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- Senate girds for battle over physician-owned centers
- The role of specialty hospitals in the United States is up for debate in Washington, fueled by expiration of a federal moratorium on promotion of physician-owned specialty hospitals.The role of specialty hospitals in the United States is up for debate in Washington, fueled by expiration of a federal moratorium on...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- CEO of Florida Hospital Says More Acquisitions in the Works for Columbia HCA.(Originated from The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville)
- Mar. 8--When Columbia/HCA, the nation's largest hospital corporation, entered the Jacksonville market in January, it did so with a bang. The Louisville, Ky.-based corporation purchased Memorial Hospital, Specialty Hospital and six affiliated outpatientMar. 8--When Columbia/HCA, the nation's largest hospital corporation, entered the Jacksonville market in January,...
- Research articles 1995-03-07
- Specialty Hospitals: Information on Potential New Facilities
- This document reveals about a report that addresses the following questions: (1) How many applications for grandfather determinations has CMS received from specialty hospitals under development, what types of specialty hospitals applied, where were these hospitals located, and how many of the applications have been approved. (2) What information exists...
- White papers 2005-05-19
- Specialty Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, and General Hospitals: Charting a Wise Public Policy Course
- The number of U.S. specialty hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers has been increasing. Advocates of these facilities believe that they will increase competition and improve health services. General hospitals, however, complain that specialty facilities select only the most profitable patients, which reduces general hospitals' ability to pay for care of...
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Reimbursement, Specialty Hospitals Weigh Heavy on Minds of CEOs
- Declining reimbursement, the threat of specialty hospitals and quality initiatives were top of mind for CEOs. The top concern of CEOs was continuing reimbursement pressures from various payors. A research study shows that the threat of niche providers and specialty hospitals also weighed particularly heavy on the minds of CEOs....
- White papers 2005-04-01
- The Effects of Cardiac Specialty Hospitals on the Cost and Quality of Medical Care
- The rise of specialty hospitals, typically for-profit firms that are at least partially owned by physicians, has led to substantial debate about their effects on the cost and quality of care. Advocates of specialty hospitals claim they improve quality and lower cost; critics contend they concentrate on providing profitable procedures...
- White papers 2005-10-01
- Hospitals Narrowly Avert a War Down on the Farm
- For much of the past two decades, a war has been brewing between traditional community hospitals and a new breed of doctor-owned specialty hospitals that focus on specific treatments such as cardiac angioplasty, outpatient surgery or knee and hip replacements. Although often cast in loftier terms, in reality the fight...
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
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- Senate Republican Policy Committee Releases Policy Paper on the Specialty Hospital Debate
- WASHINGTON, June 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is an executive summary of a Senate Republican Policy Committee paper titled "The Specialty Hospital Debate: One Year Later - Additional Review Yields the Same Conclusion ... Specialty Hospitals Have aWASHINGTON, June 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is an executive summary of a...
- Research articles 2006-06-13
- James M. Murphy Named CEO at Plaza Specialty Hospital
- DALLAS -- Tenet's Texas region announced today that James M. Murphy has been named chief executive officer of Plaza Specialty Hospital, a 65-bed long term acute care facility located within Park Plaza Hospital in Houston. For the past two years Murphy was chief operating officer at Tenet's RHD Memorial Medical...
- Research articles 2006-07-12
- Specialty-hospital battle waged; Benefis leads legal charge against Mont. Hospital.
- Byline: Jessica Zigmond The claim "no sale is ever final" holds true for the former Central Montana Surgical Hospital in Great Falls. The sale of the facility remains at the center of a specialty hospital battle, even after a court ruling permitted its purchase...
- Research articles 2006-04-03
- Pennsylvania hospital to get new lease on life when it reopens as a cancer specialty hospital.(CTCA Philadelphia reopens)(Brief Article)
- The former Parkview Hospital, Philadelphia, 200 beds, closed by Tenet Healthcare Corp. in 2003, will reopen as a cancer specialty hospital. Now owned by Cancer Treatment Centers of America CTCA, the new hospital will be named CTCA Philadelphia, with John T. McNeil as ...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Amarillo, Texas, Physicians Clash with Hospital on 'Specialty Hospital' Issue.
- By George Schwarz, Amarillo Globe-News, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 15--A group of local physicians has raised $80,000 during the past six weeks for a war chest to fight Baptist St. Anthony's Health System. The dispute is over BSA...
- Research articles 2004-02-15
- RehabCare And Floyd Medical Center Agree to Joint Venture Specialty Hospital
- ST. LOUIS & ROME, Ga. -- RehabCare Group (NYSE: RHB) and Floyd Healthcare Resources FHR today announced that they have reached a joint venture agreement to own and operate The Specialty Hospital, a 24-bed long-term acute care hospital LTACH currently owned by FHR and located on the grounds of Floyd...
- Research articles 2008-03-05
- Select Medical opens 48-bed, long-term care hospital in DeSoto, Texas. (Strategic Notes).(Brief Article)
- Select Medical Corp. has opened a new long-term acute care hospital in DeSoto, Texas. Select Specialty Hospital-South Dallas is a 48-bed free-standing hospital designed to treat patients with serious and often complex medical conditions such as respiratory failure, neuromuscular disorders, cardiac disorders, non-healing wounds, renal disorders...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- Federal Medicare Bill Delays Plan for Fresno, Calif., Specialty Hospital.
- By Diwata Fonte, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 5--A local hospital project is left hanging until the federal government delivers its verdict on specialty hospitals next year. The Medicare bill signed in December puts the Visalia Surgery...
- Research articles 2004-02-05
- Louisville, Ky.-Based Health Firm Buys Specialty Healthcare Services.
- By Jonathan Maze, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 3--Kentucky-based Kindred Healthcare Inc. has purchased the parent company of Specialty Hospital of South Carolina -- a 59-bed, long-term acute-care facility that is a part of Charleston Memorial Hospital....
- Research articles 2002-04-03
- Second chance; Docs, not-for-profit join forces for Ind. hospital.(Physician Affairs)
- Byline: Gregg Blesch Hard times tend to inspire new alliances. A once-struggling physician-owned specialty hospital in Munster, Ind., has been reborn as a joint venture with a not-for-profit system. Physicians have paid Sisters of St. Francis Health Services $5.2 million to...
- Research articles 2007-11-19
- Caught in the middle; A booming specialty hospital market has the AHA and state hospital associations working to balance competing interests.(Special Report)
- Byline: Patrick Reilly The debate over specialty hospitals is often portrayed as a battle between greedy doctors and benevolent not-for-profit hospitals that say the physicians are stealing away patients from profitable services used to subsidize money-losing but necessary services. But a...
- Research articles 2002-09-30
- North Carolina Judge Recommends Allowing New $14 Million Hospital Facility.
- By Jim Shamp, The Herald-Sun, Durham, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 31--A state administrative law judge has recommended that North Carolina Specialty Hospital should be allowed to build a new $14 million facility, despite repeated objections from Durham's other hospitals,...
- Research articles 2002-12-31
- Cardiology imaging, consulting covered under Inova Health deal with Philips.(Hospital Purchasing)(contract with Royal Philips Electronics for Inova Heart Institute at Inova Fairfax Hospital - Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children )(Brief Article)
- Inova Health System, Falls Church, Va., has a new contract for cardiology devices. In December 2003, Inova selected Royal Philips Electronics, Cincinnati, for a 10-year agreement to provide imaging equipment and related consulting services for its Inova Fairfax Hospital and for Inova Heart Institute, a specialty...
- Research articles 2004-01-01
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