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HCA plans could create 2,000 jobs
1 in 3 Providers Avoid Flu Shots as Stakes Rise
Ashland hospital, Dignity Health boards OK merger
Opinion: Access to healthcare beginning to look like airline travel
September 27, 2012
Health law will be implemented, most say in poll
Ex-NY hospital CEO charged with taking vendor kickbacks
Patients may suffer as doctors switch practices, health systems
Opinion: MD healthcare reform—caring about costs, too
Comparing training for physician assistants, nurse practitioners, doctors
Minnesotans burdened by healthcare cost more than nation
Michigan HIE to span one-third of state
September 26, 2012
6 in 10 Physicians Would Quit Today
Hospitals: Feds share billing blame
UMass Memorial Medical Center to cut 140 full-time jobs
September 25, 2012
Health insurers begin to provide user-friendly plan guides
Behind uninsured numbers, a diminishing sense of urgency
Rural MN retools healthcare in hospital mergers
September 24, 2012
Class-action lawsuit eyed in hepatitis C cases against Exeter Hospital
Family Physicians Rap 'Stopgap' Use of Nurse Practitioners
Primary care is next frontier for elite med schools
September 21, 2012
MLR Bill Passes House Committee
Group Health CFO resigns; layoffs on the horizon
September 20, 2012
Patients at teaching hospitals don't fare worse when residents come on board
Boston Children's Hospital cuts 255 jobs, lays off 45 staffers
September 19, 2012
Filipino nurses win language discrimination settlement
September 18, 2012
Analyst sees overhaul-driven hospital margin help
Physician Alignment Strategies to Counter Uncertainty
UMMC will become a teaching hospital in bid to recruit primary care doctors
3 in 10 Surgery Residents Need Remediation
HIPAA: Another big fine after a small breach
September 17, 2012
As hospitals take over doctors' practices, fees rise
Nurses union challenges NJ hospital's staffing strategy
September 14, 2012
OR governor seeks to expand coordinated care organizations
Unions voice opposition to Jackson ER privatization proposal
WellPoint's high-tech reboot
NCH Healthcare outsourcing 224 employees
September 13, 2012
Medicare Cuts Threaten 766K Healthcare Jobs, Groups Say
NJ hospitals spent less to treat uninsured last year, but reported amounts vary
U of Miami hospital confirms second patient info breach this year
Hospital smoking ban pushes employee breaks into neighbors' yards
September 12, 2012
$1B in Premium Rate Increases Rejected
Whistle-blower lawsuit alleges All Children's overpaid doctors
Community paramedics, one solution to growing rural doctor shortage
Doctors ask Corona hospital CEO to resign
Opinon: The Cheesecake Factory isn't healthcare's answer
September 11, 2012
Blood Infections Plunge 40% Under Safety Protocol
Slideshow: 10 Healthcare IT Predictions
Questions raised about the future of MA hospitals
September 10, 2012
NH attorney says med tech spread hepatitis C as early as 2008
More young adults have insurance after healthcare law
Two U of Miami Hospital employees may have stolen, sold patient data
September 7, 2012
Medication alert fatigue is curable
Blue Hill hospital buyout plan announced to avoid layoffs
September 6, 2012
Ascension Health announces agreement to buy 36-hospital system
Docs, nurses may overestimate quality of their care
Under ME 'market-based' healthcare, young people pay less, older people pay more
MA physician group leaves Partners to link up with Steward Health Care
Infection control, staffing shortfalls found at Manatee Memorial
LSU healthcare shake-up continues with new interim head of public hospitals
September 5, 2012
Duke, LifePoint to pump $350M in Marquette General
Loosening health insurance rules in ME produces mixed results
For physicians and patients, time is the best medicine
Not all doctors want hand-washing reminders
September 4, 2012
Retirees may find fewer doctors in rural areas
Crackdown on CA small-business self-insurance faces delay
Hospitals weigh pros, cons of altering visiting hours
Forget Marcus Welby: Today's docs want a real life