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As Healthcare Finance News went to press, 160-year-old St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan was preparing to shut its doors for good.
Measures to expand healthcare access to more Americans, contained in the recently enacted health reform bill, could accelerate consolidation in the provider sector, according to healthcare law experts at McDermott Will & Emery.
The state of Oklahoma is collaborating with Blue Cross Blue Shield to launch a medical home pilot in hopes of elevating its national health ranking.
A report released on Monday by the Center for American Progress highlights the importance of curbing childhood obesity with measures found in the new healthcare reform law.
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius unveiled a proposed regulation on Monday that will allow young adults to stay on their parents' healthcare plans until age 26.
WM Healthcare Solutions, Inc., of Houston, a subsidiary of Waste Management, Inc., has purchased Medserve, Inc.’s Newton, Kan.-based autoclave treatment facility and its transfer stations in Kansas City, Kan., Oklahoma City, Okla., Omaha, Neb., and Booneville, Mo., from Stericycle, Inc.
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed legislation last week that enables hospitals to pay a coverage fee that will be used to fill a $659 million hole in the state’s Medicaid budget this year.
Healthcare reform is already holding insurance companies more accountable and giving consumers more control, President Barack Obama said Saturday in his weekly address.
A new survey reveals that a significantly lower proportion of general internists are satisfied with their careers than are internal medicine sub-specialists, raising further concerns about the growing shortage of primary care providers.
Four years after undergoing a $21 billion leveraged buyout, hospital operator HCA, Inc., is seeking yet another return to the public domain.