By Modern Healthcare | February 11, 2012
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CHICAGO—University of Chicago Medicine is contributing $120,000 to sponsor a “violence interrupter” for anti-violence campaign CeaseFire for three years, a move intended to improve the communities that surround its campus. The sponsorship of the mediator is the centerpiece of an initiative that will include six screenings of a documentary film that tells the story of three interrupters as they do their work on Chicago's South and West sides. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | February 04, 2012
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KOKOMO, Ind.—Community Health Network, Indianapolis, signed a letter of intent to acquire Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo, Ind. County-run Howard had a deal in place in May 2011 to merge with 13-hospital Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, but the transaction crumbled in October. FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson | January 28, 2012
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A federal appeals court has revived the prospects for a class-action lawsuit alleging anti-competitive price increases stemming from the much-litigated 12-year-old hospital merger of Evanston (Ill.) Northwestern Healthcare and Highland Park (Ill.) Hospital in Chicago's northern suburbs. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 28, 2012
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PLYMOUTH, Minn.—Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minneapolis, is adding a round-the-clock emergency room to its WestHealth clinic in Plymouth, in line with its long-term expansion plans for the western suburban campus. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 21, 2012
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WARREN, Mich.—Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, plans to close a 105-bed hospital and reopen it 12 to 18 months later as an advanced inpatient and outpatient rehab center. FULL STORY »
By Kristen Schorsch | January 14, 2012
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Even as Illinois hospitals wage a publicity and lobbying campaign to preserve their tax-exempt status, the value of their public programs and services declined in 2010 from the year before, a trade association report said. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 09, 2012
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CLEVELAND—The Cleveland Clinic is putting the final touches on a $75 million building that officials say they hope will pump new blood into the system's revenue stream, Modern Healthcare sister publication Crain's Cleveland Business reported. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 19, 2011
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BLUE ISLAND, Ill.—MetroSouth Medical Center, a hospital in Chicago's south suburbs that was on the verge of closing three years ago, plans to be acquired by for-profit Community Health Systems. FULL STORY »
By Ashok Selvam | December 19, 2011
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The new bioterrorism preparedness area at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, evokes scenes ripped straight from the script of a Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 12, 2011
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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 executive for a $50,000 campaign contribution. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | December 05, 2011
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SOUTH BEND, Ind.—The boards of 325-bed Memorial Hospital of South Bend and 297-bed Elkhart (Ind.) General Health System approved a merger of the two hospitals located near the University of Notre Dame. FULL STORY »
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled against the state in a lawsuit contesting the state Health Department practice of allowing infant blood samples to be used for research purposes without getting permission to do so. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | November 21, 2011
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SANDUSKY, Ohio—Cleveland Clinic has acquired North Coast Cancer Care, a 70-employee cancer treatment center based in Sandusky. The center now joins Cleveland Clinic as a department within the Taussig Cancer Institute. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 24, 2011
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—St. Luke's Hospital opened a new patient tower as it completed its $330 million expansion and renovation project, according to a news release. The Mid America Heart Institute has moved into the tower. The tower features hybrid operating rooms in which cardiologists and surgeons can work side by side, all private rooms with ample space for visitors and nursing stations interspersed among the rooms to put caregivers closer to the bedside, according to the release. The tower also features a rooftop garden and a disposal system that reduces trash volume by up to 80%. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 17, 2011
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INDIANAPOLIS—Franciscan St. Francis Health entered an exclusive provider agreement with Indiana Internal Medicine Consultants, an Indianapolis practice with about 40 physicians. A St. Francis spokesman said IIMC is “another piece in the puzzle” as its parent works toward being recognized as an accountable care organization. St. Francis is a division of Franciscan Alliance, a Catholic system based in Mishawaka, Ind. Franciscan has not taken an ownership stake in the group under the agreement, which was effective Oct. 1, the spokesman said. No financial terms were... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 10, 2011
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BAGLEY, Minn.—Sanford Health took a step toward buying Clearwater Health Services of Clearwater County, Minn., by signing a letter of intent, according to a Sanford news release. The nonbinding agreement could lead to Sanford acquiring Clearwater's assets and leasing its properties. The two parties will work together on additional analyses, due diligence and communications over the next several months, according to the release. Clearwater serves Minnesota's North Woods and includes 95-bed Clearwater County Memorial Hospital in Bagley, Minn., an attached clinic, ambulance services... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | October 03, 2011
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—The value of Ascension Health's deal to acquire the three-hospital Alexian Brothers Health System based in Arlington Heights could add up to about $645 million, including assumed debt, according to materials submitted to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Ascension and Alexian reached a definitive agreement in September, but did not disclose financial details. The agreement calls for Ascension to commit up to $125 million for a children's and women's wing under construction at Alexian's campus in Hoffman Estates, Ill. That project,... FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | August 08, 2011
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—The state of Missouri is likely to suffer a shortage of rural primary-care providers in coming years, according to a report from the Missouri Hospital Association, Jefferson City. An analysis of existing data and research points to the state experiencing a shortage of physicians in urban areas as well, though the problem will be more severe in rural parts of the state. “We have far fewer primary-care physicians in our state's rural areas, and they tend to be older,” Herb Kuhn, president and CEO of the association, said in a written statement. FULL STORY »
