http://www.modernhealthcare.com In the News for the West en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:59:00 EST A federal jury convicted the owner of a medical clinic of healthcare fraud and money laundering for billing Medicare more than $3.4 million in the names of four physicians whose identities were stolen, the U.S. attorney's office announced. Mon, 8 Mar 2010 05:59:00 EST VALLEJO, Calif. -- Kaiser Permanente has opened a new hospital, Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center. The 457,000-square-foot facility has five stories and includes 120 medical/surgical beds, 38 emergency room bays and expanded... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:59:00 EST DOWNEY, Calif. -- The Daughters of Charity Health System has entered exclusive negotiations to purchase a not-for-profit hospital in bankruptcy in Downey that serves southeast Los Angeles County, the two organizations said. Daughters of... Mon, 8 Feb 2010 05:59:00 EST Several legal cases are drawing to a close for two former Los Angeles hospital owners accused of filling beds with patients recruited from the area known as Skid Row. But the matter appears far from over. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:59:00 EST LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach is set to open a new $199.5 million patient pavilion at the end of December. The four-story, 124,000 square-foot building houses a pediatric surgery center with seven operating... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:59:00 EST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center broke ground on a new inpatient care building on Oct. 22. The $887.4 million construction project is funded through a general obligation bond initiative overwhelmingly... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:59:00 EST SPOKANE, Wash. -- Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., signed a nonbinding letter of intent to form an integrated healthcare delivery system in Spokane with Rockwood Clinic, a 133-physician multispecialty clinic based in Spokane, the... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:59:00 EST DOWNEY, Calif. -- Downey Regional Medical Center debt was downgraded to C from CCC by Standard & Poor's and the ratings agency suspended the hospital's rating after the facility filed for bankruptcy last month and failed to... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:59:00 EST TORRINGTON, Wyo. -- Banner Health said it admitted residents this summer to the Alzheimer's care unit at its Goshen Care Center in Torrington. Proposed about five years ago, the new $4.3 million wing can accommodate up to 28 patients with... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:59:00 EST SAN FRANCISCO -- San Franciscans participating in the city's unique health access program report high levels of satisfaction, though a quarter said they delayed or skipped care because of cost or coverage issues, according to a Kaiser...