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By Richard Pizzi | 10:11 am | July 19, 2010
Overall healthcare prices remained flat from May through June, the third consecutive month of price stability, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:05 am | July 16, 2010
The United States will be short more than 260,000 registered nurses by 2025 unless it expands nursing education capacity quickly and dramatically, according to a recent report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:53 am | July 16, 2010
New Jersey hospitals provided $2.6 billion in benefits to their communities in 2009 above and beyond the healthcare services they provided to their patients, according to a new report from the New Jersey Hospital Association.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:44 am | July 16, 2010
In one of this issue’s cover stories, I discuss a variety of different approaches to boost the number of nursing school graduates in the United States.
By Richard Pizzi | 05:39 pm | July 15, 2010
The healthcare sector is positioned for a significant increase in merger and acquisition activity this year, but deal drivers will vary considerably across individual industry subsectors, according to a new survey.
By Richard Pizzi | 05:26 pm | July 15, 2010
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised its outlook to negative from stable and affirmed its 'BB' long-term rating on bonds issued for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway, N.J.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:54 am | July 15, 2010
Marquette General Hospital and Bell Hospital in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have agreed to create an Accountable Care Organization, to be called Superior Health Partners.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:09 am | July 14, 2010
The 2010 Healthcare Compensation Study reveals a continued slowing of salary increases for healthcare employees, but shows that turnover has been reduced dramatically.
By Richard Pizzi | 10:27 am | July 14, 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week named CIGNA Government Services the Medicare administrative contractor for Part A and B fee-for-service claims in Jurisdiction 15, comprised of Kentucky and Ohio.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:19 am | July 12, 2010
The 2010 annual conference for the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) gets underway in Tampa, Fla., this week, and the society is highlighting - among other issues - excellence in healthcare facilities management.