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Don't call it a mandate—it's a tax
Relief, uncertainty at county hospital after ruling
June 28, 2012
Supreme Court healthcare ruling: For health industry, 'every man for himself'
Healthcare countdown: Who wins, loses—pays?
Lehigh Valley Health Network to settle nurses' lawsuit for $4.5M
Opinion: Limits on residents' work hours may adversely affect patient care
Maryland doctors: We get paid, not 'reimbursed'
Jury awards family $55M in Hopkins malpractice case, largest in state history
June 27, 2012
New Accretive allegations: Debt collector told new mom to pay or baby would stay
Alaska's Medicaid to pay OCR $1.7M for potential HIPAA violations
Will mergers get hospitals out of the sick ward?
June 26, 2012
Indiana Hospital Files for Chapter 11
Supreme Court to review Phoebe Putney purchase of Palmyra
E-records linked to fewer malpractice claims
Dropping legal barriers doesn't guarantee interstate insurance sales
University of Washington program tries to give rural medicine a boost
Opinion: Will we miss healthcare law if it dies?
June 25, 2012
Supporters slow to grasp health law's legal risks
11 facts about the Affordable Care Act
OR study shows benefits, price, for newly insured
US healthcare reform efforts through history
Raises, bonuses prevail for hospital CEOs
Hep C suits might not tap hospital's 'deep pockets'
Doctor takes on medical board
June 22, 2012
AZ hospital abruptly closes
Layoffs hit Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Reno
Opinion: Getting doctors to practice what they preach
June 21, 2012
26,000 uninsured Americans die each year
June 19, 2012
Reform may survive if SCOTUS kills mandate
Health reform without a mandate: Lessons from WA
AMA head says doctors need higher Medicare payments, lawsuit protection
CEO expresses concern over future of NH's Exeter Hospital
VT to cope better than most if healthcare law repealed
Life after healthcare ruling
CA court allows unsupervised nurses to give anesthetics
June 18, 2012
AMA, AHA at Odds Over 'Surprise' Medicare Final Rule
MedPAC Recommends FFS Benefit Changes
Democrats in the dark on post-SCOTUS planning
Hep. C outbreak at Exeter Hospital raises questions
Hospital systems at odds over 'poaching' physicians
June 15, 2012
Hospitalists ID Unprofessional Physician Behaviors
AMA, key backer of healthcare law, looks into reboot
For hospital CIOs, mergers complicate move to electronic records
Hep C outbreak at NH hospital likely caused by employee drug abuse
Assuming the doctor's a 'he'
Employers' 'plan B' if health reform is axed
Many doctors use limited Spanish skills with patients
June 14, 2012
Navigating the healthcare maze
Oakland, UCSF children's hospitals may merge
OhioHealth, cardiology doctors reach deal
Woman physician, negotiate thyself or lose $350,000
June 13, 2012
Medicare Advantage enrollment rises 10 percent on lower premiums
Gender pay gap exists for doctors too
Highmark, Jefferson Regional announce partnership worth at least $275M
Carolinas HealthCare expanding to manage Cone Health
All 4 trauma surgeons leave one ME hospital to work for another
Opinion: Doctors, practice what you preach
June 12, 2012
Can hospital execs walk the tightrope over the cost-quality chasm?
Sick (and poor) in MA: Longer waits, less satisfied patients
OU, Cleveland Clinic announce new medical school campus
Freestanding ED to hospital: The new wave?
High-risk pregnancies increasing, hospitals specializing
June 11, 2012
Best EDs Focus on Flow
Process Improvements Vital to Cost Containment
Medical muscle: Memorial Hospital records $190M gain
Nationwide Children's Hospital expands
June 8, 2012
NY hospitals look to combine, forming a giant
Opinion: Health reform—What if Obama hadn't tried it?
NH public health director: Viral outbreak 'clearly tied' to hospital lab
Nonprofit hospital CEO earned $616K in 2010
Should nurses be practicing alone?
Doctors returning to practice face challenges
June 7, 2012
HHS Takes Another Step Toward Defining Essential Health Benefits
Top 10 medical data breaches include public health departments
What surgeons get paid, and what patients think surgeons get paid
Are computers getting between patients and doctors?
MU medical school dean resigns as school is under investigation
June 6, 2012
University hospitals: Cost-efficient leaders in care and research
Behind one hospital's fight against deadly infection
Opinion: The trouble with 'doctor knows best'
Online technologies doctors love
Opinion: Health professionals will respond to incentives, if we only let them
Squeezing out the doctor
June 5, 2012
Universal Health Services to buy Ascend Health for $500M
Health reform gets messy in MA
Poll: Only 36 percent of Americans support the ACA
Do doctor-payment sunshine laws work?
Doctors swap pagers for smartphones
June 4, 2012
Highmark names former Assistant Secretary of Defense as CEO
Looming court ruling worries some with health woes
Contractors: VA missed chance to speed hospital work, save jobs
IN considering statewide trauma network
Hospital commission's big question: Essentia or no?
CA surgery clinics overbilled, insurance giant claims
June 1, 2012
Health Savings Accounts, High-Deductible Plans Jump 18%
WI healthcare systems revamping payment methods
Consumer Reports begins rating MA doctors
Sen. Franken: Encrypt laptops with medical info
UnitedHealth to rebate $3.5M to CA small businesses