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Medicare proposes changes for imaging, dialysis
UPMC recommends doctors use Web to get drug samples
Bonds will fund Butler (PA) hospital expansion
Highmark, West Penn hospitals reach new contract
Massachusetts’ pioneering health plan turns 1
Cleveland Clinic hooks up with Weight Watchers
Report lists pneumonia death tolls in California hospitals
Attorney, accountant charged in alleged insurance scam at Buena Park, CA, surgery center
Newark, NJ, hospital taps new president
Five Palm Beach County, FL, hospitals cited for denying ER care
How California budget deadlock affects healthcare
Senate Democrats attack Republicans on Medicare
Serious patient errors at California hospitals disclosed in state filings
Weighing the costs of a CT scan’s look inside the heart
Implant firms pay doctors millions
The urgent care explosion
UCLA Medical Center makes its move
Texas doctors withdraw endorsement of Senator
Atlanta-based Piedmont Heart Institute makes deal to expand
Medical clinic that serves uninsured to open in Hendersonville, TN
Court lets state keep TennCare files
Debate over health insurance bills continues in Michigan
Medicare pricing frozen as Congress leaves town
June 27, 2008
Doctors face payment cuts for patients on Medicare
New Jersey moves closer to universal healthcare
Cardiac surgeons joining UPMC from other local hospitals
Federal court refuses to release former HealthSouth chief executive
Oceanside, CA, medical center accused of neglecting patient care
SEIU pushes for healthcare
Group abandons petition for state universal healthcare in Michigan
Orlando, FL, hospital systems vie for heart-transplant program
President of Florida-based Lee Memorial Health System reassures doctors
Deadline nears on Highmark talks with Johnstown, PA, hospital system
Returns to hospital give Florida patients new rating tool
Advocacy group sues Washington over guidelines for pain medications
Minneapolis hospital fights uphill battle against rising food costs
Georgia to identify gaps in trauma care
IPC The Hospitalist buys Hospitalists of America
$90 million urged to expand healthcare in Washington, DC
June 26, 2008
Prescription Drugs Killed More Floridians Than Illicit Drugs In ’07
Erie County, NY, loses suit to shut hospital
Michigan-based system to downsize two emergency facilities
University of Washington Medical Center using surgical checklist to improve safety
Healthcare groups turn against Schwarzenegger budget plan for California
Health insurance lags most in Southwest, CDC says
WellPoint employees rewarded for patient care
More Americans delay healthcare
Coming soon to YouTube: My face-lift
Worldwide surgery rates tied to economic status
Microsoft, Google, and others provide prescription for protecting online health records
Maryland county hospital panel’s chief faces daunting task
Montgomery County, MD, must help improve Latino health, report says
June 25, 2008
Pilot program at St. Louis hospital seeks to keep doctors
Louisiana bill lets doctors stay on hospital panel
Economic downturn affects St. Louis-area hospitals
Study: Montgomery County, TX, In Dire Need Of Trauma Services
Life and death: Helping families on the big questions
North Carolina hospital achieves federal compliance
Healthcare found to be better with online help
UCLA Medical Center preps for its biggest operation: moving day
U.S. health insurers look to China for growth
AT&T taking e-health network nationwide
Massachusetts bill seeks expansion of health benefits
Wireless hospitals systems can disrupt med devices
WHO issues a checklist to make operations safer
MRSA rates tied to hospital understaffing
U.S. hospitals vary widely in caring for women
Social, healthcare factors drive colon screen disparities
Washington, DC, sues CareFirst, says provider must donate millions
June 24, 2008
House passes bill stopping Medicare cut for doctors
New York patient safety bill reveals names of probed doctors
Kaiser agrees to improve health benefits in Colorado
Birmingham-based medical center files request for emergency department
Poorer patients have poorer survival after cancer diagnosis
Donors give $1-million to Florida hospital
Marrero, LA-based hospital’s board shifts course
Rising employer premiums threaten health coverage in Washington state, AARP finds
Health museum to be built in Atlanta
Study: California HMOs raked in $4 billion in profits
Illinois workers protest against proposed hike in healthcare costs
Error puts 16,000 Massachusetts residents in dark about benefits
Do hospitalists improve hospital stays or increase risk?
