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NewsHospital in dire straits, could face shutdown
County-run University Medical Center in Las Vegas may have to close in three years if something drastic isn't done to save it, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. By 2014, UMC could find itself Read more...
Hospital sues HHS over residents' formula for calculating Medicare payments
University Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz.--the same hospital where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is being treated--has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over how to calculate the Read more...
Hospital fires employees for snooping into Tucson shooting victim EMRs
Perhaps any hospital that begins to care for high-profile patients or people in the public eye should remind their employees, and anyone else who works at their facilities, to follow HIPAA rules. Read more...
Newborn dies after hospital ignores woman in labor
The Nevada State Board of Nursing has started an investigation of Las Vegas-based University Medical Center after staff allegedly ignored a pregnant woman during six hours of labor. According to news Read more...
Dialysis for illegal immigrants becomes issue in Las Vegas
Talk about finding a way to stir up strong feelings. A daily newspaper serving Las Vegas has published an article noting that a taxpayer-supported medical center spends $20 million a year, and that Read more...
GA health system settles false claims suit for $5.1M
Savannah, GA-based Memorial Health has agreed to pay $5.1 million to settle a suit claiming that it made excessive payments to ophthalmologists. The suit, which was filed by a physician Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospitals have data security blind spot; NYU Medical Ctr. gets $100 million gift; and much more...
> Increasingly, it's looking like U.S. hospitals have a blind spot when it comes to data security. Read more...
Chicago heart transplant centers running under capacity
At present, Chicago is tied with Philadelphia as cities having the most adult heart transplant centers of any in the United States. In theory, this makes sense, given that Chicago has some of the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: NQF releases healthcare-acquired infection reporting guidelines; ACOG re-examines abortion referral opinion; and mu
> The National Quality Forum has released a new framework for reporting data on healthcare-associated infections, and has released seven new performance measures. Read more...
TN mall to be turned into healthcare clinic
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center has decided to give nearby 100 Oaks Mall a facelift. Throughout this year and into next year, 440,000 square feet of store space at the mall will be turned Read more...
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