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HHS unveils meaningful use plan
Common ground seen in gulf between healthcare bills
Government insurance for long-term care likely to slip into final healthcare bill
Tennessee says 13 state' challenge to health bill is premature
Swine flu wanes, but challenges stay
Solution to killer superbug found in Norway
High-tech hospital gowns are hot
Philadelphia-based Aria Health seeks input after waiting room death
Care facility denies charges by Des Moines-based Broadlawns Medical Center
Aetna to book charge for layoffs
December 30, 2009
Florida Republican may file suit over health bill
Health cuts with little effect on care
Miami-based Jackson Health System's cash pot falls to dangerous levels
Baptist Health South Florida flips to $131 million profit
Retirees snared by Medicare
CIGNA, UNC Health Care reach deal
Duke Raleigh Hospital to extend expansion
New Maple Grove (MN) Hospital opens
Implanted cardiac device testing is scant, study finds
IL-based Advocate Christ Medical Center adding kidney program
Severe H1N1 cases and asthma are linked
December 29, 2009
Expanding health coverage and shoring up Medicare: Is it double-counting?
Cardiologists sue Sebelius over Medicare fee cuts
At state level, health lobby fights change
Public option may be dropped from final healthcare bill
UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. has $91.6 million surplus
$1 million donation biggest ever for Indianapolis hospital foundation
Justice is (finally) served for nurses in whistleblower case
Michigan-based Genesys Health System agrees to pay $669,413 settlement in fraud lawsuit
Many jobless do not qualify for COBRA
Retailers jockey to market swine-flu shots
December 28, 2009
Doughnut hole in Medicare eyed
States with expanded health coverage fight bill
Senate, House to haggle over health reform differences
Insurers brace for sweeping changes to industry landscape
Businesses to push for modifications to Senate bill
Sacramento healthcare model could help Dallas lower expenses
Metro Nashville Hospital Authority names interim chief
Recommendations for cancer screening are under review
Medical billing code monopoly explains AMA's support for health plan, critics say
Massachusetts OKs $52 million expansion for South Shore Hospital
Mayo Clinic supports bill but seeks more action on how care is paid for
Officials re-examining organ transplant rules
Medical sales reps work alongside doctors, even in operating rooms
December 24, 2009
When the health changes could take effect
Health bill's potential costs worry some small builders
Doctors seek out cure for inefficiency
Drug makers hope to avoid bitter pill in final legislation
Firms warn of cuts to benefits
In Senate health reform vote, new partisan vitriol
NH, Maine test transparency with health cost tools
Stent maker paying $22M to end probe
Stocking stuffer: health gift card
More H1N1 vaccine is recalled
Bond commission vote may spur Alabama hospital sale
December 23, 2009
Pain before gain in healthcare overhaul
Senate healthcare bill may be hard to reconcile with House's
Senate provision riles the construction industry
Businesses brace for health bill's costs
States probing Senate healthcare deal
Drug industry girds for rise in its share of health overhaul
Weighing medical costs of end-of-life care
Health bill will keep Mass. overhaul intact
Health fight shifts to insurer shopping
MaineGeneral seeks approval for new Augusta hospital
More vaccine but fewer takers, H1N1 surveys indicate
EMT group promotes invisible bracelets for emergency health alerts
December 22, 2009
Senate healthcare reform bill passes another hurdle
Now Democrats must sell health plan to voters
Big hospitals flush with cash despite industry's dire warnings
Both sides question health bill's abortion compromise
Republicans take aim at deal-making
Democrats face challenge in merging health bills
Americans' views of healthcare steady this year
Hospital comparisons soon to be a click away in Ohio
Brigham and Women's Hospital gets $3.4m for face transplants
RI governor seeks $4M cut for hospitals
The virtual visit may expand access to doctors
Keep San Leandro Hospital open, crowd tells panel
Proposed cuts to Medicare Advantage concern seniors
December 21, 2009
Health bill passes key test in the Senate with 60 votes
Tax exemption in compromise a bright spot for insurers
Abortion continues to be dividing issue
Senate debate on healthcare exacerbates partisanship
Deep in health bill, very specific beneficiaries
Louisiana has much at stake in healthcare debate
Study reports prevalence of autism
Negotiating to 60 votes, compromise by compromise
Industry official faults radiologists in mammogram debate
St. Luke's Hospital considers merger as losses rise
December 18, 2009
Senate healthcare bill now relies on regulation
Health gap widens between blacks, whites in Chicago
