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Plan for New Orleans hospitals draws outcry
West Columbia, SC, medical center wants permit for angioplasties
Manchester (CT) Memorial to settle Medicare overbilling case
New Jersey hospitals struggled before downturn, report says
Northwestern Memorial Hospital apologizes for mammogram wait
San Francisco Health Commission wants fewer budget cuts
Connecticut officials reach truce in healthcare plan dispute
Two renal dialysis companies will merge
Bayer Healthcare in $97.5 million kickback settlement
Housing rout cuts off source of funds to pay medical bills
Submitting to the science of prevention
New cases of cancer decline in the United States
Researchers find poor use of pumps for ailing hearts
A third of Medicare clients unfamiliar with benefits
A fee change by Blue Cross/Blue Shield cuts deep
November 25, 2008
In bleak economy, hospitals, at least, are preserving jobs
Number of outpatient-surgery centers in Pennsylvania up
Duke University Health System seeks millions to expand facilities
Cleveland hospital opens renovated Intensive Care Unit
VA, LSU choose site for hospitals
Downturn spreads to Milwaukee-area healthcare
Texas hospitals work to speed up their response times to heart attacks
$6.4 million grant to fund center at Cincinnati Children's
The sorry state of American health
Hastings, MN, hospital workers walk out
Budget crunch could reduce TennCare rolls
Papers reveal push on drug firm funds
Video commentary: Physician, say you're sorry
Few doctors sign off on online prescribing
Study: Parents often choose ER for routine kids' care
November 24, 2008
Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut Health Center discuss merger
Proposed merger of California healthcare union draws intense protest
Long Island College Hospital teeters on the brink of bankruptcy
HCA Virginia hospital hearing attracts hundreds
Studies say private Medicare plans have added costs, for little gain
Many babies in California's Yuba and Sutter counties get bad start
Economy may be tanking, but Florida hospitals still hiring nurses
Boca Raton (FL) Community Hospital chief executive looks for turnaround
Plans for new LSU-VA hospital campus expected
Hastings, MN, hospital workers to begin two-day strike
Doctors question Nevada Medicaid cuts
Connecticut governor calls out critics of Charter Oak health plan
Tech looks to raise bets on healthcare
For world's sick, care via e-mail
November 21, 2008
Florida Hospital Orlando set to open 15-story state-of-the-art medical facility
UPMC's risky drive for revenue
Nurses at Independence, MO-based Centerpoint seek to leave union
Hunter out, Wiebking in as Provena Health CEO
Kaiser Permanente gets perfect four-star rating on HMO score card
Commentary: Five myths on our sick healthcare system
Planners okay medical building for Wesley Chapel, FL, hospital
Maryland health officials track flu with e-mail queries
Three doctors sentenced to prison in healthcare fraud
Town hall meetings on fixing U.S. healthcare system
Regents OK transfer of UCI pediatric patients to Orange County, CA, hospital
Pennsylvania senators oppose Blues insurance merger
Most uninsured kids in Tennessee are from working families
Clarian Health-Ball Memorial Hospital merger approved
Tom Daschle's blueprint for health reform
This time around, healthcare revamp has wings
Colorectal cancer treatment costs vary widely
November 20, 2008
Obama to nominate Daschle as HHS Secretary
Massachusetts urged to review fees to elite hospitals
Health insurers offer to accept all applicants, on condition
State to track MRSA cases in Washington hospitals
Moody's reports question health of healthcare industry
Pennsylvania officials say they hope to avoid cuts in Medicaid
Sutter Health seeks city approval for Elk Grove, CA, hospital
Birmingham hospitals win approval to add psychiatric beds
Cuts at Vegas hospital prompt worries about deaths
Deductibles march higher for employer-provided health insurance
Pennsylvania healthcare watchdog gets good news
Report: Economy is sickening U.S. hospitals
Defying slump, developers plan hospital industry center in Manhattan
Mandate may spur insurer revenue; profit less sure
Study: Patient's race doesn't affect emergency room care
November 19, 2008
Florida hospital's ER expansion seen as boon to patients
Kansas City-based St. Luke's Health System cuts 61 jobs
Beverly (MA) Hospital shelves plan to close natural birthing center
HCA job cuts may affect 100 employees
Ohio-based MetroHealth to cut 112 jobs to break even in 2009
State tries to save obstetrics at a hospital in Brooklyn
Federal court upholds drug privacy law
Federal fraud charges against Filipino doc tossed
AARP orders investigation concerning its health insurance marketing
Ted Kennedy asks Hillary Clinton to head Senate healthcare team
Pennsylvania Senate panel: Set limits on merged Blues
Doctors claim Glaxo dismissed worries on Avandia
CEOs' top health priority: Obesity
GE, Mayo Clinic, others develop health record tech
November 18, 2008
Political temperature may be just right for healthcare overhaul
Detroit-based Beaumont banks on $60-million fiscal plan
Massachusetts doctors' fear of lawsuits tied to added costs of $1.4 billion
Survey: Many doctors plan to quit or cut back
Angioplasty overused among millions of patients, evidence shows
JPS to study expanding its hospital in Arlington, TX
Workers snooped, says University of Iowa Hospitals
