Category: Modern Healthcare

Officials for the health system, known as the safety net for the region, hope modern outpatient clinics and a short, comprehensive name attract more insured patients to boost net patient revenue.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare, a provider of behavioral health services, said it has removed Joey Jacobs as CEO and chairman.

HHS has temporarily banned several NIH laboratories from procuring human fetal tissue that researchers say is essential for disease research.

Beaumont Health plans to sell as much as 90% of its seven-county home health and hospice business and has created a joint venture called Beaumont Home Health and Hospice LLC with Ohio-based Alternate Solutions Health Network.

Michigan’s managed-care companies are pushing to speed up the privatization of the state’s $2.8 billion Medicaid behavioral health managed care system, pointing to structural losses reported in November financial filings.

A federal judge’s ruling invalidating the Affordable Care Act has yet again plunged the industry into an era of uncertainty. But industry groups aren’t yet focused on long-term contingency plans as they hope an appeal will save the law.

The healthcare sector continues to lead the way in hiring. A new study found more than 16% of healthcare professionals surveyed in 2016 were born outside the U.S.

As the year comes to a close, CHI-Dignity are poised to create a mega health system. Meanwhile, in D.C., budget drama unfolds like a reality T.V. show.

Safety-net hospitals, like Mount Sinai on Chicago’s West Side, often provide a broad array of community benefit programs that aren’t adequately captured by the current tax reporting framework.

Forget high-tech or flashy games. Pediatricians suggest thinking inside the box for gifts for your youngster. As in just give little Oliver or Emma an empty box. They say it inspires creativity.