Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., have started sharing their prices online in compliance with a recent federal rule. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images Many hospitals around the country, including Medstar Washington Hospital in Washington, […]
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The state has agreed to provide tens of millions of dollars to coalitions that are proposing to improve health care on the South and West sides. A South Side group, a coalition of big and small hospitals and health clinics, will receive approximately $26 million from a state fund created […]
Merced College nursing student Rita Singh, 38, of Turlock, administers the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at a vaccination clinic inside the Merced College gymnasium in Merced, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. According to Merced College, the college partnered with University of California Health, UC Merced, Dignity Health […]
Outpatient imaging center operator Akumin has reached a deal to acquire Alliance Healthcare Services for $820 million, the two announced Friday morning. Based in Irvine, California, Alliance provides an array of services in oncology and radiology, including imaging joint ventures, assistance with center acquisitions, and outsourced care. Leaders expect to […]
RALEIGH North Carolina hospitals that were stretched to their limits during the coronavirus pandemic have seen a dramatic decrease in the number of COVID-19 patients this spring. But now hospitals say they’re struggling with another health crisis, one that predates the pandemic but has been made worse by it, and […]
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. M. O. Stevens / Wikimedia Commons As the 2021 session comes to a close, Oregon lawmakers approved a bill that will require mergers and acquisitions by health care companies to be approved by the state’s Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Oregon […]
After experiencing a suicidal crisis earlier this year, Melinda, a Massachusetts 13-year-old, was forced to remain 17 days in the local hospital’s emergency room while she waited for a space to open up at a psychiatric treatment facility. She was only allowed to use her phone an hour a day […]
During a typical year, the pediatric emergency room staff at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood would be preparing for a summer lull. But like last year, this one hasn’t been typical. Amid a surge in behavioral health issues that has overwhelmed children’s hospitals across the country, South Florida has […]
The Cleveland Clinic is preparing to open its own hospital in London as it, like other nonprofit U.S. health systems, searches the globe for new sources of revenue. Across the street from the Buckingham Palace Garden and an ocean away from its Ohio headquarters, Cleveland Clinic is making a nearly […]
Photo: Johner Images/Getty Images Recent studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and the American Journal of Managed Care show that most of the hospitals sampled are not complying with the January 1 mandate to post their negotiated rates with payers. JAMA’s report analyzed 200 samples. First […]