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House Republican leader says Obama’s Medicare nominee ’eminently qualified’
Panel urges sharp change for hospitals in Brooklyn
PA lawmakers threaten to intervene in dispute between hospital, insurer
Prison doctors, barred from seeing patients, collect full pay
CEO bonuses at NY nonprofit hospitals unhealthy?
$538 hospital bill triggers legal action
India eye care center finds middle way to capitalism
Opinion: Donald Berwick bows out
Tavenner, the Anti-Berwick?
November 29, 2011
Parkland names Royer interim CEO
Congress again faces 'doc fix' for Medicare
Docs: Highmark, UPMC should smooth transition
Jackson Health System outsources a service for $37.5M
Tavenner Gains Early Support
November 28, 2011
CMS' Berwick resigns in the face of Republican opposition
Opinion: Donald Berwick's resignation and the triumph of the bland
Cleveland Clinic, others say patients need more financial help
Doctors, hospitals go into business as equals
Labor tensions mount at Jackson Health System
NJ nurses charge religious discrimination over hospital abortion policy
November 23, 2011
Healthcare Leaders React to Super Committee's Failure
How Sequestration Will Reduce Health Care Spending
Jackson Health System board meets privately
November 22, 2011
Supercommittee announces failure in effort to tame debt
For Deficit Panel, Failure Cuts Two Ways
Hospital chain aims to exit real estate business
November 21, 2011
Debt supercommittee members brace for failure
Health-care groups laying groundwork for post-election debate over cost cuts
Opinion: The conservative case for healthcare reform's individual mandate
Hospitals worry about cuts
MGH to begin replacing hands
MT healthcare workers defend payments from drug companies
'The Betty Ford Clinic of Cincinnati'
Top 12 Uncertainties Hovering Over Healthcare
November 18, 2011
Theft of data on 4M patients part of wider problem
MetroHealth, Cuyahoga County coming to terms on jail medical services
Rural Kansas hospitals in danger of closing
Parkland Health Inks Contract with Management Consultant
November 17, 2011
UPMC wants to air Highmark pact
MA gov. sees healthcare consuming 40% of next state budget
Mercy preserves jobs of Joplin employees
ER closures hit minorities, poor hardest
How secure are your clinicians' mobile devices?
Miami VA hospital chief out in colonoscopy scandal
A little electronic help for docs helps hospitals, study shows
Opinion: Don't regulate EHRs like cars
CMS Pushing to Reduce Improper Payments
ICD-10 Cost, Timing Concerns Explain AMA Vote
Grady Memorial Deficiencies Persist After Second CMS Survey
November 16, 2011
AMA hammers out positions in changing market
Feds place UPMC transplant program on probation
MA Blue Cross flap with Tufts Medical Center escalates
Cleveland's MetroHealth endorses tighter policy for hiring consultants
CA voters OK tax to keep hospital open
Call Yourself an ACO? Prove It
November 15, 2011
Scalia, Thomas dine with healthcare law challengers
HHS Earmarks $1B for Healthcare Jobs, Innovation
November 14, 2011
Supreme Court takes up challenge to health care reform law
Readmission penalties cut deeper at urban hospitals
Finances strain marriage between Jackson, U. of Miami
Lawsuit: Advocates say Medicare patients getting hospitalized without admitting them
November 11, 2011
Seeking a cure for troubled hospitals in Brooklyn
Steward lures 150 doctors tied to Beth Israel
Med schools neglect gay and gender issues
November 10, 2011
KY healthcare group may get $83M in hospital merger
Commission: MA should be able to reject above-norm health prices
CO hospitals bring $18.8B in economic activity to state
IOM Issues 10 HIT Recommendations for Patient Safety
November 9, 2011
Health law survives test in appeals court
IL declines to investigate vast majority of hospital complaints
Details of Highmark-West Penn Allegheny agreement released
Jury Awards $52M to MRI Group in Suit with ID Medical Center
'Observation' Status Prompts Federal Class Action Suit
November 8, 2011
Medicaid cost cuts planned
Study raises questions about 'bundling' to pay docs
Intern gap frustrates clinicians in training
November 7, 2011
Highmark deal would make it healthcare pioneer
Merger mania: Louisville hospitals part of U.S. surge
Doctors Await Decision on SGR, Pay Cuts
November 4, 2011
Will the Supreme Court carve up Obamacare?
RI hospital CEO discusses apology to actor for brother's ER death
Eisenhower Medical Center losses spur credit-rating downgrades
MA health leaders say they can control costs themselves
November 3, 2011
Health guideline panels struggle with conflicts of interest
HIMSS: 41% of US hospitals ready for meaningful use
Solantic to open a second headquarters in Nashville
HealthGrades merges with monitoring firm CPM
CMS Releases OPPS Final Rule
Universal Healthcare Would Slow VT Cost Growth
November 2, 2011
Hospitals to see 1.9% jump in Medicare outpatient fees in 2012
Highmark, WPAHS announce agreement; ER to reopen
Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow to retire after 20 years at helm
When Medical Errors Happen, Executives Shouldn't Hide
CMS Pushed to Improve Reporting on Adverse Events
GPOs Back Obama Order on Drug Shortages
November 1, 2011
MetroHealth’s security force issues parking tickets without authority
Long-ailing UMC aims to alter image, add revenue
Supreme Court to weigh case of false testimony
States Stymied in $4.3B Medicaid Collection Efforts