The Butler Health System Board of Trustees is expected to take action on a final merger agreement with Excela Health before the end of October, according to an official from the health system.
Rural hospitals that weathered the pandemic are facing a funding cliff, in danger of losing some $600 million in Medicare funding at the end of this month unless Congress intervenes.
The outlook revision to Negative reflects the continued disruption of operations, with notably weaker operating results through the third quarter of fiscal 2022 ended June 30th. Performance was driven by elevated labor costs, lower than expected volumes due to closed beds and staffing shortages, as well as inflationary pressure for non-labor costs.
Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Drexel Hill, which steadily been losing services this year, will became an inpatient behavioral health center by next spring, its owner, Crozer Health, announced Wednesday.
A resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, pleaded guilty in federal court to three counts of conspiracy related to the submission of fraudulent health care claims, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
Willis-Knighton Medical Center escaped antitrust litigation over the Shreveport, La., regional healthcare market, when a federal appeals court in New Orleans rejected claims that it bullied a Louisiana State University medical campus into ending its relationship with a rival hospital operator.