Patients rarely use online ratings to pick physicians
June 23, 2008
Medical care pricing a tangled web
Clayton, NC, could get a hospital of its own
Report: Ocoee, FL, hospital deficient in handling abuse allegations
Progress: Several Johnson County, KS, hospitals expanding operations
Lawsuit by neonatologist against HCA Midwest goes to court
Medical care’s state of denial
Online services let patients seek a second opinion from home
Funding cuts to delay emergency response in Georgia
Rural Pennsylvanians are at a disadvantage in obtaining insurance, treatment
Hospital construction on the rise in Bucks County, PA
Philadelphia hospitals fight to save victims of violent crimes and their own fiscal health
New AMA president vows to fight for care
Mobile emergency room sets up at Columbus, IN, hospital
Firms give health advice for a price
Health insurers’ meeting abuzz with political forecasting, and protests
The heartbeat of a hospital
Shaking up China’s medical system
June 20, 2008
Florida hospitals save as nurses go online to set up their work schedules
University of Kansas Hospital installs electronic records system in ER
Missouri Baptist lays off about 40 employees
Danville, IN, hospital is set to expand
New Orleans hospital to rely on state to stay afloat
Los Angeles leaders say budget cuts will hurt healthcare
Consumer advocate sought for review of Pennsylvania health insurers' merger
Cancer center is eyeing Delaware
New chief of Boston hospital chain puts an end to old practice
Kennedy fights for Massachusetts Medicaid
Digital prescriptions gain
House adds health measures to war spending bill
Supreme Court upholds ruling on health benefits
Medicare pays, even if providers do not
June 19, 2008
Pittsburgh-area healthcare advocates to keep up fight
State to probe Franklin County, NC, hospital
Proposed surgical center shot down in Alabama
Duke University Health System settles claims by patients
Weight-loss surgery becoming safer, Michigan registry shows
Long-term care hospital now open in Kansas City
Governor backs plan for New Orleans hospital
Slidell (LA) Hospital’s regrouping will slice off up to 35 jobs
CalPERS panel OKs new health benefits premiums
Healthcare advocates fill New Jersey budget hearing
Doctors discover ways to keep practices healthy
Illinois auditors critical of healthcare department
AMA offers guidance to patients going abroad
Medical mistakes no longer billable in Massachusetts
Most doctors aren't using electronic health records
June 18, 2008
Kansas healthcare forums find disconnect between residents, lawmakers
Want an efficient hospital? Ask ’why’ 1 million times
2009 National Patient Safety Goals Major Changes Focus on Infection Control, Medication Reconciliation
Pandemic preparedness faces test in Maryland
Medical complex to rise in Polk County, FL
Wisconsin-based Aurora Health Care, Grafton OK deal
Clarian Health Partners, Bloomington (IN) Hospital to merge
Cleveland medical center begins hunting for low-cost model that maintains care
Alabama surgery center rehearing sought
CMS: Third year of value-based purchasing demonstration shows substantial improvement
Music provides healing grace note for hospital patients
Second New Jersey budget more generous to hospitals
Scrubs should be freshly scrubbed
Man gets prison time for $100 million health fraud
Health REITs provide bright spot
June 17, 2008
SSM HealthCare-St. Louis cuts management jobs amid restructuring
Hospitals join in Botox bonanza
Former HealthSouth chief executive fields questions at federal courthouse
The Joint Commission announces 2009 National Patient Safety Goals
New urgent-care center opening in Lee’s Summit, MO
Group Health to open state-of-the-art facility in Bellevue, WA
Mentally ill face extra-long ER waits
Georgia can’t deny kids Medicaid services, judge says
New Jersey tightens oversight of healthcare program
AHCA approves Ten Broeck’s CON bid for Pasco County, FL, psychiatric hospital
Medical teaching tie severed in Chicago
Study: Health costs to rise nearly 10%
Graduates get creative to find health coverage
AMA issues first report card on health insurers
Fed chief addresses healthcare and its costs
The doctor will see you . . . in a while
Policymakers’ interest in healthcare intensifies
June 16, 2008
Board to post Nevada doctors' malpractice history
