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By Jeff Lagasse | 11:21 am | February 03, 2016
After years of losing money, River's Edge Hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota posted a profitable 2015 and is considering expanding the facility, an uncommon story for a rural, critical-access hospital.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:44 am | February 01, 2016
CEO compensation at national benchmark hospitals was 17 percent higher than those further down on the list, after adjusting for hospital class, Truven and Mercer found.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:18 pm | January 29, 2016
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed new rules it expects will expand access to analysis and data that helps employers and providers make more informed decisions about care delivery.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:11 am | January 28, 2016
The Jackson Health System's efforts to build a 100-bed hospital in Doral, Florida are being met with resistance by five hospitals in the state, which are challenging state regulators' approval of the facility.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:38 pm | January 27, 2016
John Paul, president and CEO of Allegheny Health Network, will be joining Highmark Health as a special advisor to President and CEO David Holmberg, the companies announced Tuesday.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:10 am | January 27, 2016
Two hospitals in the Brookwood Medical Center/Baptist Health System network in central Alabama have appointed new chief financial officers for their respective leadership teams.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:08 am | January 26, 2016
Biopharmaceutical company Emmaus Life Sciences has raised approximately $1.7 million in gross proceeds from the sale of common shares to Korea Bio Medical Science Institute as part of a collaboration agreement between the two companies.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:13 pm | January 25, 2016
The United States Department of Justice has given its blessing to a district court in New York to allow ex-pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli to travel to Washington, D.C. to testify at a hearing on drug pricing on February 4.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:57 am | January 25, 2016
The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida will soon be home to a new lung restoration center, which physicians expect will help them effectively refurbish donated lungs for use in transplants.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:04 pm | January 22, 2016
Franciscan St. Elizabeth Health - Crawfordsville in Indiana has been waiting a long time for a new emergency room, and thanks to a $15 million investment from the Franciscan Alliance -- a group that owns 14 hospitals in the area -- it will finally get one.