The House of Representatives voted to approve legislation that would reauthorize the H-1C temporary visa program for foreign nurses to help hospitals in underserved areas, according to a Committee on the Judiciary release. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital…
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The administrator of Mount Nittany Surgical Center in State College, Pa., has been hired as CEO of physician-owned Mountain View Regional Hospital in Casper, Wyo., according to a news release from B.E. Smith, which conducted the executive search.
The Dayton Business Journal will release a list of the top 16 outpatient surgery centers in Dayton, Ohio, as determined by number of surgeries, according to a report from the publication.
Tucson (Ariz.) Orthopaedic Surgery Center has been acquired by Tucson Medical Center, according to a report from the Arizona Daily Star.
United Surgical Partners International has announced results for its second quarter ending June 30, with the company reporting an increase in consolidated net revenues of 6 percent to $151.1 and an increase in EBITDA (less noncontrolling interests) of $600,000 to…
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, states must establish health insurance exchanges by Jan. 2014 or invite the federal government to step in and take over implementation. The exchanges, which would function as a marketplace for individuals and…
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital in Whittier, Calif., has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology documentation and coding.
Scott Becker, JD, CPA, is a partner at McGuireWoods in Chicago. Q: During the Aug. 2 webinar on "ASCs: the State of the Industry; Consolidation vs. Independent; How to Work With Service Providers; ACOs and Healthcare Reform," you stated…
An Alaska ambulatory surgery center owned and operated by Regent Surgical Health has received $5.7 million in financing from Siemens Financial Services, according to a news release from Siemens.
Massachusetts is the latest state to file suit against Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho-McNeil-Janssen unit over the marketing of its anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, according to a news release from Attorney General Martha Coakley. The suit alleges that Janssen promoted the drug…