Troubled LA hospital could lose funding after failing inspection
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LOS ANGELES Martin Luther King Junior-Drew Medical Center could lose nearly 200 (m) million dollars in funding next month because it failed a federal inspection.
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LOS ANGELES The orthopedic department at the troubled King/Drew Medical Center in South Los Angeles is the latest target of a county investigation.
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A Montgomery County hospital where a 29-year-old patient suffered extreme malnutrition before his death could face steep state fines within weeks and even the loss of federal Medicare funding this fall because of serious failings in care.
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, one of the premier hospitals of the East Bay, is in jeopardy of losing its accreditation after performing poorly in a hospital industry audit.
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Doctors fear stripping hospitals of key services such as A&E will lead to the eventual closure of the sites.
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A Prince George's judge ordered the county yesterday to pay $2 million within two weeks to the company that runs its hospital system -- money hospital leaders have said is desperately needed to keep the troubled facilities operating.
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Louisiana taxpayers paid more than $360,000 for the failed prosecution of the owners of a nursing home where 35 people died during Hurricane Katrina, according to documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
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LOS ANGELES  Overcrowding and staff shortages at Los Angeles County jails is forcing some incoming inmates with medical problems to sleep on floors while waiting to be transferred to cellblocks.
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Medicare is going to stop paying for treatment related to preventable hospital errors.
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Detectives investigate a fund for sick babies after a hospital fails to contact a woman who set up the appeal.
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As the writers' strike cuts deep, thousands of people who rely on LA's entertainment industry face financial ruin. And the city which has already lost $1.4bn may now lose the Oscars
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The institutions that are to close or be merged under an effort to shrink New Yorkâs hospital industry will receive public funds to cover legal costs associated with closing and to pay off debts, state health officials said.
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Caritas Christi Health System Inc., the troubled hospital chain owned by the Archdiocese of Boston, is considering closing or selling 144-year-old Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester because its performance is predicted to fall about $7 million short of expectations this year, according to an internal document obtained by the Globe.
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From an emergency department with faulty monitors, IV pumps and broken stretchers to an operating room running part time for lack of staff, patient care is increasingly limited and uncertain at Greater Southeast Community Hospital, according to a draft report by District health regulators.
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BERKELEY, Calif. A bad performance audit could lead one of the Bay Area&#39;s premier hospitals to lose its accreditation in three years, if the problems uncovered aren&#39;t fixed.
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A Montgomery County hospital threatened with state fines and loss of Medicare funding after a patient's death from malnutrition is back in compliance with state and federal regulators.
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The Bush administration must examine all military and veterans' hospitals to see where the system has failed, one of the leaders of the presidential commission to investigate the problems said Sunday.