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Modern Healthcare Breaking News
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Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare
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Researchers peg malpractice costs at over $55 billion
Medical malpractice costs average about $55.6 billion annually, or 2.4% of annual healthcare spending, according to a new Health Affairs analysis.
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Diagnostic errors merit more attention, Pa. agency says
Despite their potential to cause serious medical harm, instances of missed, incorrect or delayed diagnoses rarely receive the attention garnered by other patient-safety problems such as medication errors. That's according to a recently released...
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Calif. budget impasse prompts emergency loans
California has begun issuing short-term no-interest loans to rural hospitals and clinics as a result of the continued budget impasse.
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Landmark Medical says amen to Catholic guidelines
Landmark Medical Center, Woonsocket, R.I., will operate under Catholic Church dictates should the 214-bed hospital be bought by the Boston-based Caritas Christi Health Care system, according to a news statement.
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Two injured in hospital shooting
Normal shift operations resumed at Baton Rouge (La.) General Medical Center's Mid City hospital after a shooting left two hospital visitors hurt, including one visitor with life-threatening injuries.
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Public coverage programs miss millions of kids: report
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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Simone ousted as CEO of WellStar Health
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...
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Stimulus money lightens Ohio hospital tax
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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Medical associations fight litigation deduction for trial lawyers
The American Medical Association and 90 other medical groups have sent a letter to the Treasury Department opposing a policy under consideration that would allow trial lawyers to deduct litigation expenses from their taxes in certain instances.
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Minn. hospital CEO arrested in vice operation
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...
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