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Prime Healthcare blocked from acquiring hospital, closure imminent
In a blow to hospital mergers, Prime Healthcare's move to buy Victor Valley Community Hospital (VVCH) has been denied because the sale is "not in the public interest," California Attorney General
Healthcare workers may find it easier to unionize
With state budget Medicaid reimburesement cuts leading to layoffs and layoffs leading to worker strikes comes news that it now may be much easier for healthcare workers to unionize. The decision in
Investigation shows hospital erroneously billed Medicare for infections
An investigation by state regulators concluded that hospital operator Prime Healthcare often billed Medicare to treat patients for septicemia when the condition likely did not exist, reports
Partnership takes aim at sepsis control
Last week, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Don Berwick, MD, joined with leaders of major hospitals, employers,
Levy's resignation from BIDMC a 'negotiated departure'
More details are surfacing about Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO Paul Levy's departure, according to the Boston Globe. What earlier was described as Levy's voluntary resignation was, in
Consumer, business groups call for tough MU rules, but providers may win this one
Just about every provider-related organization out there has called on CMS to scale back its requirements for "meaningful use" of EMRs, at least for Stage 1 of the Medicare and Medicaid incentive
