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M.D. Anderson submits its records on charitable care
Birmingham-based Physicians Medical Center Carraway expects to get loan to stay open
GM retirees get early shot at Medicare plans
Many Floridians lack health insurance, study says
Nearly one in six online health insurance shoppers are 'uninsurable'
Survey: Healthcare costs hitting young adults hardest
MPs condemn 'eye-watering' pay rise for GPs in England
Stony Brook (NY) Medical Center cleared in four cases
Men find roadblock to opting out of Medicare
Blue Cross at odds with Rhode Island hospitals
Pennsylvania Senate approves bill limiting forced overtime for nurses
$600,000 grant helps study health woes in Louisville, KY, neighborhood
Carolinas health insurance coverage dwindling
Baycare gets Florida county's blessing on hospital and helipad proposal
Law equalizes coverage for mental, physical care
October 9, 2008
Infection control guidelines issued
Northwestern Memorial Hospital opens transplant-consultation clinic in Glenview, IL
Pennsylvania lawmakers fail to renew healthcare watchdog
CEO turnover hits a record high
Universal Health CEO: Not seeing big economic effects yet
Florida disciplines five doctors for their medical mistakes
Top IC Groups Offer Practical Strategies to prevent HAIs
Four hospital officials arrested in Virgin Islands
No compromise on Pennsylvania health coverage expansion
New Jersey races focus on healthcare costs
More Middle Tennesseans lack health insurance
Report: Both candidates increase health coverage
Chicago hospital puts itself up for sale
Gene-testing startup's study responds to critics
Free clinic opens in Germantown, MD
October 8, 2008
University of Kansas Hospital's independent path has led to success
Tennessee program makes sure ER is for emergencies
New intensive care unit opens at Minneapolis-based HCMC
Study: High-tech interventions deliver huge childbirth bill
UAW: healthcare trust needs automakers’ cash
St. Vincent's Birmingham opens $36 million orthopedic center
Sutter hospital to install solar energy system
Without reform, a healthcare bailout may be needed, Cerner CEO warns
Costlier credit may delay Michigan hospitals’ construction projects
Former WellCare Health Plans worker pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
Irvine, CA, hospital to close Jan. 15
Neither candidate has answer on healthcare, panel says
Report: Healthcare major part of NH economy
Radio-frequency tags cut specimen bottle errors
Doctors know little about consumer-directed health plans
October 7, 2008
Fairview job cuts are latest for Minneapolis-area healthcare
Split verdict in Providence hospital corruption case
Healthcare provides shot in the arm to Florida counties
Cuyahoga County (OH) workers offered a cost-cutting deal at MetroHealth System
CMS announces permanent RAC contractors
Maryland-based Holy Cross Hospital moves ahead on expansion plans
University of Cincinnati med units propel growth
Phoenix facility signs agreement with Vietnamese hospital
Florida hospital blamed in newborn's near-drowning
More Milwaukee health systems moving to electronic health records
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin design not kid stuff
Medicare expands its crackdown on fraud
Health takes a hit as economy creates more stress
Doctors more likely to tell patients about obvious errors
Business cool toward McCain’s health coverage plan
October 6, 2008
Costly ER still draws many now insured in Massachusetts
Pennsylvania governor makes push on healthcare for uninsured
Georgia may seek $112 million more from insurers
Concerns hang over new Los Angeles County-USC hospital
Obama attacks McCain's healthcare proposal
Ground broken on new hospital in Plainsboro, NJ
Long wait in Dallas hospital ER may have cost ex-restaurateur his life
Emory University psychiatrist accused of conflict of interest
Nashville-based group leads charge to reform healthcare
Judge says Urbana, IL, hospital owes county $6 million
Flood-damaged Columbus, IN, hospital set to reopen
In some cultures, cancer stirs shame
Bailout provides more mental health coverage
A head start for the medical-minded
Experts blame India's overburdened healthcare system for high death tolls in attacks
October 3, 2008
Judge stops expansion of California hospital
Massachusetts asking companies to pay more insurance costs
Alabama moves forward with Brookwood’s plan for Hoover hospital
Louisiana Medicaid overhaul races clock
Curing what ails GE’s health unit
Unhealthy in the UK to be offered cash to force them to see a doctor
Louisville-based pediatric hospital names new president
Trinity Medical to buy HealthSouth’s abandoned hospital
Lawmakers make a final push for mental health bill
Westlake, OH, hospital cuts 22 jobs
Michigan health costs rise fastest
Florida-based Pediatrix Medical Group shares slide
Connecticut fines Yale-New Haven Hospital for infractions
Two online health site operators to announce a merger
National scorecard ranks palliative care across country
October 2, 2008
Healthcare premiums outpace workers’ incomes in Florida
Out-of-pocket costs slow medical demand in Minnesota
Pennsylvania governor revises health insurance proposal again
Rhode Island health exchange said to improve care, but concerns raised
Financial crisis takes a toll on hospitals
Wake County, NC, medical group sold
Vermont plan pushes electronic health records
Florida-based Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital has $9-million shortfall
If you think HMOs were different, just you wait
Vegas hospital in danger of losing federal funding
Hartford medical center eliminating 50 positions
Indiana expansion of SCHIP coverage takes effect
Doctor diagnoses problems with extensive executive physicals
Labor groups launch website to monitor Beth Israel
’Superbugs’ that strike the sickest patients
Program seeks to reduce ICU infections
Report: Obama’s health plan may help more uninsured
October 1, 2008
Medicaid long-term healthcare costs to soar
Massachusetts gets $10.6 billion for healthcare insurance
Medicare won’t pay for medical errors
Court upholds legality of San Francisco healthcare plan
Schwarzenegger signs bills creating hospital privacy oversight office
Medica Health Plans wants to put health coach between consumers and bad habits
State takes over Tampa-based Medicare HMO
Florida-based Pediatrix lowers earnings expectations
U.S. attorney touts crackdown on ’massive’ South Florida Medicare fraud
Campaign calls for Mexicans to lose 2 million pounds
Tennessee’s Saint Thomas Hospital, WMC form new partnership
UT study finds fewer Tennesseans lack health insurance
Tennessee healthcare has mixed day at Capitol
Lack of medical workers plagues developing countries
Towns need doctors, and the doctors need visas