By Andis Robeznieks | April 21, 2012
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The eighth annual Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician ranking of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives is indicative of the transformation the healthcare industry is undergoing. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | April 21, 2012
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To compile the eighth annual ranking of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare (before 2011 it was called the 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in Healthcare), Modern Healthcare and sister publication Modern Physician issued a call for nominations on Nov. 7, 2011. FULL STORY »
By Neil McLaughlin | March 17, 2012
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A distinguished panel of judges selected the 2012 inductees to the Health Care Hall of Fame. The five people who participated in the deliberations represent a variety of organizations associated with the healthcare industry. FULL STORY »
He served six years as a senior director and vice president of the pre-merger Blue Cross Association, eight years as group vice president of the American Hospital Association, and 18 years as president and CEO of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliate in Rochester, N.Y., before he retired in 2003.But Howard Berman says he never had any particular aspirations for a fancy job title. FULL STORY »
When motorists see a blue and white hospital sign with an upper-case “H,” it means hope is nearby, former American Hospital Association President Richard Davidson maintains. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | March 17, 2012
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In addition to the two healthcare visionaries inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, 90 others have been inducted since its inception in 1988. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | March 10, 2012
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The healthcare construction industry is coming back, but it's a comeback with a different look, according to Modern Healthcare's 33rd annual Construction & Design Survey. FULL STORY »
By Joseph Conn | February 18, 2012
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A majority of healthcare leaders say that health information technology is claiming a bigger slice of the spending pie in their organizations, according to this year's Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician Survey of Executive Opinions on Key Information Technology Issues. FULL STORY »
By Joseph Conn | February 18, 2012
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"I'm from the federal government, and I'm here to help you.” For any industry leader, including many in healthcare, those can be dreaded words. FULL STORY »
By Joseph Conn | February 18, 2012
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For many patients, consent is the sine qua non for medical-records privacy. When a patient can give or withhold consent, it translates into a patient's right to allow or disallow the sharing of their medical information. FULL STORY »
By Linda Wilson | February 11, 2012
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While her children were growing up, Terri Christoffersen was often asked to raise money to support a variety of activities, such as the school band. Christoffersen discovered that she loved it. FULL STORY »
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A sense of mission and urgency were the twin themes of the American Health Information Management Association's 83rd annual convention in Salt Lake City last week. FULL STORY »
Two years ago this month, Modern Healthcare first reported on the status of cloud computing in the healthcare information technology industry, noting there was little awareness of its potential and limited uptake of cloud services in the healthcare IT industry at that time. FULL STORY »
Two organizations and six individuals are winners of the 2011 awards for outstanding achievement in applied medical informatics from the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems. FULL STORY »
The world will never know what went through Robert Hawley's mind when the hospital CEO was arrested for driving while intoxicated along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in southern Louisiana. FULL STORY »
By Joe Carlson | December 19, 2011
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Hospital fire fact: If a small blaze broke out next to an MRI machine, would-be firefighters couldn't use a traditional metal extinguisher because powerful magnetism might yank it out of their hands. FULL STORY »
The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to intervene in a False Claims Act lawsuit that accuses a public hospital in central Florida and its independent payroll firm of violating the Stark law in its relations with nine specialty physicians. FULL STORY »
Highmark, the Pittsburgh insurer seeking to acquire a distressed health system, announced the launch of ProtoCo Supply Chain Partners, a group-purchasing and supply-chain services organization. FULL STORY »
By Jessica Zigmond | June 06, 2011
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As federal lawmakers argue over a congressional plan to privatize Medicare in the long term, healthcare policy experts are focused on a more immediate concern: how upcoming payment changes will affect the future of Medicare Advantage. FULL STORY »
The healthcare community serving Joplin, Mo., is working hard to rebuild capacity one year after a tornado destroyed one of its hospitals, as emergency preparedness experts try to use Joplin's experience to allow other hospitals to become better prepared.Executives for Mercy Hospital Joplin—known as St. John's Regional Medical Center before the May 22, 2011 storm—and two-hospital Freeman Health System are in the middle of post-storm construction projects worth about $1 billion, the vast majority of that at Mercy. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | May 19, 2012
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Re: "Most profitable critical-access hospitals," it should be noted that all of the Wisconsin hospitals listed are part of larger organizations. As such, the information on profitability reported in Medicare cost reports is more likely reflective of the results of that larger organization than from the individual hospital. Drawing any conclusions from this chart about the profitability from the provision of patient services at any of the individual hospitals involved would be inappropriate. FULL STORY »
HHS announced the awarding of $10.4 million in grants to 70 rural providers as part of the first round of funding for three-year direct healthcare projects in their communities. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans | August 01, 2011
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When Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City joined a larger health system last year, it did so saddled with debt, financial losses and a chronic need for capital investment. FULL STORY »
Are the terms offered for hospital acquisitions by tax-exempt and investor-owned organizations converging? And if so, is it because these two subsectors of the hospital industry are growing more alike, or because the pool of hospitals for sale is changing? FULL STORY »
