Mercy Health System News

JANESVILLE, Wisconsin -- A program aimed at educating kids about proper babysitting practices has been recognized among the best of its kind.

The $7.6 billion purchase of Health Management Associates by Community Health Systems makes East Georgia Regional Medical Center an affiliate of the largest for-profit chain of hospitals in the United States.

Several times, probably. To get $5 billion from Washington, D.C., Illinois will have to spend about $400 million a year on new programs.

Health Management Associates was purchased in January by Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems .

The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit against two large hospital operators accused of filing fraudulent Medicaid and Medicare claims.

The U.S. Justice Department says a series of hospital contracts to provide translation services and a culturally accommodating environment for Hispanic maternity patients was actually part of a kickback conspiracy designed to steer Medicaid patients to Tenet Corp. and Health Management Associates... For the best experience of ModernHealthcare.com ... (more)

Kyle Parker, chairman of the Fort Smith Regional Healthcare Foundation, looks over his notes prior to Tuesday's press conference.

Mercy Health System officials will announce today the expansion of St. Charles Hospital in Oregon for a new Behavioral Health Institute, a move hailed by leaders as a way to provide more seamless care in a centralized location.

Mercy Health System is collecting new and gently used athletic shoes and cleats for area high school students now through Monday, April 7, to be given to homeless and low-income families in Rock County.

The Issuer accepted for purchase all Notes that had been validly tendered and not withdrawn.

Officials with Mercy Health System told about 100 community leaders the health-care industry is undergoing historic changes, and the hospital system is responding by changing the way it operates in the face of declining revenue and lower hospital admission rates.

The 185,000-member National Nurses United labor union last month claimed that management at two California hospitals owned by Franklin-based Community Health Systems wrongfully terminated nurses who also were union members and had been outspoken on labor issues.