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UnitedHealth will tie doctors' payments to quality of care
Troubled West Penn Allegheny shows $34M loss in latest period
For-profit cancer center to make its case to NH lawmakers
What to do with an empty hospital?
Union launches effort to cap pay of hospital executives
Opinion: End may be near for hands-off regulation of healthcare insurance in TX
Hospital exec charged in $116M Medicare scam
Opinion: Why we need more minority doctors
Wheaton sells stake in Fox Valley health system
The future of mHealth: Healthcare apps to lower insurance costs
New rules call for simpler-to-understand group health insurance benefits, costs
February 9, 2012
UnitedHealth revamps fees
FL hospitals brace for Medicaid-related cutbacks
Some physicians not always honest with patients
Hospital's bankruptcy stokes talks on merger in Hudson County
NH hospital officials blast for-profit cancer center bill
Inside Steward's plans for Landmark
LSU criticized for hospital cuts
Tenet's Atlanta, South Fulton Medical Centers seek consolidation
Expect more insurance drama in Pittsburgh
For sale: Wyckoff Heights Medical Center's $33K limo, bought for ousted CEO
February 8, 2012
14 Hospitals reach $12M false claims accord
Jackson Health System, SEIU agree on $52M in concessions
Opponents of scuttled Christ Hospital sale seek role in hospital's future
Doctor discipline: MN fails to offer full disclosure
Rethinking hospital readmissions
Opinion: Medicare payment formula must be repealed
Bill allows for buying RI hospitals in bulk
Hahnemann boosts use of RNs in bid to improve care
WA state has new plan for ER limits; doctors critical
Fake PA blames hospital for issuing badge
February 7, 2012
HCA profit tops expectations; shares rise
$1.5M New West deal before insurance commissioner
Obama blocks CA from charging for care in Medicaid
VT would allow ’bronze plan’ to encourage health
Medicaid changes challenge TX hospitals to do things differently
Flushing Hospital nurses reach benefits settlement, averting strike
Why do cardiologists often pass up safe, low-tech treatments for chest pain?
Health secretary to Mayor Landrieu: LSU at fault for hospital cuts
Hospitals say $9M CEO pay isn’t a sign they can help Taveras
Questions raised about proposal for PA's insurance exchange
February 6, 2012
NY eyes tough reporting system for dispensing of prescription drugs
Dead on arrival: What sank the Christ Hospital sale?
Boston's BIDMC Medicare billing examined
Jackson Health System to announce 'significant' layoffs
TX prisons consider switch to local hospitals for convict care
Penn Cancer Center, in lawsuit, says a doctor appropriated a discovery
Insurance lags on wound care
Health IT managers say tablets can cause problems
Moving a hospital: It's not brain surgery, but it is complex
Young doctors flock toward new specialty in end-of-life care
Hospitals mine patient records in search of customers
February 3, 2012
Healthcare's jobs boom
House repeals long-term care program Obama viewed as too costly
Bone marrow registry, healthcare company to pay $770,000 for using models to recruit donors
Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital execs get healthy pensions
Insurer Cigna's 4th quarter profit drops 37 pct
Christ Hospital to file bankruptcy plan 'if necessary' after proposed sale falls through
Businesses divided on VT healthcare exchange legislation
UCF medical-school hospital raises concerns
Healthcare reform saves MI Medicare recipients $49M on prescriptions
Sebelius: Healthcare law makes Medicare stronger, more affordable
February 2, 2012
UMass hospital system to shed up to 900 jobs
War savings may be key to long-term 'doc fix' deal
Allergan erases doctor payment records
UPMC growth adds expenses, profit falls
St. Joseph Medical Center narrows field of suitors to three
How one hospital entices doctors to work in rural America
Credit analyst says cuts in LSU system to change who gets patients
EHR deployment costs approach $30,000 per doctor
Rutgers, Duke, Horizon form education partnership for nurses
Rochester General reassigns nursing staff
February 1, 2012
Opinion: The end of health insurance companies
Cook County health system to bolster front line
CA county hospital group to award more large retirement packages
Poudre Valley Health, University Hospital join forces
Thousands of Kaiser workers wage one-day strike
U-M Health System CEO calls delay in reporting child porn 'painful moment in our history'
Improved patient problem list enhances diagnoses
CMS finds critical missteps at NC hospital
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center trustees put brakes on big-bucks CEO severance
Opinion: The secret of American healthcare