Hospitals: Page 188
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HealthSouth to acquire rehab operator for $730M
The purchase will help the company enter new markets—where growth of its home-health business may be forthcoming.
By Heather Caspi • June 12, 2015 -
MA dictates state's first nurse staffing minimums
The Massachusetts Nurses Association didn't get everything it wanted but praised some elements of the new rule.
By Heather Caspi • June 12, 2015 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.
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Construction of Denver-area VA hospital $1.7B over budget
A decade later, the replacement for an old facility that serves almost 400,000 veterans in Colorado is still incomplete.
By Nina Flanagan • June 11, 2015 -
MA approves Baystate purchase of 97-bed hospital
Baystate has been in the news this month for doing some staffing cuts to help mitigate operating margins that weren't up to projections.
By Nina Flanagan • June 11, 2015 -
Carolinas Healthcare CEO announces retirement
Michael Tarwater was paid $5.3 million in total compensation last year.
By Julie Henry • June 10, 2015 -
Adventist Health in two new hospital affiliation talks
These latest affiliations are part of a series of deals the system has been exploring. What's next for Adventist?
By Katie Bo Williams , Julie Henry • June 10, 2015 -
Study: The highest-charging hospitals are for-profit—and CHS owns half of them
"What other industry can you think of that marks up the price of their product by 1,000% and remains in business?" asks one study author.
By Katie Bo Williams • June 9, 2015 -
Iasis Healthcare opens new $80M hospital
The focus on the new facility's design? Out-patient services.
By Julie Henry • June 9, 2015 -
CMS investigates St. Mary's infant deaths, hospital fires back at CNN
The bombshell CNN report alleged that the hospital's pediatric cardiac surgery program led to nine infant deaths in the last four years.
By Julie Henry • June 9, 2015 -
Amedisys-owned hospice agencies under DOJ scrutiny—again
The federal crackdown on home-health providers continues. This latest probe follows a $150M settlement Amedisys paid last year.
By Julie Henry • June 8, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How two hospital operators are bucking the rural health crisis
Fewer beds. More outpatient procedures. But to get there, providers have to make a significant investment to change their business models.
By Katie Bo Williams • June 8, 2015 -
Controversial Texas A&M Health Science Center CEO forced to resign
Brett Giroir says he was told that the president wanted a leader who would attract more NIH funding.
By Julie Henry • June 8, 2015 -
US sees surge in hospital jobs growth
...and hospitals are increasingly reporting their best financial performances in years.
By Julie Henry • June 8, 2015 -
Rise in sepsis cases costing Medicare billions
How much of the increase in cases is due to better coding and how much to higher numbers of at-risk patients?
By Heather Caspi • June 5, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Inside three major hospitals' decision to limit low-volume surgeries
Not everyone thinks Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Johns Hopkins and the University of Michigan have the right idea.
By Nina Flanagan • June 4, 2015 -
As big mergers pull referrals out of NYC market, city hospitals look to NJ acquisitions
Mount Sinai and North Shore-LIJ have already expanded into New Jersey via affiliations.
By Nina Flanagan • June 4, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Is the gender wage gap in healthcare getting worse?
Healthcare Dive takes a look at what the data has to say about the causes and changes in the healthcare pay gap.
By Katie Bo Williams • June 3, 2015 -
Accretive Health loses more than half its board
The resignations come on the heels of a recent investigation over financial errors and questionable debt-collection practices.
By Julie Henry • June 3, 2015 -
Deep Dive
Two charts that explain the Medicare data release of hospital charges
CMS dropped three more huge data sets Monday that could increase scrutiny of hospital sticker prices.
By Katie Bo Williams • June 2, 2015 -
Deep Dive
3 areas where nonprofits are facing increased scrutiny
Nonprofit hospitals have been under fire for not doing enough to "earn" their tax-exempt status.
By Julie Henry • May 28, 2015 -
Study: Hospitals no longer giving new moms free formula
Public health organizations say the freebies discourage nursing.
By Julie Henry • May 28, 2015 -
Why one hospital may lose its Medicare funding
CMS could terminate the hospital from the program as soon as June 5.
By Nina Flanagan • May 28, 2015 -
Do rising CEO salaries really impact healthcare costs?
The median healthcare CEO salary in 2014 was $13.6 million, higher than any other industry, and some analysts are up in arms.
By Nina Flanagan • May 28, 2015 -
Flood shuts down phone service at Tufts, Beth Israel Deaconess
Both hospitals set up alternate phone lines to allow people to reach the facilities.
By Julie Henry • May 27, 2015 -
Fraud reduction efforts to drive conversion to chip-based credit cards
More than half a billion new cards will be in use by the end of this year. Should hospitals be prepared to switch—and what is the expense?
By Julie Henry • May 27, 2015
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