Dick Scruggs, the Bell Tolls for Thee
While he once fought hospitals over their charity care policies and aggressive collection practices, Richard "Dickie" Scruggs is now serving time for attempted bribery related to a settlement case.
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Pennsylvania healthcare system plans sale
AP/Philadelphia Inquirer, August 20, 2008
HCA’s possible psychiatric expansion raises concerns
The Tennessean, August 20, 2008
Nashville hospital will soon stop delivering babies
The Tennessean, August 20, 2008
439,000 more get health coverage in Massachusetts
Boston Globe, August 20, 2008
New York legislators are negotiating to cut budget by $1 billion
New York Times, August 20, 2008
$11 million verdict in Pennsylvania malpractice case
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 19, 2008
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Audio: Preparing for the RAC
Michael Taylor, MD, discusses the CMS Recovery Audit Contractor demonstration project. Though the RAC program has yet to be rolled out nationwide, it's coming soon, and hospitals will need to know how best to respond to an audit's findings. +
Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media
August 18, 2008
Magazine: Quality Management Pays
An anesthesiology group's Web-based tool is now standard in a North Carolina system's hospitals. +
Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Magazine
August 2008
Contributed Feature: Innovative Strategies for Physician-Hospital Alignment
The future of physician-hospital joint ventures is now uncertain thanks today's struggling economy and pushes for healthcare reform. This is prompting many to seek innovative strategies that will ensure future success. +
Beth Connor Guest and James S. Mathis, for HealthLeaders Media
August 11, 2008
Memo to the new CFO: Focus on the ED
The new hospital CFO typically has so many challenges to address, it's difficult to know where to focus energy first. HealthLeaders Media contributor Caral Edelberg has some advice for new CFOs that can not only provide some early successes, but which can also give the new CFO a big picture idea of how much to expect from future improvement initiatives.
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