Midway through their pregnancies, expectant mothers who plan to deliver at Winter Park (Fla.) Memorial Hospital will meet with a “birth designer” to choreograph their ideal birth experience. FULL STORY »
The reform law aimed to end a boom in doctor-owned hospitals, a highly profitable niche known for luxury facilities, but many of the hospitals are wiggling around the law's growth caps. FULL STORY »
The president's proposed delay in cuts to disproportionate-share hospital payments could be undermining efforts to expand Medicaid in some states. FULL STORY »
By Melanie Evans and Gregg Blesch | April 04, 2013
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Tax-exempt hospitals that must conduct community needs assessments under the health reform law would get some leeway from penalties for minor missteps and got clarification about how to satisfy new rules under new draft regulations from the Obama administration. FULL STORY »
By Kristen Schorsch, Crain's Chicago Business | February 28, 2013
A former executive at Cancer Treatment Centers of America tried to extort nearly $50 million from founder and Chairman Richard Stephenson by threatening to reveal trade secrets, according to a lawsuit filed by the Schaumburg, Ill.-based hospital chain. FULL STORY »
Phoenix Children's Hospital will no longer run the neonatal intensive-care unit at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, the largest hospital in the not-for-profit Banner Health system. FULL STORY »
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Woodbridge, Va., formed a joint venture with development and management company Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, Cincinnati, and a group of surgeons to form Lake Ridge Ambulatory Surgery Center. FULL STORY »
By Andis Robeznieks | November 30, 2012
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Cardiologists at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta have developed a smartphone application, Pulse Ox Tool, that can help detect congenital heart defects in newborns before they are sent home from the hospital. FULL STORY »
For-profit providers face the greatest risk from slashed spending and tax hikes known as the fiscal cliff, one major credit rating agency said in a newly released outlook for the healthcare industry. FULL STORY »
Hospitals showed improvement in safety grades produced by the Leapfrog Group, but officials for the employer-backed organization say the uptick in grades should be better. FULL STORY »
