In July, Saint Vincent Health System, a two-hospital network based in Erie, Pa., officially became a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based health insurer Highmark. After several months of negotiations and regulatory approval, Saint Vincent went from an independent hospital network to a…
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Nine of the largest for-profit hospital operators reported quarterly earnings over the past month. Seven of the nine companies recorded second-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2013. Vanguard Health Systems posted fourth-quarter and year-end results for FY 2013, and IASIS Healthcare…
Physicians across the healthcare sector should expect a median salary increase of 2.4 percent next year, but hospital-employed physicians are likely to receive lower raises, according to consulting firm Hay Group's 2013 physician compensation survey.
Although nonprofit hospitals continued to have strong balance sheets in fiscal year 2012, many financial performance indicators were weak compared with the three years prior, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.
Maine, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Vermont will restrict Medicaid eligibility for certain groups starting next year, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
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California Pain Network announced the addition of Vik Singh, MD, who will see patients at pain clinic offices in Los Angeles, West Hills and Thousand Oaks.
Washington University Orthopedics in St. Louis announced the opening of a walk-in clinic at the Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Orthopedic Center in Chesterfield, Mo.
The University at Buffalo (N.Y.) has named Leslie J. Bisson, MD, as the inaugural June A. and Eugene R. Mindell, MD, professor and chair of orthopedics.
James Dennison, MD, board-certified in sports medicine and orthopedic surgery, has joined the surgical team of Oneida (N.Y.) Orthopedic Specialists, according to a Madison County Courier report.
At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, industry experts will give a presentation titled "Key Thoughts on Medicare Inspections and Survey Readiness."