teaching hospitals
KY hospital hires former gov., gets $3.4M
Controversy has blown up over the $3.4 million in reimbursement for disputed Medicaid claims that an eastern Kentucky hospital received after hiring former Gov. Ernie Fletcher as a consultant. The... Read more...
"Free care" visits to Mass. hospitals plummeting
A new study by the Massachusetts Hospital Association has concluded that the number of "free care" visits to hospitals have fallen dramatically over the past three years. Such visits declined 28... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: OH hospital files antitrust suit; Convict hospital escape provokes questions; and much more...
> An Ohio hospital has filed an antitrust suit against a competitor, arguing that the competitor has been paying insurance brokers to steer employers to the its own insurance subsidiaries. Read more...
CA program trains Spanish-speaking doctors
Far too often, foreign-trained physicians from Spanish-speaking countries come here and find themselves unable to practice medicine, in part because they're not prepared to pass U.S. medical... Read more...
Study: Med school pharma limits affect attitudes
Of late, academic medical centers have been instituting tough limits on pharmaceutical companies' relationship with their faculty and staff. On their face, the policies seem to be aimed primarily at... Read more...
Home health workers vote 'yes' to SEIU
As FierceHealthcare readers know, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has been attempting to... Read more...
SEIU may make headway in MA
It's looking like the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) could be gaining a new foothold in Massachusetts, where it's working hard to organize workers within Boston's influential teaching... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: States push for hospital pricing disclosures; Actor supports hospital union; and much more...
> States continue to push for disclosure of hospital pricing data. Article > Actor Ben Affleck has come out in support of a... Read more...
Boston hospital plans $1B in upgrades, expansion
Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has big investment plans, even for a large, high-profile academic medical center. Over the next 15 years, the Harvard University teaching hospital... Read more...
Academic medical centers train 'proceduralists'
Doctors don't like to dwell on the idea but, often, they don't have as much training as they should when it comes to performing specialized procedures. Increasingly, teaching hospitals are... Read more...
