Hospitals: Page 189


  • NYU Lagone boosts ambulatory care with Long Island medical group acquisition

    The hospital also added Lutheran Medical Center to its system in April.

    By Nina Flanagan • June 18, 2015
  • Hill-Rom to enter diagnostics market with $2.05B Welch Allyn purchase

    The company expects to generate revenue of $2.6 billion once the deal is closed.

    By Nina Flanagan • June 18, 2015
  • Trendline

    Surprise Billing

    Federal legislation banning surprise bills has hit a barrage of roadblocks, complicating efforts to protect consumers from unexpected out-of-network charges.

    By Healthcare Dive staff
  • Boston hospitals launch clinical alliance web portal

    The portal is intended to connect biotech and medical technology companies with researchers in the state.

    By Heather Caspi • June 17, 2015
  • PA hospital fills behavioral health gap with $4M facility

    Easton Hospital has announced plans to open a 16-bed behavioral health unit for older adults next month.

    By Heather Caspi • June 16, 2015
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    Tuscon Medical Center forms alliance with four rural hospitals

    The not-for-profit Southern Arizona Hospital Alliance aims to leverage resources and avoid closures.

    By Heather Caspi • June 16, 2015
  • Dignity Health CFO Michael Blaszyk to retire

    Blaszyk has been in the C-suite at Dignity through a lot of significant changes, not least its dramatic financial turnaround.

    By June 16, 2015
  • Should hospitals stop home meds at time of admission?

    The Institute of Medicine estimates that hospitals make one medication error per patient per day.

    By Heather Caspi • June 16, 2015
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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
  • 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
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    Carolinas Healthcare CEO announces retirement

    Michael Tarwater was paid $5.3 million in total compensation last year.

    By Julie Henry • June 10, 2015
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    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 , 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 June 9, 2015
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    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 June 8, 2015
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    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
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    US sees surge in hospital jobs growth

    ...and hospitals are increasingly reporting their best financial performances in years. 

    By Julie Henry • June 8, 2015
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    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 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