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By Beth Jones Sanborn | 12:16 pm | April 25, 2016
David L. Miller, President and Chief Operating Officer of Community Health Systems, will retire at the end of the year, the company announced Friday. Miller was the first COO ever for CHS and has held the position since January 2014.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:27 am | April 25, 2016
The absence of more stores like CVS that are easily accessible to people in impoverished, predominantly black neighborhoods underscores Baltimore's other persistent inequities.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:54 am | April 25, 2016
While there are currently only 22 proton therapy centers in the United States, the growing interest in the advanced cancer therapy is causing more hospitals to weigh the benefits against the high cost of opening their own centers.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:29 am | April 22, 2016
A new report by credit ratings agency Fitch claims 2015 was the first year since 2008 to see growth in inpatient hospital admissions at major for-profit hospitals, but analysts don't expect that to continue.
By Susan Morse | 05:58 pm | April 21, 2016
In addition to payments, CMS is proposing new assessment-based quality measures, and claims-based measures for inclusion in the quality reporting program.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:05 pm | April 21, 2016
Northwell Health has received a $500,000 grant from New York state to help find ways to save several struggling hospitals in Brooklyn. But according to the health system, that doesn't include Northwell buying or partnering with those troubled facilities.
By Henry Powderly | 01:18 pm | April 21, 2016
Almost every services sector of the U.S. healthcare industry saw higher levels of merger and acquisition activity in 2015, according to a new report by Irving Levin Associates.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:28 am | April 21, 2016
Western Connecticut Health Network is the latest healthcare provider to launch a new brand campaign, coining the tagline "We Know You Well," with the goal of personalizing healthcare dialogue and the overall patient experience.
By Bill Siwicki | 12:24 pm | April 20, 2016
Five of the eight largest healthcare security breaches that occurred since the beginning of 2010 - those with more than 1 million records reportedly compromised - took place during the first six months of 2015, according to IBM X-Force's "2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index."
By Jessica Davis | 12:05 pm | April 20, 2016
Sixty percent of healthcare IT security executives are increasing spending for better data protection, according to a recent study. Another 46 percent plan to implement data security tools to catch up with industry best practices.