meet Wednesday to weigh five proposals from four suitors looking to take over struggling Citrus Memorial Health System.
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Fifty-five hospitals announced settlements totaling $34 million in the long-running whistle-blower lawsuit that alleges that the maker of spinal-surgery equipment coached healthcare providers on ways to maximize revenue by overbilling Medicare.
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The economy is likely not the only culprit behind an ongoing slowdown in hospital admissions, according to Fitch Ratings analysts.
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Since 2003, Modern Healthcare and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have jointly sponsored the CEO IT Achievement Awards to honor leaders of healthcare organizations at the forefront of adopting the electronic...
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Using ointment and germ-killing soap on all ICU patients proved more effective than screening patients in reducing bloodstream infections and lowering the presence MRSA, a study found.
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Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union.
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GOP lawmakers are digging their teeth into the Obama administration's efforts to solicit help and donations for private groups working to enroll Americans in new coverage under the reform law.
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