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$2.58 million awarded in St. Louis malpractice suit
Novant plants flag on hospital giants’ North Carolina turf
Injunction to stop 10% reduction in fees to providers denied by California judge
Detroit Medical Center pays WSU $2.7 million of debt
New Connecticut program for the uninsured off to slow start
Blue Island, IL, says goodbye, St. Francis Hospital; hello, MetroSouth Medical Center
Community hospital in Brooklyn is closing maternity ward and selling the space
VA considers location in New Orleans for hospital
South Carolina children's hospital is recovering
Health savings accounts haven’t caught on in Texas
New beds signal Atlanta hospital’s revival
$3 million pledged to Maryland hospital project
Pennsylvania lawmaker’s post to Blue Cross board questioned
Aetna’s second-quarter profit rises 6.4% on boost in membership, higher premium rates
Medicare incentives may spur more Tennessee doctors to e-prescribe
Evercare practices reviewed by Massachusetts
Workers’ religious freedom vs. patients’ rights
July 30, 2008
West Penn bond rating takes a hit
Minnesota governor unveils plan to revamp healthcare system in the state
Los Angeles County supervisors refuse to provide details on King-Harbor workers
UConn Health Center seeks hospital partners
Doctor plans study of cell users, cancer risks
Nashville-based Healthcare Management adds service through partnership
Overpaid executives running the NHS like a supermarket, leading UK surgeon claims
Nevada panel considers health standards and sanctions
State: Atlanta hospital CEO didn’t report all gifts
Pennsylvania-based Universal Health reports income increase
Nashvillians work to bring healthcare to forefront of election
Major OB/GYN group in Chicago is splitting up
Massachusetts House proposes $89 million in health fees
Most Massachusetts botched surgeries done on spine
July 29, 2008
West Penn Allegheny Health System overstated payments
Private medical data exposed in Georgia
Frist family looks to China for new hospital venture
Insurers increasingly going against doctors’ orders
Parties debate Missouri healthcare proposal
A group rate for Korean medical travel
Doctor and patient, now at odds
Daytona Beach medical center broadcasting surgeries over the Internet
Indianapolis-based system says early action aids patients, bottom line
Michigan HMOs’ profitability fell in 2007, despite a rise in premiums
Indianapolis hospitals see growth as healthy
Exiting Atlanta hospital CEO: Letter confirms law degree
First phase of Murfreesboro (TN) Medical Clinic opens
A call for a warning system on artificial joints
Surgical errors cost almost $1.5 billion a year
July 28, 2008
Medicaid revamp among hot topics in Louisiana healthcare
Louisiana hospital’s board selects builder for cancer center
Uninsured doctors on the rise in South Florida
More MRIs may reignite debate in Minnesota
Maryland officials say medical malls could make services more accessible, convenient
More scrutiny for Atlanta hospital CEO
Hospitals, using single-bed rooms and improved ventilation, work to get healthier
Some cancer patients at New Jersey center may have to move
Help wanted: U.S. has a shortage of trained health workers
Georgia defends decision to cut out Blue Cross
Young patients act out procedures to help come to terms with their treatments
Abuse cited as Massachusetts insurer halts sales to seniors
Is keeping patients waiting in the ER a good business move?
