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Focus on the insured divides Texas’ JPS
Financial turnaround for South Carolina-based Providence Hospitals
Georgia hospital finds open-heart program partner
Illinois hospital offers more aid to poor
Hospitals face financial squeeze
Leavitt: Medicare "drifting towards disaster"
Schwarzenegger to try healthcare fix again
Medicare costs soar for cancer care
April 29, 2008
Findings criticize North Carolina hospital
Gingrich calls for medical update
Across U.S., anxiety over access to patient records
Separate managed-care deals ordered for Illinois hospitals
Cuts coming to Somerville (MA) Hospital
As doctors get a life, strains show
Delaware doctors to monitor Maryland ICU patients electronically
McCain seeks tax credit for healthcare
April 28, 2008
Trapped in a waiting game at Texas’ JPS
Broad coalition decries healthcare dysfunction
North Carolina denies Franklin County hospital’s bid to move
Tenet stock jumps 13%
Atlanta hospital hiring dispute closer to suit
The new face of WellStar Health System
Williamson Medical votes to continue fight against Spring Hill, TN, hospital
Loyola hospitals chief making a mark in a hurry
Candidates’ healthcare ideas may not offer immediate cure
Cash before chemo: Hospitals get tough
Group urges ban on medical giveaways
One in four uninsured eligible for aid but not enrolled
McCain focuses on lower costs on healthcare tour
April 25, 2008
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center getting ready to put its name on U.S. Steel Tower
Akron (OH) General Medical Center expands
Union County, NC, extends lease for Carolinas Medical Center-Union
Birmingham’s Medical Properties Trust completes $168 million deal
More emergency rooms open away from hospitals
Exodus of specialists from ERs raises concerns in California
Tennessee governor to get bill limiting medical malpractice
Senate fast-tracks Medicaid bill
Increase in diagnostic imaging fueled by self-referring doctors
April 24, 2008
Poinciana, FL, hospital backers turn out
South Carolina hospital buys land for future expansion
Alabama board rejects beach-community medical center
Florida bill seeks to clarify medical services pricing
Lighting up common despite hospital smoking bans
Tennessee Medical Association wants law changed to insure more young adults
House challenges administration on Medicaid rules
April 23, 2008
Mercy Health System’s quest for quality pays off
Medicaid plan stirs worry in North Carolina
Texas nurses consider pros and cons of unionization
Hospital accuses Iowa House speaker of using position for revenge
Possible buyer emerges for Illinois hospital
Quality care, not number of procedures, determines bypass results
April 22, 2008
New Orleans hospital decision in the works
Sanford, FL, hospital tightens security after baby taken
An unhealthy trend: U.S. has fewer general surgeons
AMA to Congress: Don’t cut Medicare to fund farm bill
Review urges aggressive MRSA screening for health workers
April 21, 2008
Louisiana hospital money granted
Florida’s Memorial Hospital Miramar puts finishing touches on pediatric unit
Medicare data should stay private, government says in appeal
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
GAO backs states on child healthcare
CBO chief is healthcare referee
Parties’ split most apparent on healthcare
Report: Language help better for patients at New York hospitals
April 18, 2008
Iowa medical center will break ground
Orlando hospitals vie for heart-transplant programs
Beepless in Mineola: A firm cracks down on BlackBerry use
Alabama nursing scholarship alliance to start in fall
Five percent cut would affect Louisiana Medicaid
Minnesota healthcare changes spur access worries
Trauma funds not just an issue for Atlanta hospital
Two Tenet hospitals at odds with Blue Cross
Massachusetts Senate approves bill to rein in healthcare costs
Massachusetts to receive $4.6 million healthcare grant
April 17, 2008
GAO report calls for better hospital standards
South Carolina health system hires new leader
Violations found at North Carolina hospital
Seattle Children’s Hospital revises expansion plan
California medical center is cool to suitor Prime Healthcare
Manchester (CT) Memorial Hospital to get new intensive care unit
Cancer Treatment Centers pursuing fifth hospital
A looming shortage, or the wrong doctors in the wrong places?
