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Urban medical schools feel weight of uninsured
August 28, 2008
SEC probes West Penn Allegheny’s $73 million revenue write-down
Report: Hospital costs slow under pressure by insurers
Pontiac, MI, hospital out of cash
August 27, 2008
Waterbury, CT, hospitals exploring merger
Seattle fund bankrolls Asian private hospital chain
August 26, 2008
More hospitals want payment before treatment
Healthcare stocks performing well
Judge hears arguments over Wisconsin medical fund
August 25, 2008
Turmoil at Miami Beach’s Mount Sinai Medical Center
Financial cure unsure at Grady
New Jersey doing more to keep hospitals alive
Los Angeles hospital begins shutting down
August 22, 2008
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center profits take nose-dive
Fairview, Blue Cross of Minnesota sign new contract
Indianapolis-based Clarian to lease Tipton Hospital
GlaxoSmithKline to disclose grants to hospitals, patient groups
Obama camp has many ties to University of Chicago Medical Center
August 21, 2008
$75 million in trauma care funds at risk in Georgia
Tufts Medical seeks listing as trauma center
Report rejects Medicare boast of paring fraud
Washington approves sale of two Spokane hospitals
August 20, 2008
439,000 more get health coverage in Massachusetts
New York legislators negotiate $200 million cut to hospitals
Judge blocks California's cut in Medi-Cal fees
California bill would cap healthcare administration
Pennsylvania healthcare system plans sale
HCA’s possible psychiatric expansion raises concerns
Nashville hospital will soon stop delivering babies
August 19, 2008
$11 million verdict in Pennsylvania malpractice case
August 18, 2008
HHS announces timeline for transition to ICD-10-CM
Healthcare grows into a big business in Forsyth County, GA
August 15, 2008
California quashes sale of Anaheim Memorial Medical Center to Pacific Health
Des Moines, IA, hospital plans to cut back on free medications
Alabama-based Mercy Medical lays off staff
August 14, 2008
Protests accompany final day for New Jersey hospital
Maryland hospitals receive funds
August 13, 2008
Dallas County commissioners set Parkland hospital bond election
Nashville-area execs ready for healthcare trade trip
Harvard Vanguard’s credit status improves
August 12, 2008
Do safety-net hospitals put money over mission?
Healthcare costs seen rising 10% in 2009
Massachusetts businesses rip healthcare proposal
New York governor seeks cuts of $1 billion
August 11, 2008
Tenet trims losses, HMA in sick bay
Massachusetts leaders nip, tuck healthcare policy
New law to help warn New Jersey of hospital financial crises
Heart, cancer care help lead Chicago hospital’s revival
One New Jersey hospital closes, another expands
August 7, 2008
Three Southern California hospitals accused of fraud
Mistakes to cost Illinois hospitals
University of Chicago Medical Center preps for addition
California Healthcare Foundation kicks in $10 million to clinic loan fund
Ohio executives sentenced for $1.9 billion fraud
Anaheim (CA) General Hospital hit with dozens of citations over staffing, care
Prince George’s County, Maryland yet to deliver hospital funds
August 5, 2008
Dwindling number of independent hospitals in Greater Cleveland struggle to survive
Cincinnati healthcare leaders sued
Federal prosecutors ask appeals court to let convictions of HealthSouth founder stand
UConn Health Care Center has five suitors
Grady CEO faces deficit, patient loss
Cape Cod Healthcare to cut 169 positions
August 4, 2008
Hospital in Newark gets sold and saved
Jefferson Medical Center buys Bethel Park, PA, facility
Pittsburgh could see Philadelphia hospital tax
Commonwealth comparative healthcare study panned
Cape Cod hospital CEO maps turnaround
State’s Medi-Cal program is being hit hard
Los Angeles-based Century City Doctors Hospital seeks buyer
Los Angeles law may keep homeless in hospitals
Lax oversight risks millions of Medicare dollars
August 1, 2008
CMS releases 2009 IPPS final rule
Florida healthcare groups to share $30 million facility
Boston hospital quits lobby association