Michigan legislature asked to delay Blue Cross changes
MRSA: Patients revolt against hospital secrecy
Group offers fixes for healthcare system
Connecticut governor agrees to end linking HUSKY, Charter Oak insurance plans
Zimbabwe doctors protest over ailing health system
Health insurance tab creeps toward half of family income
Workers get healthcare at the office
New antibiotics take aim at staph's rise
Protests over a rule to protect health providers
Massachusetts General Hospital striving to boost its scores
Medicare wants limits for weight loss surgery
Kennedy announces plan to submit bill for universal care
November 17, 2008
Massachusetts healthcare system badly out of balance
Employers offer workers fewer healthcare plans
South Korea joins lucrative practice of inviting medical tourists to its hospitals
Agency offers ways to divert nonemergency patients from new County-USC
Connecticut Congressional members seek HUSKY moratorium
Brooksville, FL, clinic wants to expand, help more
Simon Center opens at New Jersey-based Overlook Hospital
Medicaid program on skids, Louisiana governor says
Radiologists are in great demand in Pennsylvania
An hour of peace at University of California-Davis Med center helps the kids relax
South Florida family doctors leaving practices
Drive-by flu shots
Carolinas HealthCare selling 15 buildings
NC Children's hospital starts outpatient clinic
NJ's toughest cases are all in a night's work at Cooper University Hospital
New York AG investigating colleges' deals with health insurers
Blueprint outlines overhaul in Oregon
Homeless will get free care in Nashville
Healthcare's vital signs: beaten down stocks may have potential, experts say
GlowCap device tells you if it's time to take a pill
A prescription for change in primary care
New York Medical offices inflated claims, state says
New York boy on life support in Washington, DC, dies
Report: Family physicians have little input at NIH
November 14, 2008
Aetna tells employees it will pursue staff cuts
Massachusetts toughens rules for building new clinics
Baptist Health seeks to take over Florida Keys hospital
University of California-Irvine Medical Center plans to reduce pediatric care
Aid cuts to force hospital changes in Alabama
WellPoint soon will offer some medical travel benefits
Louisiana governor details Medicaid revamp
Report: Medical care varies widely at Seattle-area clinics and hospitals
California children's insurance program may need wait list
Illinois high court removes block on FamilyCare funds
Supporters ask Illinois Supreme Court to uphold malpractice caps
Massachusetts birth center's possible demise ignites protest
Unions say CVS pushed costly drug to doctors
Ike-damaged hospital, med school laying off 3,800
Chronically ill U.S. patients often skip care due to costs
November 13, 2008
Cleveland Clinic picks Top 10 medical innovations for 2009
40 jobs cut at Middletown, OH, hospital
UPMC plans 25 foreign cancer centers
Credit crunch is hard on California hospitals
Senator takes initiative on healthcare
C. diff rate in hospitals 20 times greater than previously thought
Heart failure accounts for 37% of Medicare spending
Nashville REIT to buy hospital assets
Group to offer $15.5 billion proposal for universal healthcare in Maryland
Heathcare providers blast managed care plan
San Diego hospital announces $203 million expansion
Methodist delays Mississippi hospital plan
St. Luke's expands Woodlands campus
November 12, 2008
Senators hurry to keep healthcare in forefront
Beverly (MA) Hospital's Laverty resigns
Cleveland Clinic tests health-monitoring technology geared for patients to use
Hospital seeks permission from Los Angeles Council to resume expansion
Birmingham-based St. Vincent's Health System lays off 74 workers
Final plans released for Seattle Children's hospital
$79 million slated to buy New Orleans hospital land
Stillwater, MN, hospital expansion on hold
Georgia hospital can treat stroke patients
Hearing set on FamilyCare coverage in Illinois
Another push for security standards in healthcare
The hospital is watching
Express Scripts clients receive threats to release data
Google uses searches to track flu's spread
English city to reward people for keeping fit
November 11, 2008
Expecting donations to fall, hospitals brace for bad news
Obama urged to overhaul healthcare, stat
Report says Wisconsin must address lack of primary care doctors
How Pennsylvania let incompetent doctor continue to practice
Violence in ER a growing problem in Massachusetts
UC Irvine Medical Center head to step down
Indianapolis-based St. Vincent gets $1 million gift for uninsured
Orlando hospital to open tower
Pennsylvania governor urges Senate to take up health insurance expansion
Northeast Health System's board meets on Beverly, MA, hospital CEO's fate
Why we need 1,170 codes for angioplasty
Intestinal pathogen a growing threat
Idea of New York's cuts to healthcare causes a stir
Doctors study repatriation of uninsured
Judge delays decision on removing life support at DC hospital
Study: Use of imaging technology skyrockets
November 10, 2008
Tardy Medicare reimbursements are hurting doctors in California, Nevada and Hawaii
Moody's: Obama healthcare plan boon for hospitals
Orange County, CA, hospitals CEO Bruce Mogel steps down after internal probe
New U.S. rule pares outpatient Medicaid services
New imaging center expands Franklin, TN, hospital's reach
AARP suspends sales of some health plans
Is Wisconsin healthcare plan still on back burner?