As doctors cater to looks, skin patients wait
July 25, 2008
Humana clients gain access to Kindred centers
St. Luke's proceeding with UnitedHealthcare split
Birmingham hospitals going to the suburbs, but process can be long, complicated
Hospital chain has Holly Springs, NC, aims
They know what’s in your medicine cabinet
Booming business helps patients navigate medicine
Indiana University Simon Cancer Center hopes to put patients at ease
Healthcare advocates bring protest to Connecticut leaders
Billionaires back antismoking effort
Medicare Part D a boon for drug companies, House report says
Blogs help cancer patients cope with disease
Heart drug’s safety scrutinized
Temple University doctors in insurance impasse
Judge approves settlement in Health Net case
Massachusetts Senate backs broader mental health coverage
Beth Israel doctor with drug past suspended
Report on Shriners raises question of wrongdoing
July 24, 2008
House committee approves major health IT bill
U.K. doctors will face annual assessments of competence
California freezes Medi-Cal payments to thousands of healthcare facilities
Massachusetts insurers to cover drugstore clinic visits
In-store clinic growth slowing
Vanderbilt proposal gets OK in Spring Hill, TN
Missouri-based CoxHealth resolves allegations of Medicare fraud
Washington medical school celebrates opening
Atlanta hospital battles patient thefts
Pittsburgh cancer chief sees cell phone risks
Neighbors of proposed Pennsylvania hospital end challenges
Indiana campaign aims to get kids, adults health insurance
Doctor held liable for a loss of chance
Massachusetts coalition fights fee plan for insurers
Complaints undermine hip device
July 23, 2008
Company sues Northern Illinois University over plans to build proton therapy facility
California governor signs ban on health insurers’ rescission reward practice
Health plan from Obama spurs debate
Lower spike in healthcare costs predicted in Wisconsin
Plan would require all in Ohio to have healthcare
Missouri governor hopeful unveils $1 billion health plan
Plan to build new Parkland Hospital to go before Dallas County voters
UnitedHealth profit drops but tops estimates
Court’s dilemma over cuts in Medi-Cal fees
Medpedia Project aims to create an online encyclopedia of health information
Los Angeles County supervisors order King-Harbor problem employees probe
Connecticut to get share of $20 million HealthMarkets settlement
Connecticut reinsurance pool gets federal grant
HCA, Maury-Vanderbilt clash on radiation therapy
U.S. rules on bariatric surgery lead some to Mexico
Tough times prompt patients to skip care
July 22, 2008
Midwest healthcare startups collect less in first half
Baptist Health will seek approval for hospital in Hoover, AL
Health insurance industry launches reform drive
New Orleans-area hospitals bleeding red ink, federal report says
Embattled CEO out; Atlanta hospital hires New York exec
Healthcare lending remains vibrant corner of Birmingham credit market
Federal official urges North Texans to join network on health pricing, quality data
Medicare to pay bonuses for e-prescribing
Move to Medicare can be painless for GM retirees
Doctors often unaware of defibrillator guidelines
Cincinnati hospital’s restructuring will create uncommon doctor-hospital venture
Seneca Investments starts medical office near Dallas’ Medical City hospital
Moody’s hopes hospitals learned the lessons of Allegheny Health collapse
Amerigroup near settling Medicaid fraud damages
Medicine gears up for a code green
July 21, 2008
Trying to save by increasing doctors’ fees
Medicare cuts take toll on Tennessee patients, doctors
Study defends Florida Medicaid pilot
Georgia low on family physicians
U.K. surgeons will get bonus every time they save a patient’s life
Double-digit health insurance hikes hit Oregon
Funding plan to help lure buyer for Maryland county’s hospital network
Atlanta hospital CEO’s degrees in doubt
India’s sick poor turn to unlicensed doctors
At Pennsylvania hearings on Blues, views of new system
Doctor fees raise questions about equal access to care
Blue Cross of Michigan insurance rate increase approved
Rhode Island governor’s health plan still not detailed
Seeking a cure, patients find a dose of conversation online
July 18, 2008
Oregon healthcare providers fight worker comp ruling
Insurance cancellations of sick to be investigated
North Carolina Medical Board won’t publish all malpractice settlements
California fines two health plans $13 million
Massachusetts House OKs healthcare bill without ban on gifts
Minnesota-based Fairview Health Services could leave Blue Cross network
HHS, Providence Health & Services Reach Resolution Agreement
Louisville, KY-based Norton Healthcare profits drop 7%
North Carolina-based WakeMed adds new beds
U.K. hospitals winning the war on MRSA, but C. diff is making a comeback
Seattle company agrees to pay $100,000 HIPAA fine
Seattle medical center, employees reach contract deal
King County, WA, health services facing $10 million cut
Florida-based WellCare hires chief financial officer
Healthcare planning urged by Association of Academic Health Centers
Patient tower changes Gallatin, TN’s skyline
Rise seen in medical efforts to treat the very old
Disease prevention called a better bet
July 17, 2008
North Carolina providers team up on care for uninsured
Livesay gets five-year probation sentence for third time for HealthSouth crime
While the U.S. spends heavily on healthcare, a study faults the quality
