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Community Hospital Long Beach has joined MemorialCare Health System as its sixth hospital facility in Los Angeles and Orange counties and third hospital in Long Beach.
Community Health Systems, locked in a bitter hostile takeover bid for rival Tenet Healthcare, publicly defended itself Thursday, calling Tenet's allegations of improper patient admission practices "contrived and biased."
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new initiative that will reward hospitals for the quality of care they provide to Medicare beneficiaries. HHS officials said the program would also help reduce healthcare costs.
API Healthcare, a healthcare-specific workforce management technology company based in Wisconsin, and Kronos, a global workforce management solutions company based in Massachusetts, are terminating their previously announced merger agreement.
More registered nurses working non-overtime hours in a hospital unit results in fewer patient readmissions after discharge, according to a study published in the current issue of Health Services Research.
CVS Caremark expects to complete its $1.25 billion acquisition of the Medicare Part D business of Universal American on Friday - a deal that would more than double CVS Caremark's Part D business.
Enrollment in consumer-directed health plans grew by 22 percent in 2010, according to a study commissioned by the American Association of Preferred Provider Organizations.
The commander of the American Legion is urging Congress to pass a bill that would allow military veterans to pay for non-combat-related medical care received at VA hospitals with their Medicare coverage.
The Commander of the American Legion is urging Congress to pass a bill that would allow military veterans to pay for non-combat-related medical care received at VA hospitals with their Medicare coverage.
The American Health Care Association, the National Center for Assisted Living and LeadingAge, a Washington, D.C.-based association of nonprofits focused on quality of life for America's aging population, have negotiated an agreement with the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation that exempts these facilities from video licensing fees.