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LifePoint profits more than double

August 11, 2008 — 11:45am ET | By Anne Zieger
Hospital operator LifePoint Hospitals has reported its second quarter profits, and they're looking good, particularly when compared with the company's... Read more...

PA puts hospital quality data online

March 19, 2008 — 7:59am ET
A Pennsylvania group has launched a new website offering quality reports that compare hospital performance and outcomes for the state. On the site, which includes data from all 162 primary acute... Read more...

FL governor wants to end CON law

February 4, 2008 — 7:59am ET
If Florida's governor gets his way, the state will repeal its certificate-of-need rules for acute-care hospitals. Governor Charlie Crist (R) included a proposal to eliminate CON rules in his fiscal... Read more...

Calif. opens hospital discount listing site

January 23, 2008 — 7:59am ET
The state of California has launched a Web site which lists what discounts hospitals are willing to offer on care for uninsured patients, or what levels of charity care they offer--as well as... Read more...

Defibrillator use delays common, harmful

January 3, 2008 — 7:59am ET
Too often, hospital patients with ventricular arrhythmias aren't treated with defibrillators soon enough, a problem that may have an impact on their survival, according to a new study published in... Read more...

Universal Health faces wider federal investigation

October 31, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Universal Health Services (UHS) has revealed that an ongoing federal investigation of one of the company's properties has expanded. The hospital operator said that federal officials are now looking... Read more...

MA hospitals begin reporting on falls

October 16, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Massachusetts' 70 acute care hospitals have begun reporting patient fall rates by individual hospitals, making it one of the first states to disclose hospital-specific data of this kind. The... Read more...

Questions arise over future of physician-owned hospitals

October 15, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Increasingly, physicians have been sinking money in hospitals--an investment which seems to be working out very well for most. However, a new provision proposed by Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) for the 2008... Read more...

N.Y. plans fight against hospital-acquired infections

August 23, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Officials with the State of New York said this week they'd decided to mount a new initiative to fight hospital-acquired infections. The move fits in with a growing movement by states to fight HAIs,... Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: 'Hospital in a hospital' losing favor

June 24, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

 'Hospital in a hospital' losing favor
Largely due to reimbursement changes, the days of opening "hospital within a hospital" long-term care units may be fading. Consider LifeCare, which operates 950 long-term-care beds in the U.S. LifeCare is shifting its emphasis to freestanding facilities, with only 30 percent of beds remaining within acute-care hospitals. Article

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