Los Angeles city attorney sues insurer over health policy cancellations
UNC Health Care to buy Chatham Hospital
GM’s pain hits retirees
Doctor-clinic ties in St. Louis area questioned
Mercy admits role fighting Einstein over Pennsylvania hospital
How changes in Medicare affect patients
Court blocks Medi-Cal pharmacy payment cuts
Health proposal rankles Democrats
Individual health policies leave many behind
Atlanta hospital CEO deal appears close
Atlanta-area hospitals join blood transfusion network
Cost virus hitting hospitals
Study set on Maine’s emergency room use
Study: Cancer survival depends on where you live
July 16, 2008
Massachusetts General Hospital and Emerson team up on clinic
Congress easily overrides Medicare veto
Illinois hospitals finalize $160 million merger
Insurer’s call center informs patients, may lower costs
Louisville, KY-based Baptist Hospital East to dedicate new Park Tower
Kansas City-area doctors' antitrust case going to arbitration
BlueCross of Tennessee doctors get more time to review profiles
Los Angeles County suspends 16 King-Harbor clinic employees
Vanderbilt program to teach doctors, nurses business skills
Expert: Healthy lifestyles can cut medical costs
Third of elderly patients take companion to see doctor
Georgia shows greatest improvement in patient pain policies
Administrator warns about Pennsylvania insurance merger
Massachusetts panel rejects ban on drug firm gifts
Patients curb prescription spending
Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins chime in on Manhattan hospital’s new plan
July 15, 2008
Bush vetoes bill to stop doctors’ Medicare cut
Bill would toughen California regulators’ hand with insurers over doctors’ pay
Business balking at health changes in Massachusetts
University of Iowa names new hospital CEO
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, American Health Network reach accord
Repeat super users are swamping New Jersey ERs
University of Chicago students to train at Evanston Northwestern hospitals
Los Angeles County plans to take disciplinary steps over medical employees with undisclosed offenses
Some health centers work with doctors’ part-time needs
University of California service workers strike over pay
Charity clinics cropping up to serve Dallas-area immigrant workers
Thousands call about new Connecticut health plan
FDA: CT scan may pose risk for some patients
Support for Massachusetts healthcare law varies, poll shows
Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing
Colon cancer screening rates remain low
July 14, 2008
Report raises red flag on infection control at Burbank, CA-based Providence hospital
Long-term fix is elusive in Medicare payments
Doctors-insurers confrontation heats up
Medicare auditors recover $700 million in overpayments
Alabama-based group covers uninsured children
Baptist Health Buys Land for Texas Hospital
Chief of New Orleans hospitals is removed
Certification of Compliance Among Biggest Changes to PhRMA Code
Stanford (CA) hospital plans to expand, modernize hospital
University of California plans for two new medical schools
Old-fashioned docs inspire new ’medical homes’
CEO finalists for Atlanta hospital called ’a good group’
Open heart surgery site opposed by Atlanta hospitals
Centers scramble for growing number of cancer patients in Philadelphia market
Michigan ruling would allow Blue Cross rate increases
University of Iowa hospital project to increase patient costs
Low health insurance caps leave patients stranded
Obama suggests tax credit for business healthcare
July 11, 2008
White House vows veto of Medicare bill
Private hospitals join San Francisco healthcare plan
Pennsylvania insurers pressed on competition at merger hearing
Wisconsin-based Aurora Health Care seeks to buy cardiology group
Detroit Medical Center to add pediatric care in Madison Heights
Best Hospitals list isn’t definitive, some say
California medical center may lose its cardiology training program
Atlanta hospital CEO: Contract is fair, aboveboard
One year union pacts could be the key to healthcare reform in Philadelphia
$1 million donated to Connecticut cancer hospital
America’s best hospitals announced
House-Senate pact reached on mental health bill
Intel gets FDA OK for personal health system
Texas hospital says its pharmacy error led to infant ODs
July 10, 2008
Michigan-based Beaumont Hospitals gets OK for proton cancer therapy site
With nudge by Kennedy, Medicare bill passes
Drug industry to announce revised code on marketing
Group calls for zero tolerance of doctor bullies
Health coverage to include more uninsured in Palm Beach County, FL
New chef at Pennsylvania hospital plans big changes
AMA apologizes to black doctors for past racism
Up to 17 babies given overdoses of blood thinner at Texas hospital
Children’s Hospital of Alabama seeks OK for half-billion dollar expansion
Problems found with consumer-directed health plans
Grant to provide mental-health care in Lake County, OH, emergency rooms
Nurses step up efforts to protect against attacks
Two Loudon County, VA, clinics for the poor to consider merging
Officials furious over Atlanta hospital CEO’s deal
CDC’s e-cards spread health information
Prince George’s County, MD, Hospital Authority embarks on tough mission
July 9, 2008
Los Angeles County failed to track problem King-Harbor workers
Massachusetts measure curtails hospital expansion
New York hospitals have high rate of surgical infections