Sale of N. Oakland hospital in Pontiac, MI, completed
Report card rates New Jersey HMOs and sees higher scores
West Penn forces out group of four doctors
Healthcare improvements have to wait awhile
Patients being moved to the new, improved Los Angeles County-USC
Providers await details of Obama healthcare plan
Intel takes step into home healthcare
Deported in a coma, saved back in United States
Some GM retirees are in a healthcare squeeze
Heart failure hospitalizations up sharply
Desperate for care, uninsured flock to area of Virginia to see a doctor
Community hospital named top employer in Massachusetts
November 7, 2008
Hospitals see drop in paying patients
Atlanta's Grady Hospital gets passing marks
HCA to conserve cash, pay debt with bonds
Sale of Pontiac, MI, hospital to doctors and McLaren nearly done
Detroit seeks Congress aid on retiree healthcare
Missouri contractor files lien against Pennsylvania children's hospital
Birmingham hospital wins approval for psychiatric unit
UCH-Adventist hospital in Wesley Chapel, FL, advances
Health trust in England bans toys from clinics because of infection risk
UPMC St. Margaret closing Harmar cardiac program
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center plans full hospital in Monroeville, PA
Mayo Clinic to close unit, cut 30 jobs
Temple health system's CEO stepping down
How did doctors do in the Congressional elections?
LifePoint Hospitals third quarter net tumbles 60% on planned sales
Commentary: A positive approach to doctors-in-training
Parents reject doctors' stand on boy with brain tumor
November 6, 2008
Two more Philadelphia-area maternity units to close
Case against former Chicago medical center executive gains ground
$13.5 million awarded in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute death
Medicare, Medicaid deficits loom over health priorities
President Obama and healthcare
Charleston (SC) Memorial Hospital closing
Disgruntled RAC contractors cry foul
80% in U.S. worry about medical bills
Tenet CEO buys 100,000 shares; stock hits new lows
Florida-based Pediatrix Medical Group profits fall with birth rate, more poor patients
Texas-based Baylor Health Care says laptop with patient data stolen
Arizona's Prop 101, barring universal health insurance, too close to call
Western Massachusetts hospital network cuts jobs
Massachusetts a model of healthcare reform, hurdles
Health insurers prime for new business with Democratic rule
Insurers hire radiology police to vet scanning
In hard times, a cosmetic hard sell
Washington, DC, hospital sues to remove boy, 12, from life support
November 5, 2008
Hard choices and challenges follow Obama's triumph
Dallas County voters OK $747 million for new Parkland hospital
Children's hospital bonds approved in California
Beverly (MA) Hospital chief may step down
Database linking Arkansas' hospitals goes live
Pediatrix Medical Group purchases Louisiana neonatal physician practice
Hospital surplus going to overseas facilities
Washington, DC, hospital gets 'dirty bomb' sensors
Connecticut-based nonprofit group goes to polls to push for universal care
Hospitals will step up efforts to block identity theft
Summit Medical Center wants ER in Mt. Juliet, TN
HealthSouth raises outlook; profit falls in third quarter
November 4, 2008
Merger of Kentucky-based St. Elizabeth and St. Luke finished
Indiana-based St. Francis, Anthem not cutting ties (yet)
Wisconsin-based Columbia St. Mary's cuts 74 jobs
Tenet swings to 3Q profit on investment sales gain
West Penn Allegheny Health System posts $93.9 million operating loss
Pontiac, MI, hospital is reopened
Northwestern HealthCare, Lake Forest (IL) Hospital in affiliation talks
Court blocks White House push on Medicare expenses
After epic presidential campaign, voters go to polls
Iraq returns to its alternative medicine roots
Gallatin, TN-based Sumner Regional Medical Center plans 90 layoffs
Healthcare professionals look at baseball stats to question practices
If not universal care, how about universal primary care?
Few options remain when job insurance disappears
Robodoc: Surgeon of the future in theaters now
November 3, 2008
Nevada cap on medical damage awards draws criticism
Plan would expand BadgerCare to adults without children
Machine pulls cholesterol out of blood
Insurers unveil plan in Utah
Hearing set on HCA Virginia Hospital
In a sickly real estate market, medical offices a healthier asset
Johnson Memorial lays off 55 ahead of Eastern Connecticut Health Network merger
Parkland hospital bond issue adds a step to ballot for straight-ticket Texas voters
AARP questioned on health plans
Western Pennsylvania hospital plans $3 million renovation
New Jersey eyes help for patients after medical errors
CMS releases 2009 OPPS final rule
A guide for Americans seeking affordable medical treatment abroad
California board knew of nurses' criminal records but took years to act
Lance Poulsen of National Century Financial Enterprises convicted
America's pending shortage of cancer doctors