Maryland county executive supports hospital bill
Former senators tackle health issues
Couple gives $25 million to Washington, DC, children’s hospital
April 16, 2008
Committee brushes aside Bush veto threat on Medicaid bill
SSM Healthcare-St. Louis launches integrated electronic medical record system
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
New York University Medical Center gets another $100 million gift
April 15, 2008
Houston hospital has adopted a business approach to efficiency
Iowa legislators navigate raft of healthcare proposals
AMA calls for more physician training in response to IOM report
Tenet to sell two hospitals to USC
Briefer hospitalizations are not always best, Pennsylvania study finds
Factories fading, hospitals step in
Feds try to cut costs of hospital errors
April 14, 2008
Study: Boomers to flood medical system
Sutter Health’s 2007 financial report reflects a ’pretty stable’ company
Judge's ruling delays trial plan to cut Medicare lab costs
Atlanta hospital CEO stands firm
Congress aims to ease doctor shortage
Too many heart centers, not enough transplants in Chicago
Owners of Illinois hospital vow to try to avert closing
Costs soar for Massachusetts healthcare law
The health insurance mafia
Doctors got off lighter in UCLA snooping case
Immigration debate hits home for liver transplant patients
April 11, 2008
West Penn, Forbes have another new CEO
Tenet: We’re doing better in South Florida
Holy Cross Hospital to close Oakland Park, FL, facility
Los Angeles County medical crisis grows
Warning on medication mix-ups for kids
Mason City, IA, hospital lays off workers
Company closing Illinois facility to open new hospital in Wisconsin
April 10, 2008
Louisiana hospital aligns with cancer site
Hospitals’ cut a cure, New Jersey Senate told
Pennsylvania study tracks hospital infection
Judge OKs plan for healthcare trust at Chrysler
Illinois medical center in merger talks with Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Boston hospitals’ suburban push stirs fears
Hospitals seek Congressional care
April 9, 2008
Gubernatorial candidate in Indiana rolls out healthcare plan
Ohio bill aims to thwart Medicaid fraud
West Penn Allegheny Health System profit up by two-thirds
Cancer treatment facilities spreading in St. Louis-area
Most of East St. Louis hospital will close
Doctors are to provide urgent care at Baltimore-area drugstores
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s opening put off--again
Effectiveness of medical privacy law is questioned
Lake County, IL, hospital expansion plan rejected
Interest emerges in taking over Illinois hospital
Firms’ health clinics cut costs
Medical errors costing U.S. billions
April 8, 2008
Hospitals track economic benefit
Kansas City-area physicians are seeking results by pooling resources
Healthcare businesses take off at airports
Old, new boards for Atlanta hospital sign agreement transferring control
Some candidates disagree, but studies show it’s often cheaper to let people get sick
April 7, 2008
Wisconsin medical center refines patient care as it raises productivity
Where are the South Florida nurses?
Hospitals advertise services to lure patients who can pay
Healthcare rules get overhaul in Georgia
In Massachusetts, universal coverage strains care
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
Medical malpractice legislation passes Tennessee House
Nonprofit hospitals, once for the poor, strike it rich
April 3, 2008
Summa Health System recruits 26 Ohio cardiologists
Cincinnati hospital suit could cost $400 million
Minority doctors in short supply in California
California clinic aims to serve low-income families
WellPoint: 11 errors off-limits
April 2, 2008
Efforts under way to bring in-patient care to Hillview, KY, medical center
San Francisco General Hospital renovation plan unveiled
Medicaid rules changes could cost TennCare millions in funding
Cardiac surgeon to lead ailing Boston hospital
Making room for 'Dr. Nurse'
April 1, 2008
HCA Midwest recognizes progress after five years
Florida hospital phasing out daily operations
Health Management Associates sells stake in seven hospitals
Maryland hospitals adding space, services
California drafts rules to regulate emergency room payments
Beloved hospital's plans cause furor in New York City