A new report says the state of Illinois still owes the federal government more than $140 million for overpaying a Chicago academic medical center that didn't provide as much free and discounted care to the poor as it claimed more than a decade ago. FULL STORY »
By Beth Kutscher | February 15, 2013
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At Castlewood Treatment Center, patients with eating disorders receive intensive, one-on-one therapy at three estate-like residential campuses nestled in the hills of St. Louis. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | February 09, 2013
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ATLANTA—SunLink Health Systems is planning to delist its shares and sell underperforming facilities. All four of its hospitals are currently underperforming and it has hired advisers to evaluate the sale of at least two of them, the system said in a news release. SunLink's hospitals... FULL STORY »
Mercy Health expanded its reach to 32 hospitals in four states following a deal in which 219-bed Jefferson Regional Medical Center, Crystal City, Mo., joined the system for undisclosed terms effective Feb. 1. FULL STORY »
The pull-down menus, alerts and point-of-care information contained in computerized clinical decision-support systems can distract physicians from their face-to-face encounters and leave patients feeling ignored and dissatisfied with their care. That's the conclusion of a FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 26, 2013
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—Statewide health information exchanges in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinois will be able to send and receive basic healthcare messages between each using the federally developed secure messaging protocol. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information... FULL STORY »
A judge has ordered HCA to pay a charitable foundation $162 million and undergo extensive auditing after finding HCA broke key agreements in its purchase of hospitals from Health Midwest in 2002. FULL STORY »
Statewide health information exchanges in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska will be able to send and receive basic healthcare messages between each other using the federally developed secure messaging protocol, the exchanges announced Tuesday. FULL STORY »
The Missouri Health Connection will begin educating healthcare providers and patients on how they can use the statewide health information network thanks to a $230,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 18, 2012
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Medical Transportation Management, a Lake St. Louis, Mo.-based company offering medical transport scheduling, ambulance claims management and travel training, among other services, named Joe Federer CIO. FULL STORY »
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