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Focus on the insured divides Texas’ JPS
Financial turnaround for South Carolina-based Providence Hospitals
Flu season can be windfall for hospitals, hardship for health plans
Illinois hospital offers more aid to poor
A fast food tax to help New Jersey hospitals? Governor open to idea
Hospitals face financial squeeze
Leavitt: Medicare "drifting towards disaster"
Medicare costs soar for cancer care
April 29, 2008
Separate managed-care deals ordered for Illinois hospitals
April 28, 2008
Tenet stock jumps 13%
The new face of WellStar Health System
Candidates’ healthcare ideas may not offer immediate cure
Cash before chemo: Hospitals get tough
April 25, 2008
Birmingham’s Medical Properties Trust completes $168 million deal
More emergency rooms open away from hospitals
Pennsylvania-based Universal Health posts strong earnings
Senate fast-tracks Medicaid bill
Increase in diagnostic imaging fueled by self-referring doctors
April 24, 2008
South Carolina hospital buys land for future expansion
Alabama board rejects beach-community medical center
Florida bill seeks to clarify medical services pricing
April 23, 2008
Sarasota, FL, hospital district gets ratings upgrade
Medicaid plan stirs worry in North Carolina
Nashville partnership awarded $1.35 million Medicaid grant
Hospital accuses Iowa House speaker of using position for revenge
Possible buyer emerges for Illinois hospital
April 22, 2008
AMA to Congress: Don’t cut Medicare to fund farm bill
April 21, 2008
Louisiana hospital money granted
Healthcare experts worry of cost boom
South Florida medical malpractice cases difficult for both sides
Starting up as CFO
GE’s dismal earnings a warning for medical device companies
Blue Cross of Florida ordered to pay doctors
Leader at Los Angeles medical center is out
Charity sues R.I. hospital over free bed donated century ago
Blue Island, IL, makes pitch to save hospital
April 18, 2008
Orlando hospitals vie for heart-transplant programs
Two Tenet hospitals at odds with Blue Cross
April 17, 2008
Violations found at North Carolina hospital
California medical center is cool to suitor Prime Healthcare
Cancer Treatment Centers pursuing fifth hospital
Couple gives $25 million to Washington, DC, children’s hospital
April 16, 2008
Committee brushes aside Bush veto threat on Medicaid bill
Louisiana hospital grows
New Orleans hospitals seek money for prisoner care
Florida hospitals cringe at proposed cuts to Medicaid
Atlanta hospital’s budget still in the red
Georgia-based Emory Eastside to add beds
Hospitals missing out on collection opportunities, study finds
New York University Medical Center gets another $100 million gift
April 15, 2008
Tenet to sell two hospitals to USC
Factories fading, hospitals step in
April 14, 2008
Sutter Health’s 2007 financial report reflects a ’pretty stable’ company
Medical properties: Defensive play in volatile times
Renaissance Healthcare Systems runs out of money to finish Texas facility
Owners of Illinois hospital vow to try to avert closing
April 11, 2008
Minnesota-based cancer center closes
Tenet: We’re doing better in South Florida
Holy Cross Hospital to close Oakland Park, FL, facility
Mason City, IA, hospital lays off workers
Company closing Illinois facility to open new hospital in Wisconsin
April 10, 2008
Ex-Blues boss to oversee VEBA
Healthcare district to give $1.25 million subsidy to Florida hospital
Louisiana hospital aligns with cancer site
Children’s wing at Miami hospital expands
Hospitals’ cut a cure, New Jersey Senate told
Illinois medical center in merger talks with Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Boston hospitals’ suburban push stirs fears
April 9, 2008
West Penn Allegheny Health System profit up by two-thirds
Most of East St. Louis hospital will close
Interest emerges in taking over Illinois hospital
April 8, 2008
Hospitals track economic benefit
Medical gift is Duke’s biggest
Old, new boards for Atlanta hospital sign agreement transferring control
April 7, 2008
Supporters vow to continue work on Kentucky dialysis reimbursements
Indianapolis-based philanthropy gives Purdue healthcare center $11 million
Louisiana parish considers hospital options
Lack of trauma legislation action could hurt Atlanta hospital
Hospitals advertise services to lure patients who can pay
Healthcare rules get overhaul in Georgia
Maryland county's hospitals get relief, not a cure
Hospital capacity drives costs
April 4, 2008
Cincinnati hospital defends practices, suit could cost $400 million
Novant Health earns $204 million in 2007
Nonprofit hospitals, once for the poor, strike it rich
April 3, 2008
Michigan-based system may cut managers, merge programs
Cincinnati hospital suit could cost $400 million
Woman’s Hospital in Mesquite, TX, to close
Serving uninsured a fatal burden for Illinois facility
April 2, 2008
Medical office space still gets top dollar in California
Bill could change Georgia's hospital rules
Doylestown (PA) Hospital sells stake in wellness center
Medicaid rules changes could cost TennCare millions in funding
New York legislators reach deal on healthcare in budget talks
April 1, 2008
HCA Midwest recognizes progress after five years
Florida hospital phasing out daily operations
Health Management Associates sells stake in seven hospitals