Hospitals in August posted their strongest job growth in two years, reversing recent trends and leading the wider pattern among U.S. industries of better-than-expected employment figures last month. Hospitals hired 8,600 new employees in August, for a monthly growth rate of 0.2% in a workforce of...
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Nearly 5 million children eligible for coverage under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program in 2008 were not enrolled, according to a new report.
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North Memorial Health Care, Robbinsdale, Minn., has indefinitely suspended its top administrator without pay following news this week that he was arrested and charged with attempting to solicit a prostitute in a nearby suburb.
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Gregory Simone has been fired from his post as president and CEO of WellStar Health System, a five-hospital system based in Marietta, Ga. WellStar's trustees voted to terminate Simone, effective immediately, at a Sept. 2 board meeting, according to a brief statement from the health system.
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The Daily Dose will not be published Monday, Sept. 6, because of the Labor Day holiday. The Dose will resume publication Tuesday, Sept. 7.
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I used to think that New Jersey held the title for most criminals in public office.
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Ohio hospitals will get a $150 million reprieve from a tax established last year as officials struggled to shore up the state's budget.
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David Cress, president and CEO of 416-bed North Memorial Health Care in Robbinsdale, Minn., was arrested Wednesday and faces a misdemeanor charge of soliciting for prostitution. Cress, 60, was jailed and released on bond Wednesday afternoon, police said.
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About 3.4 million workers are employed by roughly 1 million small businesses that are likely to take advantage of a new healthcare premium tax credit by 2013, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund.
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Regarding "Authors issue reality check on health IT":The results of the American Hospital Association's survey are not the least bit surprising. After all, the survey was fielded mere days after the passage of...
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The Joint Commission has named Alex Vandiver director of business excellence and director of its Center for Transforming Healthcare. Launched in September 2009, the center works with hospitals to find effective solutions for patient-safety issues such as hand hygiene and handoff communication.
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Eighty-eight percent of materials managers believe their supply-chain management skills will become even more important to providers' bottom lines with the implementation of healthcare reform measures, according to new survey conducted by IDN Summit and Expo—organizers of a twice yearly...
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ProMedica Health System, Toledo, Ohio, has acquired St. Luke's Hospital, a 198-bed facility about 10 miles south of Toledo in Maumee, Ohio. St. Luke's Hospital, which recorded operating losses in the past three years, becomes the eighth of ProMedica's hospitals scattered around northwest Ohio.
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A federal grand jury has indicted William Roe, senior vice president of 315-bed Danbury (Conn.) Hospital, who is accused of creating sham invoices for software products in a scheme to defraud his employers.
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A bill crafted to curb dangerous overcrowding in California's emergency departments died in the state senate before it could reach the governor's desk.
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Employers this year increasingly shifted the cost of health coverage to their workers, even as total premiums rose only slightly, according to a new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics plans to release August employment figures at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, Sept. 3.
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California lawmakers have passed a bill that provides more transparency on healthcare premium rate changes, while rejecting another bill that would have given state regulators the authority to halt rate increases outright.
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