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By Chelsey Ledue | 01:28 pm | October 08, 2010
Marin General Hospital, a 235-bed acute care hospital in Greenbrae, Calif., has filed suit against Sutter Health to recover more than $120 million.
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:25 pm | October 08, 2010
Five rural hospitals in western North Carolina that formed a collaborative designed to eliminate waste have found success.
By Eric Wicklund | 01:03 pm | October 08, 2010
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's plan to re-open a financially troubled hospital that has been closed for almost five years is a bid to help a town in need of better healthcare services and an economic shot in the arm.
By Holly J. Louie | 12:41 pm | October 08, 2010
In recent news reports, medical billing companies were named in connection with a medical records data breach, one of which apparently involved medical records found in a public dump.
By Heather Henderson Grier | 12:38 pm | October 08, 2010
Our staff at McLeod Health is composed of more than 4,700 employees spread throughout our medical center, health agency, fitness facility and 35 medical practices. That many employees alone can make HR challenging, but spread them over multiple facilities and toss in the varying degrees of jobs that need to be filled and some days it can make healthcare HR seem like an insurmountable task.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 12:36 pm | October 08, 2010
David Barham, vice president of finance for operations for Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, Tenn., is this month's Newsmaker.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:33 pm | October 08, 2010
As children around the United States returned to school this autumn, many districts were looking to cut costs by curbing or eliminating school nursing programs.
By Richard Pizzi | 12:31 pm | October 08, 2010
Annual performance-based incentive plans are on the rise for physicians, according to a recent survey of provider organizations.
By Chelsey Ledue | 12:20 pm | October 08, 2010
Medical group practice leaders from around the country are set to visit The Big Easy at the end of October for the Medical Group Management Association's 2010 Annual Conference.
By Chelsey Ledue | 11:55 am | October 08, 2010
Despite spending a lot of money on healthcare, the United States is lagging behind other nations in life expectancy, according to a new study.