The fight that pits the giant Service Employees International Union against the upstart National Union of Healthcare Workers has been most remarkable for its very public vitriol.
The U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has filed a motion for immediate relief to "protect the health and safety of hundreds of patients from dangerous conditions" in seven state-run psychiatric hospitals in Georgia, federal officials announced. The motion...
After years of delay in the federal bureaucracy, a national data base for background checks on licensed medical professionals from all 50 states will be available for hospitals to examine on March 1, the Health Resources and Services Administration announced today.
Hospitals must prepare for the retirement of the aging Baby Boomer workforce, improve efficiency and staff satisfaction to retain existing workers, and make the healthcare industry an attractive job choice for a new generation of workers as the labor market tightens in the...
Carilion Labs, a for-profit affiliate of Roanoke, VA-based Carilion Clinics, will merge with Spectrum Laboratory Network to form one of the nation's largest regional hospital lab companies. The merger, which is expected to close by the end of February, will create a new...
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has immediately suspended state licensure requirements for traveling U.S. nurses, who have valid licenses in their home states or territories, and who want to work in Florida. The governor said that the move was needed to cover a temporary...
The American College of Radiology, The Joint Commission, and the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission have been designated as accrediting organizations for medical imaging facilities, CMS said in a new Federal Registry notification.
Two former hospital executives in Los Angeles have agreed to pay the State of California and the federal government $10 million to settle civil claims that they recruited and treated homeless people for unnecessary medical procedures and then billed the government,...
Language in the House healthcare reform bill that would strip an antitrust exemption for medical professional liability insurers could increase premiums, the American Academy of Actuaries said. In a letter to House Democratic and Republican leaders, the group said the bill...
The fact that a high-profile healthcare institution like Cleveland Clinic is aggressively expanding wellness benefits is another sign that wellness programs work.
