Blaine J. O'Connell, senior vice president and CFO for Froedtert & Community Health, has announced his plans to retire at the end of the year, following a 30-year career in healthcare. He joined the organization in 1993 as vice president…
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Blaine J. O'Connell, senior vice president and CFO for Froedtert & Community Health, has announced his plans to retire at the end of the year, following a 30-year career in healthcare. He joined the organization in 1993 as vice president…
The number of mergers and acquisitions among hospitals and hospital systems dropped significantly in 2009 to 52 deals worth a combined total of $1.7 billion from 60 deals worth a combined $2.6 billion in 2008, according to data released by…
A task force of the American Society of Anesthesiologists has developed updated guidelines for chronic pain management that focus on optimizing pain control, enhancing functional abilities, enhancing patients' quality of life and minimizing adverse outcomes.
We see a lot of medical facilities who use Web e-mail providers (Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Comcast, etc.) to transmit EPHI (electronic protected health information) such as images, dictation, transcription, etc. While the HIPAA Security Rule doesn't explicitly state the…
CMS should improve payment processes that allowed $231 million in overpayments identified by Recovery Audit Contractors in the three-year demonstration phase of the RAC program, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Several groups of physicians in North Carolina's Triad area have submitted three proposals for new outpatient surgery centers, which will compete for approval by the state, according to a report in The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area.
CMS has approved Colorado's Medicaid eligibility expansion program that requires charging Colorado hospitals $600 million in fees to access matching federal Medicaid funds, according to a report by the Denver Post.
The Drug Enforcement Administration released its interim final rule for regulations to provide practitioners with the option of electronically writing prescriptions for controlled substances, which included number of physician-friendly suggestions submitted by the American Gastroenterological Association, according to an AGA…
Ochsner Health System has completed its purchase of Slidell, La.'s NorthShore Regional Medical Center and its ASC, according to a report in New Orleans CityBusiness.