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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
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
$3 million pledged to Maryland hospital project
Workers’ religious freedom vs. patients’ rights
July 30, 2008
Los Angeles County supervisors refuse to provide details on King-Harbor workers
UConn Health Center seeks hospital partners
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
Insurers increasingly going against doctors’ orders
Indianapolis-based system says early action aids patients, bottom line
Exiting Atlanta hospital CEO: Letter confirms law degree
First phase of Murfreesboro (TN) Medical Clinic opens
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
Young patients act out procedures to help come to terms with their treatments
Is keeping patients waiting in the ER a good business move?
July 25, 2008
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
Temple University doctors in insurance impasse
July 24, 2008
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
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
July 23, 2008
Company sues Northern Illinois University over plans to build proton therapy facility
Health plan from Obama spurs debate
Lower spike in healthcare costs predicted in Wisconsin
Court’s dilemma over cuts in Medi-Cal fees
Los Angeles County supervisors order King-Harbor problem employees probe
HCA, Maury-Vanderbilt clash on radiation therapy
July 22, 2008
Baptist Health will seek approval for hospital in Hoover, AL
Embattled CEO out; Atlanta hospital hires New York exec
Healthcare lending remains vibrant corner of Birmingham credit market
Cincinnati hospital’s restructuring will create uncommon doctor-hospital venture
Seneca Investments starts medical office near Dallas’ Medical City hospital
July 21, 2008
Trying to save by increasing doctors’ fees
Funding plan to help lure buyer for Maryland county’s hospital network
Atlanta hospital CEO’s degrees in doubt
July 18, 2008
Massachusetts House OKs healthcare bill without ban on gifts
Minnesota-based Fairview Health Services could leave Blue Cross network
Louisville, KY-based Norton Healthcare profits drop 7%
North Carolina-based WakeMed adds new beds
Seattle medical center, employees reach contract deal
Patient tower changes Gallatin, TN’s skyline
Disease prevention called a better bet
July 17, 2008
North Carolina providers team up on care for uninsured
While the U.S. spends heavily on healthcare, a study faults the quality
UNC Health Care to buy Chatham Hospital
Mercy admits role fighting Einstein over Pennsylvania hospital
Atlanta hospital CEO deal appears close
July 16, 2008
Congress easily overrides Medicare veto
Massachusetts General Hospital and Emerson team up on clinic
Illinois hospitals finalize $160 million merger
Louisville, KY-based Baptist Hospital East to dedicate new Park Tower
Los Angeles County suspends 16 King-Harbor clinic employees
Vanderbilt program to teach doctors, nurses business skills
Georgia shows greatest improvement in patient pain policies
Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins chime in on Manhattan hospital’s new plan
July 15, 2008
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
University of Chicago students to train at Evanston Northwestern hospitals
Los Angeles County plans to take disciplinary steps over medical employees with undisclosed offenses
University of California service workers strike over pay
Support for Massachusetts healthcare law varies, poll shows
July 14, 2008
Long-term fix is elusive in Medicare payments
Doctors-insurers confrontation heats up
Medicare auditors recover $700 million in overpayments
Baptist Health Buys Land for Texas Hospital
Chief of New Orleans hospitals is removed
Stanford (CA) hospital plans to expand, modernize hospital
University of California plans for two new medical schools
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
University of Iowa hospital project to increase patient costs
Low health insurance caps leave patients stranded
July 11, 2008
White House vows veto of Medicare bill
Private hospitals join San Francisco healthcare plan
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
GM weighs more layoffs, sale of brands
California medical center may lose its cardiology training program
Atlanta hospital CEO: Contract is fair, aboveboard
$1 million donated to Connecticut cancer hospital
America’s best hospitals announced
July 10, 2008
Michigan-based Beaumont Hospitals gets OK for proton cancer therapy site
With nudge by Kennedy, Medicare bill passes
Group calls for zero tolerance of doctor bullies
New chef at Pennsylvania hospital plans big changes
Up to 17 babies given overdoses of blood thinner at Texas hospital
Nurses step up efforts to protect against attacks
Officials furious over Atlanta hospital CEO’s deal
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
Cancer care unaffected by doctor reimbursement changes
Departing CEO of Atlanta hospital may get big payoff
McCain health plan and that high-risk pool
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
Four named as finalists for top job at Atlanta hospital
Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse will open at the former Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia
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
Healthcare providers hit by ailing economy
Some psych patients wait days in hospital ERs
Deadlock spurs New Jersey hospital to cancel Horizon contract
Baylor medical center in Dallas closes inpatient psychiatric unit
Panel wants San Francisco hospital to be rebuilt, changed
CMS proposes quality improvements and other changes for hospital services
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
Baptist Health Care to Pay $245 Million for HCA's West Florida Hospital
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
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
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
Dueling ads pressure Congress on Medicare
July 1, 2008
Bush administration freezing cuts in Medicare fees
Nemours Foundation releases site plan for Florida children’s hospital
Budget problems put Florida teaching hospital on hold
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
Providence Health to buy Tarzana Regional Medical Center from Tenet
Connecticut launches health plan for uninsured