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W-2s list cost of providing a health plan
Hospital video mocks patient care under healthcare reform
MN Supreme Court: online post about doc is protected speech
FL hospital employees get $1,000 bonus
January 30, 2013
4 in 10 Hospitalists Report Unsafe Patient Workloads
Specialty groups back IPAB repeal
Aetna, Texas Health Resources establish ACO
Healthcare law means free clinics have to accept payments
January 29, 2013
Who wants to be a 'death panelist'?
CEOs Get a Medicare Compliance Checklist
NY-Presbyterian to take over downtown hospital
Loan debt could lead to WV doc shortage
So you want to start a health insurance plan
January 28, 2013
Moody's Still Bearish on Not-for-Profit Hospitals
Immigration reform could add millions under Obama health law
AZ bill would compel hospitals to check immigration status
WI medical board proposes tighter rules for docs
Medical malpractice: Why is it so hard for doctors to apologize?
A new market, black as ink, printer toner
January 25, 2013
Medicare paid $120M in illegal care
Highmark to pay docs at WPAHS higher rates
Ex-Medicare chief moves toward run for governor
Second NY hospital warns of insulin pen infection
IL medical licensing department faces backlogs
Health Care Foundation wins $161.9M from HCA
The drawn out process of the medical lawsuit
January 24, 2013
SLIDESHOW: Industry Survey—Strategic Imperatives in 2013
VA ends public access to hospital reports
Prison time for health data theft
January 23, 2013
Bedsores, nurse staffing remain on Parkland problem list
Hearing held on Exeter Hospital hep C suits
VA inspector general begins probe at Buffalo hospital
Ex-Senator to run insurer watchdog group, NAIC
January 22, 2013
NJ reviewing plan to run St. Mary's hospital in Passaic for profit
New data threaten deal with Highmark
January 18, 2013
HHS releases HIPAA final rule
Highmark to pay off WPAHS debt in $726M bond deal
Judge rejects WakeMed settlement with fed prosecutors
KY Medical Center agrees to $883K settlement over false claims charges
A moral obligation to get a flu shot?
January 17, 2013
Medical groups praise Obama's gun-control plan
UnitedHealth, Mayo pool info to drop cost of care
Highmark to buy Pittsburgh health system
Jackson Health asks for HCA trauma center to close
Checklists help save patients during OR crises
January 16, 2013
Healthgrades Releases Clinical Excellence Hospital Rankings
NY senator wants probe of VA mistake
Pittsburgh health system in tentative deal to cut debt
Jackson Health, unions reach major agreement
TX Medical Board wants to let its investigators carry guns
Doc shortage? What doc shortage?
January 15, 2013
WakeMed clarifies statements on Medicare fraud settlement
Mining electronic records for revealing health data
Are providers ripe for a massive medical records heist?
Patients rarely told about hospital medication errors
January 14, 2013
Hospitals crack down on workers refusing flu shots
CA hospitals rebuff government over disaster plans
CA legislator vows action on reckless prescribing of addictive pills
A year later, UT doc reflects on switch to concierge care
January 11, 2013
Tufts Health Plan CEO may get federal post
Layoffs loom for doctor watchdogs
Hospital wants to replace 'Durham' with 'Duke'
When the doc returns to doctoring
January 10, 2013
5 lessons in transparency from Cleveland Clinic CEO Toby Cosgrove
Former Parkland CEO wants to write Rx for Dallas County
January 9, 2013
Donald Berwick mulling run for governor of MA
Republicans can't stop IPAB. But they might slow it down.
HCA to build $71M hospital in Forth Worth
Nurse with no flu shot refuses to wear mask, is fired
January 8, 2013
FL governor meets Sebelius on healthcare, bridles at cost
Debt may influence young docs' career plans
Florida Heart Group sells to Florida Hospital
Man admits to paying hospital employees to steal patient data
Mother accuses hospital staff of texting pictures of dead son
January 7, 2013
Hospitals flex lobbying muscle to bypass some cuts
US settles accusations that docs overtreated
Vast cache of Kaiser patient details was kept in private home
Health insurers raising some rates by double digits
Officials hurry to set up CA health benefit exchange
January 4, 2013
UT and 6 others win OK to run state insurance markets
House rules aim to block controversial healthcare board's Medicare cuts
National Union of Healthcare Workers affiliates with CA Nurses Association
West Penn Allegheny Health System warned of default
Main NYU Langone hospital reopens post-Sandy
CO physicians take on chiropractors
January 3, 2013
Link between healthcare spending, quality unclear
In collecting bills, UNC Health Care has powerful friends
Exeter Hospital hires lawyer to find out who 'dropped ball'
Opinion: At the ER, bearing witness to gun violence
FL Hospital Medical Group buys FL Heart Group
South Jersey Healthcare tells patients data stolen
FL Hospital to offer health insurance
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center honchos trash-talked surgeon, suit charges
January 2, 2013
Nonprofits Weigh Benefits of Buyer Joint Ventures
'Doc fix' in 'fiscal cliff' plan cuts Medicare hospital payments
Health reform may be headed back to Supreme Court in 2013
Reckless docs go unchecked in CA
Medical board appeals to public to combat prescription overdoses