Mercy Medical Center takes over Dallas County, IA, hospital
Blue Cross to disclose prices in Wisconsin
Family to sue Brooklyn hospital’s psych ward for $25 million in watched-death case
Cancer care unaffected by doctor reimbursement changes
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Departing CEO of Atlanta hospital may get big payoff
New Jersey expands health-insurance plan
Pennsylvania health agency’s hiatus is over
Pennsylvania insurer-merger hearings focus on competition
Hartford, CT, hospital announces secret donor’s $12.5 million pledge
Poor care allegations at Tennessee medical center addressed
McCain health plan and that high-risk pool
Report links dead doctors to payments by Medicare
Democrats gear up new push for universal healthcare
July 8, 2008
Paul Levy: The message you hope never to send
WellPoint settles with California hospitals over rescissions
Financial troubles push Hospital Partners of America to put facilities on the market
Money, ads give healthcare top political billing
Maryland-based Erickson to open off-site medical practice for seniors
South Florida hospitals join trend of becoming stroke centers
More Texas doctors opting out of Medicare
New Zealand healthcare company has an eye on U.S. customers
California doctor gets 10 years in ’rent-a-patient’ scam
CDC campaign hopes to make U.S. a healthier nation
CMS releases 2009 OPPS and ASC proposed rule
Four named as finalists for top job at Atlanta hospital
Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse will open at the former Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania insurers’ merger talks set to open
Changes begin at Cape Cod Healthcare
Europeans take beauty trip to United States
Pricey drugs put squeeze on doctors
July 7, 2008
Doctors press Senate to undo Medicare cuts
Without funds, New Jersey hospitals face crisis
Boston hospital tells of surgery on wrong side
Healthcare providers hit by ailing economy
Some psych patients wait days in hospital ERs
Troubled drug program for California doctors shuts down
Deadlock spurs New Jersey hospital to cancel Horizon contract
Terminated neonatal director is awarded $4.95 million
Baylor medical center in Dallas closes inpatient psychiatric unit
Medical procedures rated by Washington state’s expert comparison shoppers
Panel wants San Francisco hospital to be rebuilt, changed
California hospitals struggle to get green-friendly
Groups say more Texans should be able to buy health insurance from small-group market
Nashville-based system to add chest pain center in Kentucky
CMS proposes quality improvements and other changes for hospital services
McCain’s health plan: A threat to employer plans?
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
July 3, 2008
Staff, patients scramble at Oakland, CA, hospital after sudden layoffs
HCA hires Children’s National Medical Center to help with embattled hospital
New health reform group to spend $40 million
European plan would expand healthcare access within the bloc
UnitedHealth cuts 4,000 jobs and 2008 outlook
Studies plot healthcare in New Orleans East
Baptist Health Care to Pay $245 Million for HCA's West Florida Hospital
Portland, OR, to tackle health insurance for children
Ohio-based Mercy Hospital gets $50K for ICU
Some disciplined Los Angeles hospital workers still on the job
New CEO of troubled Atlanta hospital expected to be named soon
More Indiana residents can buy into state’s health plan
Illinois OKs transfer of St. Francis Hospital ownership
July 2, 2008
Video of dying patient being ignored spurs changes at Brooklyn hospital
18 patients sue Duke University Health System over washed instruments
Kennedy leads renewed effort on universal healthcare
California sues Prime Healthcare over balance-billing practice
Michigan cancer plan wins state’s initial OK
Ohio-based Summa Health System takes over Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital
Colorado Democrats revel in new healthcare laws
Alabama rural health center among 4% of U.S. practices that manage records electronically
St. Louis-area hospitals cut back diabetes education efforts
Houston Has 524 Fewer Hospital Beds After River Oaks Closure
Posting malpractice payout records evokes big outcry in North Carolina
Children’s Hospital Oakland lays off 84 staff
Healthy San Francisco still working out kinks
Tape of ignored patient at Los Angeles hospital goes online
Pennsylvania healthcare cost council takes political hit
Silver Cross gets Illinois panel’s OK for new hospital
Boston hospital: Forgers defrauded patients
Dueling ads pressure Congress on Medicare
July 1, 2008
Bush administration freezing cuts in Medicare fees
E-prescription networks to merge
Central Florida Regional Hospital must pay $10,000 in baby abduction
Nemours Foundation releases site plan for Florida children’s hospital
Budget problems put Florida teaching hospital on hold
Officials hope new residency program keeps doctors in South Florida
Maryland patching together expanded coverage for the low-income uninsured
Caught on tape: Brooklyn hospital patient left to die
Baptist Health System sells remaining interest in Birmingham’s Trinity Medical Center
Medicare program hopes to block fraud
Providence Health to buy Tarzana Regional Medical Center from Tenet
Benefits firms worry about two Pennsylvania insurers’ merger
Hospital bar codes not a perfect Rx
Connecticut launches health plan for uninsured
England to refocus on quality of healthcare