A hospital is considering a business joint-venture with a development/management company to develop an ASC off the hospital campus, which would benefit patient access and convenience as well as capture additional market share. The hospital would like to incentivize or…
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Don Love, the CEO of an orthopedic practice in Roanoke, Va., and Ken Austin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Ramsey, N.J., share their insights on key business challenges orthopedic physicians are currently facing. Five of the largest challenges facing orthopedic…
A Louisiana hospital did not have a duty to disclose an anesthesiologist's drug problem in a reference to a prospective hospital employer, and therefore cannot be held liable for patient injuries the impaired physician subsequently caused at the new hospital,…
A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a case against CMS which had blocked the enforcement of a provision in the Anti-Markup Rule intended to limit the ability of non-pathology physician groups to profit from pathology services performed in so-called…
A new ambulatory electronic infusion system, the Curlin 6000 CMS, has been introduced by B. Braun at the annual meeting of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Made possible through B. Braun's distribution agreement with Curlin Medical, the Curlin 6000…
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St. Francis Hospital & Health Center in Blue Island, Ill., will remain open and change from a non-profit to a for-profit hospital after a transfer of ownership, according to the hospital.
Iowa lawmakers have passed a bill that would exempt the state's hospitals from having to seek certificate of need approval for construction of new facilities, reports the Chicago Tribune.
The Minnesota Legislature has approved a bill that would prohibit hospitals from using information about a patient's medical debt to decide whether to treat the patient. The governor is expected to sign it, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
The nursing shortage could hit the half-million mark by 2025 if there is no letup in healthcare's growth and, therefore, demand for nurses. However, the current weak economy is prompting nurses back into the work force, at least temporarily.
Fospropofol disodium injection, an intravenous sedative-hypnotic agent for sedation in adults undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, is closer to an FDA OK after the agency's Advisory Committee on Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs voted 6 to 3 (with one abstention)…