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Vendors sentenced after defrauding hospital, bribing execs
Four hospital vendors are headed to prison after being sentenced Friday for defrauding Florida's Memorial Healthcare System in a bribery scheme, in which the vendors paid kickbacks to hospital executives in exchange for $15 million contracts with the public hospital system, South Florida Business Journal reported.
Focus on branding to attract healthcare consumers
As patients assume more active roles in healthcare decisions, hospital executives should make branding a top priority, according to the new issue of healthcare marketing report Protocol from Smith...
Hospital CIOs not hesitant to use consultants for IT projects
Hospital CIOs increasingly are using consultants to help deal with projects--such as electronic health record implementation to meet Meaningful Use requirements--according to a new survey conducted
Revenue integrity critical to hospital execs
A new survey of hospital executives indicates that revenue integrity is the most important component of the financial health of their organizations. The report by Atlanta-based revenue cycle software
'Whiny' docs spur on expensive technology purchases
Demanding doctors and an appetite to "keep up with the Joneses" of the healthcare world are among some of the more prominent reasons hospital executives choose to purchase expensive and oftentimes
25% of hospital execs 'not familiar' with ACO regs
While accountable care organization (ACO) Pioneers are set to launch before the year's end , a recent report indicates that many hospital executives remain unaware of the federal regulations needed to
Executive pay plateauing?
Healthcare executive pay may be plateauing, at least at Jackson, Mich.'s Allegiance Health. The top eight executives there in 2009 received a combined 0.39 percent pay increase from the previous
IRS reviewing community benefit expenditures
The Internal Revenue Service has embarked on a review of the community benefit activities of tax-exempt hospitals as specified in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, reports AHA News Now
Hospital budgets rise to prepare for higher demand
Hospital budgets are reverting to pre-recession levels due in part to the health reform law, according to L.E.K. Consulting. Close to 60 percent of the 200 hospital executives polled said they expect
State's hospital costs vary wildly
Ability (or lack thereof) to manage expenses, "varying overhead" and technology investments are just some of the reasons rolled out by hospital executives in Oregon for widely differing costs of
