Tags: Medicaid | Tennessee | Tennessee Hospital Association

Republican leaders of the Tennessee legislature would approve the Tennessee Hospital Association's plan to tax hospitals to boost federal Medicaid payments, but only if it is not called a tax, according to a report by the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Read more...  

Tags: Good Samaritan Hospital | Kearney | moratorium | Nebraska | new hospital freeze

The Health and Human Services Committee of the Nebraska Legislature voted 4-2 to advance a proposed two-year moratorium on new hospitals toward a floor vote, according to a report by the Kearney Hub. Read more...  

Tags: Alvarex & Marsal | California | consulting

Santa Clara County has chosen New York-based consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal to make financial recommendations for 574-bed Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, in San Jose, Calif., according to a report in the San Jose Business Journal. Read more...  

Tags: Bakersfield Heart Hospital | California | MedCath

MedCath President and CEO Ed French said Bakersfield (Calif.) Heart Hospital is not for sale but majority ownership could change, according to a report by the Bakersfield Californian. Read more...  

Tags: CEO | CFO | executives | hospitals | transitions

Larry Ainsworth, president and CEO of St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., announced his retirement, effective June 30. Read more...  

Tags: American Hospital Association | growth | hospital spending

A report by the American Hospital Association found that spending on hospital care grew more slowly than spending on any other healthcare service between 2007 and 2008, according to a report by AHANewsNow. Read more...  

Tags: Bob Peebles | CEO | Iowa | Mercy Medical Center | Trinity Health

Trinity Health, parent company of Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, has named Bob Peebles as the new president and CEO of Mercy, according to a report by the Sioux City Journal. Read more...  

Tags: cardiology | coding | denied claims | documentation | gastroenterology | specialty lines

Perhaps no process has as great an impact on a hospital's revenue cycle as procedure documentation and coding. When done accurately and efficiently, it can accelerate the billing cycle, reduce rejected or returned claims and increase revenues. Read more...  

Tags: fifth anniversary | Indiana | Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital | Indianapolis

The Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital in Indianapolis is celebrating its fifth anniversary, after opening its doors in March 2005, according to a release by the hospital. Read more...  

Tags: construction | Pennsylvania | PinnacleHealth | Specialty Hospital | WellSpan

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health is moving forward with plans to build a rehabilitation and orthopedic hospital after year-long plans for a merger with Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth System fell through in February, according to a report from the Central Penn Business Journal. Read more...  

Tags: California | Cottage Health System | Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital

Construction has begun on the 152,000-square-foot, 52-bed Goleta (Calif.) Valley Cottage Hospital, part of Cottage Health System, according to a report by the Daily Sound. Read more...  

Tags: Childrens Medical Center | outpatient center | surgery center | Texas

Dallas-based Children's Medical Center has announced plans for an expansion that would include the construction of a pediatric outpatient facility, including an ambulatory surgery center, in Southlake, Texas, according to a report in the Star Local News. Read more...  

Tags: baby boomers | Broadlane | Prolucent Workforce Management | staffing challenges

Broadlane, a leading end-to-end cost-management partner for healthcare providers, has launched Prolucent Workforce Management to help hospitals navigate the unprecedented staffing challenges expected to accelerate as the first baby boomer turns 65 less than a year from now, according to a Broadlane news release. Read more...  

Tags: budget | Georgia | hospitals | Medicaid cuts

A new draft of the proposed Georgia budget for fiscal year includes a 10.25 percent cut in Medicaid reimbursements for hospitals, which would cost hospitals as much as $144 million, and calls for the elimination of non-profit hospitals' sales tax exemption, which would cost non-profits $130 million, according to a report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read more...  

Tags: New York | NYU Langone Medical Center | orthopedics | surgery center

NYU Langone Medical Center enjoys a reputation as one of the premier academic medical centers in the country. The hospital recently opened a facility built to current technology and clinical best practices in order to provide patients with a new option for orthopedic surgery: a hospital-affiliated, free-standing ASC — right in the heart of Manhattan. Read more...  

Tags: AHA | ARRA | tax-exempt bonds

Congress should permanently enact two temporary provisions allowing banks to write-off some of the costs of buying and holding tax-exempt bonds, according to a letter the American Hospital Association and other groups sent key congressional leaders. Read more...  

Hospital CEO turnover rose to 18 percent nationwide in 2009, the highest turnover rate since 1999 and only the fourth time the rate has reached this level since tracking began in 1981, according to a survey by the American College of Healthcare Executives. Read more...  

Tags: California | Jeffrey Smith

An as-yet unnamed consulting group will run Santa Clara Valley (Calif.) Medical Center, following the departures of the director of the hospital and the CEO of its health system, according to a report by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. Read more...  

Tags: CFO | Froedtert & Community Health | retirement | Wisconsin

Blaine O'Connell, the CFO of Froedtert & Community Health in Milwaukee, plans to retire Jan. 1, 2011, after a 30-year healthcare career. He has been senior vice president of finance and CFO since Froedtert & Community Health was formed in 2001, and he joined Froedtert Hospital in January 1993 as vice president and CFO of the hospital. Read more...  

Tags: Atlanta | Georgia | Henry Medical Center | Piedmont Healthcare

Piedmont Healthcare, which operates four hospitals in the metro Atlanta area, has signed a confidentiality agreement to explore a partnership with Henry Medical Center, a 215-bed nonprofit community hospital in Stockbridge, Ga., south of Atlanta, according to a story in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Read more...