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Hospital seeks repayments from docs after fraud settlement

Detroit Medical Center has been aggressively pursuing repayments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from physicians as part of a fraud settlement with the federal government, reported Crain's

Hospital exec pay keeps rising

The paychecks of executives are not immune from the public scrutiny of the country's hospitals (and corporations) lately. For example, Detroit Medical Center CEO Mike Duggan under operator Vanguard

Hybrid operating rooms call for big bucks

More hospitals are investing in high-tech operating rooms (OR) to improve patient care. Called hybrid rooms, the trendy operating rooms combine equipment for the traditional open-heart procedure with

Hospital M&A ended 2010 at a torrid pace

Hospital merger and acquisition surged in 2010, particularly during the second half of the year, reports Healthcare Finance News. Deal Search Online, a database operated by Irving Levin Associates,

Hospitals offer cash incentives for employee housing

Two Detroit hospitals and a university are offering employees financial incentives to live in the city's Midtown area, reports the Associated Press. The push is designed to draw more residents to the

Detroit Medical Center awards contracts for capital projects

Detroit Medical Center wasted no time in spending Vanguard Health Systems' money, after inking a deal last week to become part of the Nashville-based for-profit health system. DMC officials announced

Vanguard deal for Detroit Medical Center complete

After about nine months of courtship, Nashville-based Vanguard Health Systems signed an agreement Dec. 30 to takeover Detroit Medical Center, just before a critical year-end deadline when certain

Patients use smartphone apps to find nearest ER

The Detroit Medical Center and Henry Ford Health System are directing patients to the nearest emergency room or urgent care via free smartphone apps, the Detroit News reports. The DMC launched its

Vanguard/DMC deal approved with strings attached

Despite Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox giving Vanguard Health Systems the go-ahead to buy nonprofit Detroit Medical Center, approval for the $1.5 billion deal comes with strings attached,

DoD telehealth center releases app for mental health; BlackBerry PlayBook SDK features imaging app;

> The National Center for Telehealth and Technology, one of the military's Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, has developed a free smartphone app