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Health Central, Ocoee, Fla., promoted Greg Ohe to president, effective June 1. Ohe, 52, steps into the role after Orlando (Fla.) Health's $181.3 million takeover of Health Central, which closed April 2. He replaces former President Richard Irwin, who retired March 31, according to an...
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Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, Ill., announced the promotion of Richard Heim to president of Advocate South Suburban Hospital.
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Undertaking extensive efforts to improve the quality of care provided has not mitigated malpractice costs—including the cost of defensive medicine—for some providers, but it may in the future, representatives of several providers undertaking delivery reforms told a Senate panel.
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It is time, once again, for my dispatch from the hallways of the Non-Profit Health Care Investor Conference in New York.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Construction on a $1.1 billion, 20-story expansion is well under way at Ohio State University and the school has renamed its medical center in honor of an alumnus who donated $100 million for the project.
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CHICAGO—Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison to pay for a variety of crimes committed while in office, including a kickback scheme involving the state's hospital planning board and what prosecutors described as the shakedown of a children's hospital...
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Editor's note: The following is an edited excerpt of the transcript of a Sept. 7 editorial webcast, “Shopping for Docs and Finding the Right Fit” conducted by Modern Healthcare. The panelists were Dr. James Dan, president of the Advocate Medical Group in Oak Brook, Ill.; Dr. T.
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OAK LAWN, Ill.—Advocate Health Care is getting ready to expand its flagship medical center in the southwest Chicago suburb with a $202 million building for outpatient care and research, reported Crain's Chicago Business, a sister publication to Modern Healthcare. The proposed...
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DETROIT—Michigan hospitals have asked a federal judge to dismiss allegations of anti-competitive behavior leveled by the city of Pontiac, Mich. Ascension Health and 21 hospitals along with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan were sued by the city in January over contract clauses to...
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Advocate Health Care and Advocate Physician Partners, Oak Brook, Ill., have entered into a “clinical affiliation” with MinuteClinic, a Woonsocket, R.I.-based operator of retail clinics and a division of CVS Caremark.
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