Ex-patient sues storage firm over stolen University of Utah Hospital records
West Virginia University fires health adviser
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh chief plans for big move
South Florida family awarded $35 million in medical malpractice suit
Health-insurance buyers lack safeguards, study says
New medical ads in Minnesota focus on speed and convenience for patient
Minnesota hospital calls cops and feels the sting
AMA president speaks of pancreatic cancer struggle
Most cancer doctors avoid saying it’s the end
Texas cities, schools consider opening employee clinics
Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center to weigh a new site
Pennsylvania health agency faces June 30 deadline to stay alive
Connecticut governor vetoes health pool bill
FTC: Clinic rules not what doctor ordered
Northwestern Indiana sees need for trauma center
Maryland leaders appoint authority for system owner search
June 13, 2008
Report: Hospitals should promote breast-feeding
Group urges JPS board to better serve poor in Tarrant County, TX
Upper Midwest flooding forces hospital evacuation
Insurers’ rate increases pass new scrutiny in Washington state
Simulators let doctors practice on fake patients at New Orleans health center
A virtual doctors lounge to open its doors
Study: Florida patients need HMO shield
Japanese gangster offered $1 million for visa that would allow liver transplant at UCLA, sources say
Texas hospital managers meet with lawyers over unions
Georgia picked for digitized medical records program
Connecticut-based Johnson Health Group cuts 5.8% of work force
Tennessee governor signs TennCare anti-fraud bill
Blue Cross of Massachusetts plans Web access to records
AMA to consider endorsing undercover patients
GOP blocks consideration of Medicare bill
Medical fraud a growing problem
Healthcare sector is poised to keep expanding, but so are its costs
June 12, 2008
West Penn system taking a hard look at finances
UPMC South Side to merge with Mercy Uptown campus
North Carolina nursing advocates oppose program cuts
Florida Hospital buys into Lake Nona ’medical city’
Gingrich suggests insurance mandate for some
Proposal would help small businesses get affordable coverage
State may shift hospital cash from New Orleans
University of California to consider taking over troubled Los Angeles hospital
Online medical records offer convenience, may limit privacy
Atlanta-based Emory University plans new hospital, medical tower
Pennsylvania hospitals' financial health improves in Fiscal Year '07
Pennsylvania insurers paying agency’s advisers
Audits for Medicare fraud put Tennessee doctors on defensive
Olympia Fields, IL, hospital downgrades trauma center
Healthcare Alliance Opposes Part of CMS Reporting Proposal
Massachusetts Walgreens plans clinics to rival CVS’s
Massachusetts hospital projects may need green seal
Private health plans targeted in Medicare bill
June 11, 2008
Healthcare clinic opens in east New Orleans
Louisiana panel OKs reviews of doctor acts in disasters
Muslim doctors to open free clinic in Brooksville, FL
Traffic woes of Seattle hospital expansion plan studied
A health makeover for an entire Minnesota town?
Florida governor says reimbursement for hospital safe from veto
End-of-life patients need big picture
Senate Republicans tout alternative Pennsylvania healthcare plan
Aetna proposes insurance reform
Bristol City Council urges universal healthcare in Connecticut
Counterfeit medicines on rise
Italian clinic probed for alleged needless surgery
Appointment affirms doctors’ role in Massachusetts-based Atrius Health
Anxiety over health insurance shapes life choices
June 10, 2008
HHS announces 12 communities selected to advance use of EHRs
Houston Hiring Tele-Nurses To Help 911 Dispatchers
Florida hospital keeps up quest to do open heart surgery
Boca Raton (FL) hospital still struggling, expects another loss
Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis
Florida governor could veto money for Miami hospital
Obese have heftier medical bills despite shortened lives
$12.7 million dashes Atlanta hospital’s hopes
Georgia breast cancer plan aimed at uninsured
Hospitals want involved patients
Massachusetts insurers expand use of doctor rankings
Can even high-ranked hospitals get better?
