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By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:16 pm | April 25, 2016
David L. Miller, President and Chief Operating Officer of Community Health Systems, will retire at the end of the year, the company announced Friday. Miller was the first COO ever for CHS and has held the position since January 2014.
By Henry Powderly | 11:17 am | April 25, 2016
Nearly 800 hospitals earned the highest marks for safety in the Spring 2016 release of the Leapfrog Group's Hospital Safety Score, and report organizers say about 33,000 lives could be saved annually if every hospital performed that well.
By Henry Powderly | 11:08 am | April 25, 2016
The Leapfrog Group on Monday released its latest Hospital Safety Score rankings, assigning 15 hospitals with flunking grades for their record of incidents of patient harm and preventable death.
By Henry Powderly | 10:55 am | April 25, 2016
The Leapfrog Group on Monday released its latest Hospital Safety Score rankings, awarding 798 hospitals with top grades for their record of low incidents of patient harm and preventable death.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:27 am | April 25, 2016
The absence of more stores like CVS that are easily accessible to people in impoverished, predominantly black neighborhoods underscores Baltimore's other persistent inequities.
By Jeff Lagasse | 05:54 am | April 25, 2016
While there are currently only 22 proton therapy centers in the United States, the growing interest in the advanced cancer therapy is causing more hospitals to weigh the benefits against the high cost of opening their own centers.
By Susan Morse | 04:59 pm | April 22, 2016
Beginning in 2019, insurance companies that contract with the exchanges must either exclude from their networks any hospital that doesn't meet the federal government's 2020 target C-section rate or explain why they aren't, according to the new contract approved by the Covered California board.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:37 pm | April 22, 2016
Health insurance giant Aetna has declared victory in a years-old lawsuit against Bay Area Surgical Management, after a civil jury slapped the California medical group with a $37.4 million dollar judgement, Aetna said.
By Susan Morse | 03:27 pm | April 22, 2016
In a joint partnership, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Aurora Health Care will form the Wisconsin Collaborative Insurance Company, the companies have announced.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:29 am | April 22, 2016
A new report by credit ratings agency Fitch claims 2015 was the first year since 2008 to see growth in inpatient hospital admissions at major for-profit hospitals, but analysts don't expect that to continue.