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The majority of emergency department directors in a recent survey report inadequate on-call trauma coverage, and nearly one-quarter report a loss or downgrade of their hospitals' trauma center designations.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is requesting stakeholders - particularly physicians - to give their two cents on accountable care organizations.

Many physicians who retired or became inactive through other circumstances prior to the current economic downturn are taking steps to re-enter the medical profession, according to this month's Jackson & Coker Industry Report.

Healthcare reform will emphasize the medical home model, but the nation may not have enough primary care doctors to handle the workload, according to a study by the University of Michigan Health System.

St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., has agreed to pay $22 million to the federal government to settle allegations of violating the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Act and Stark Law, the Office of the Inspector General announced Tuesday. The federal investigation was triggered by physician whistleblowers.

Fifty-six percent of healthcare organizations are "substantially dissatisfied" with their business processing outsource companies, according to a new survey.

With all that’s going on in the arena of healthcare reform, one wonders whether hospitals have the time to properly manage their doctors.

Nurses’ roles, responsibilities and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by healthcare reform, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

Un upstart California healthcare union is in danger of folding following a decisive defeat to a bitter rival in a recent vote of Kaiser Permanente employees.

The hundreds of healthcare human resources executives who traveled to Tampa last month weren’t there for the sun, but for business.