Researchers fail to reveal full drug pay
Doctors say Brooklyn hospital is falling victim to its own real estate value
Ranks of underinsured are rising, study finds
Doctors miss cultural needs, study says
June 9, 2008
Wisconsin firm to help with Louisiana hospital
Highmark to give ’cyber’ funds to doctors
UPMC sees jet as a key tool in quest for global reach
New hospital-based inpatient psychiatric services measure set available to meet Joint Commission's requirements
Patient’s death shows lapses at North Carolina hospital
Ohio-based University Hospitals seeks exemption from Medicare limits
A second opinion, available from afar
Kids lose big in Florida system
Health decisions with an eye to the bottom line
Pressure builds over Georgia’s $58 million trauma windfall
The cost of hospital care is difficult to pin down
What can happen if Blues compete
Illinois hospital presses for its sale
University of Chicago OKs hospital pavilion plan
RFID technology helps hospitals keep track of medical devices
Clinton’s exit deals setback to the push for healthcare mandates
Kaiser backs Microsoft’s patient-data plan
New York Medicaid to deny payment for hospital errors
Concerned about costs, Congress pushes curbs on doctor-owned hospitals
FTC challenge blocks Virginia hospital chain’s merger
Bill would eliminate Medicare cut for doctors
June 6, 2008
Texas facility plans $13 million breast-cancer center
Fort Worth, TX, hospital no longer diverting trauma cases
Nurses demand increase in staffing at Independence, MO, medical center
All-in-one-spot North Carolina health provider poised to grow
Web site will help the uninsured in North Carolina find resources
Senate panel gets update on Detroit Medical Center-WSU pay dispute
12 Japanese medical professionals to visit Ohio-based system
Chester River Health to join University of Maryland Medical System
Former hospital workers charged in Florida
Three California healthcare centers cited after patient deaths
Ex-PR chief sues Kaiser over alleged bias
Blood-sucking device saves heart patients, study shows
Georgia medical center gets OK from state for new project
New Jersey moves to tighten healthcare programs for poor
Owner to pull plug on Chicago hospital
More people undergoing colonoscopy in New York City
Obama attacks McCain on healthcare
Three named to panel to seek new owners of Maryland county’s hospital system
June 5, 2008
Work to start on tower at Butler (PA) hospital
Texas-based JPS Health Network hit with two surprise inspections
Residents persevere with push for Florida hospital
What about diagnostic errors?
Ohio-based health system ranked high in quality study
Olathe (KS) Medical Center starts work on $20.85 million expansion
Honor makes Florida hospital hearts beat proudly
Hospital panel lineup at issue in Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish
Washington-based hospital system to try in-store clinics
California AG’s Rx for drug abuse: The Internet
Boston hospitals striving to expand, standardize translation services
Health insurers, businesses seek to limit costs in Massachusetts
A city where hospitals are as ill as the patients
Racial disparities widespread in kidney patient outcomes
Communities to get $300 million to tackle health
June 4, 2008
St. Vincent’s gets final OK for Clay County, FL, hospital
Study: Kentucky families need more help with insurance programs
Hospitals going ’green’
Boston Medical Center gets $15 million gift for new ambulatory center
Two Kansas centers team up for cancer care
ONC releases plan for advancing health information technology
Seattle-based Group Health plans to raise rates
California medical schools earn A’s in conflict grading
A ’drug drought’ for pregnant women
University of Texas Southwestern gets a B in study of drug industry conflicts of interest
Connecticut governor urged to delay new health plan for uninsured adults
Congress may prod doctors toward electronic prescriptions
Commentary: Primary care has rewards despite hassles
New York City hospital says it will close if it can’t build tower
Heart failure patients overestimate their life expectancy
June 3, 2008
Hopkins says CareFirst owes $2 million in claims
Hospital seeks to grow at University of North Carolina
Study questions value of ICU physicians with special training
Louisiana hospitals may need to cut back
Hospitalized kids get too many infections, study finds
San Diego hospital wing’s opening delayed again
California legislators revive plans to expand healthcare insurance
Hospital juggernaut adding three properties in California
New Jersey governor’s copay plan assailed
Illinois health bill could bring in $51 million a year for Cook County
Rising number of temporary doctors
Massachusetts health insurance gains detailed
Hospitals put patients’ debt up for auction
Survey of medical schools is critical of perks
Five percent of Massachusetts taxpayers uninsured, some fined
June 2, 2008
Closed meetings at Louisiana hospital rapped
New West Penn CEO reorganizes top staff
Rochester, NH, hospital to start online scheduling system
Let Wal-Mart fix U.S. healthcare
More young people going without health insurance
Seattle hospitals pledge to make food better
Effort to find ineligible Medi-Cal recipients worries some
California hospital agrees to $1 million settlement for allegedly dumping patient on skid row
Texas Woman’s University gets $2.25 million for health center
Medical ID theft can injure finances, endanger lives
Consumers a focus under New Jersey insurance proposal
Kroger invests in The Little Clinics
IL Senate sends governor bill extending help for hospitals with many Medicaid patients
Hospital battleground: University of Chicago eyes Northwestern’s territory
Massachusetts tab for private sector healthcare rises
McCain’s free-market health plan would boost role of high-risk pools
Royal care for some of India’s patients, neglect for others
Administration: Don’t cut insurer payments
Washington, DC, hospital has a new name and outlook