Industry News & Competitive Intelligence
January 7, 2013
At Mayo’s MOA Outpost, The Doctor Won’t See You Anymore
The Mayo Clinic, which has already put the brakes on an expanded role at the Mall of America, now appears to be moving in reverse. The Pioneer Press reports that Rochester-based Mayo has stopped providing clinic services at its existing MOA location — a service it began last June. Prior to that, Mayo’s presence at the Bloomington-based megamall was a sort […]
Tags: clinic services, Mall of America, Mpls St. Paul Business Journal, Pioneer Press
January 3, 2013
Mayo Clinic & Florida Blue Enter Into Bundled Payments for Knee Surgery
Florida Blue and Mayo Clinic recently announced a new bundled payment program for knee replacements. Primary procedures in the package include all related surgical procedures as part of the knee replacement, anesthesia services, drugs administered during the procedure, imaging services, surgical supply costs, discharge planning, nurse care and office visits. The partnership took affect on Dec. 15, […]
Tags: Becker’s Hospital Review, bundled payment, Florida Blue, knee replacements
October 17, 2012
129 Minn. Clinics Got Potentially Tainted Drugs; Mayo Issues Statement
Minnesota Department of Health says 129 clinics in Minnesota got drug supplies from a pharmaceutical distributor that has been at the center of national concern about noninfectious meningitis cases. “It is not known at this time how many patients in Minnesota are affected,” the state agency said in a Tuesday afternoon alert…Mayo Clinic spokesman Bryan […]
Tags: Bryan Anderson, Minnesota Department of Health, New England Compounding Center, noninfectious meningitis, Post Bulletin, tainted drugs
October 15, 2012
Wis. Firm to Help With Destination Medical Community
A leading health care consulting firm is working with Mayo Clinic and local groups on the Destination Medical Community initiative, the clinic confirmed this week. Madison, Wis.-based Hammes Co., whose recent projects include managing programs for a new $91 million hospital in New Orleans and managing the $143 million upgrade of Lambeau Field in Green […]
Tags: Destination Medical Community initiative, Hammes Co., Health Care, Post Bulletin
October 11, 2012
Hormel Institute Announces Research Partnership
A leader in the fight against cancer has a new partner Wednesday. And it’s taken the search for a cure to an international level we’ve never seen before. A year ago, the Hormel Institute formally became part of a research triad with the Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota. Now, the Institute will expand […]
Tags: Hormel Institute, KAAL, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, University of Minnesota
October 8, 2012
Bismarck Hospital Joins Mayo Clinic Network
St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck has joined a national network of hospitals connected with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The move is not an acquisition or a merger, but a collaboration that will enable St. Alexius doctors to connect electronically with Mayo specialists, allowing more patients to stay closer to home, according to […]
Tags: Altru Health System, collaboration, Dr. David Hayes, Inforum N.D., St. Alexius Medical Center
August 31, 2012
Short-Staffed Hospitals Relish Teen Volunteer Hours
Many people who are out of a job and looking for something to do are turning to volunteer work, something short-staffed hospitals are using to their advantage. Unfortunately, when older people enter the job market again, the hospitals are stuck. “When they do get a job, they tend to stop volunteering and go back to […]
Tags: Kairin Whiteside, KTAR Arizona, Mayo Clinic Volunteer Services, short-staffed, Volunteer
August 31, 2012
2 Giants – HealthPartners, Park Nicollet – Plan to Merge
Two of the Twin Cities’ most prominent health care systems, HealthPartners and Park Nicollet, have signed an agreement to join operations, marking the biggest merger in the local health care market in two decades. If approved by state and federal regulators, the merger would create the state’s second-largest hospital system by revenue, behind the Mayo […]
Tags: HealthPartners, merger, Park Nicollet, Star Tribune
August 6, 2012
DHMC Appoints Two New Trustees
Laura Landy, President and CEO of the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, and CEO emeritus of the Mayo Clinic Denis Cortese were appointed to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Board of Trustees…Cortese served as the CEO of the Mayo Clinic from 2003 through 2009. He is now a professor at Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of […]
Tags: board of trustees, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Denise Cortese, Laura Landy, The Dartmouth
August 3, 2012
DHMC Partners With Mayo Clinic
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is the newest member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a network of seven hospitals, according to David Hayes, medical director for the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Membership in the network will allow DHMC to offer electronic consultations and share best practices with other member institutions, DHMC CEO and President of James […]
Tags: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dr. David Hayes, James Weinstein, The Dartmouth