Liberal revolt on healthcare stings White House
A race to win one more vote for health bill
Doctors seek aid from business schools
Supreme Court delays medical malpractice damage cap ruling
Audit blasts docs for turning conferences into luxurious family getaways
Flu season won't keep Santa from Oklahoma children's hospital
Swine flu vaccine now plentiful in half the states
Holding doctors accountable for medical errors
Feds enter probe of ID thefts from Penn Health agency
December 17, 2009
Senate Republicans vow to delay healthcare vote
Senate plan is called too empowering to health insurers
In Senate health showdown, round goes to GOP
Reid fights for 60th vote on health bill
Boston-based Beth Israel posts a gain, not the loss it expected
Texas advocate seeks ban on insurers' blanket clauses
Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center loses appeal to use neighboring park
Grassley eyes Miami doctor
California hospital vote pits upstart union against colossus
Public mood sours on healthcare overhaul
Medicare payments to docs: Here comes the two-month patch
December 16, 2009
Obama urges Senate to pass healthcare bill
Hospital, physician lobbyists fought Medicare buy-in plan
Obama healthcare meeting aims to rally senators
Public cooling to healthcare reform as debate drags on, poll finds
Democrats urged to act on health
Feds: 32 charged with Medicare fraud
Internet security breach found at UCSF School of Medicine
PA-based Catholic Health East names a new leader
Blue Shield of California gets tough over late payments
Laid-off Illinois health workers to get help
Ottumwa (IA) hospital bought by for-profit group
GlaxoSmithKline reports payments to doctors
Judge: Grady Memorial Hospital dialysis lawsuit will be dismissed
Infants' swine flu vaccine is recalled as less potent
December 15, 2009
Senate health bill unlikely to include Medicare buy-in
Lieberman gets ex-party to shift on health plan
Move afoot to reward health consumer thrift
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago buys old CBS site for new hospital
Overuse of CT scans will lead to new cancer deaths, a study shows
Mayo Clinic partners for patient housing
New hospital debuts in Maple Grove, MN
Health insurance for California children in doubt
Grant to help build new University of Michigan women's hospital
The choice facing Democrats on health
December 14, 2009
Medicare cuts could hurt hospitals, expert warns
Report: Senate health bill will raise costs
Republicans keep up pressure on cost of health plan
Two senators doubt Medicare compromise
Lieberman rules out voting for health bill
Chief of neurosurgery to quit Brigham's post
New Jersey targets doctor-drugmaker ties
Drug companies defend data mining practice
Chicago hospitals weigh continuing ban on children over concerns about H1N1
Hospital workers at Massachusetts-based Caritas Christi OK contract
Massachusetts ER policy passes checkup
December 11, 2009
Senate health debate hits snag over imported drugs
Pelosi backs Medicare buy-in plan in Senate healthcare deal
Healthcare loophole would allow coverage limits
High premiums in Senate Democrats' health plan
Flu is waning, say University of Chicago professors
Swine flu death toll at 10,000 since April
Suit says Quorum hid hospital's losses
Independence Blue Cross plans more layoffs
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan lays off 180 employees
Pregnant Las Vegas woman claims hospital ignored her
December 10, 2009
Senate Democrats satisfied with healthcare deal
White House pins hopes on Senate’s deal
Senators seek to shine light on medical industry relationships
Massachusetts health insurers mum on practices
Philadelphia hospital where man died faces heavy volume
Companies fret over expanded government role
Massachusetts health clinics receive $80 million boost
For some ages 55 to 64, Medicare will cost too much
Another medical school reports doctors' industry ties
Public option keeps toehold in Senate deal on health bill
Senate Democrats see room for hope on healthcare bill
If public option is no longer an option in Senate bill, then what?
December 9, 2009
Senate may drop public option
Reid says deal resolves the impasse on the public option
Tufts, Signature Healthcare form affiliation
Aria Health execs give details of waiting-room death
Aetna overstated spending on patient-care category
U.S. tops world in healthcare spending, results lag
Obama to give $600 million to health centers
Supporters add hidden nuggets to healthcare bills
Group gathers in Hartford in support of endangered nurse-training program
80-bed hospital in western Port St. Lucie, FL, a step closer to being built
Are primary-care practices too small to measure quality?
Finding the nerve to cut health costs
December 8, 2009
Senate turns to health bill's major obstacles
Liberal senators press for expansion of Medicare
Senate turns to Medicare, Medicaid
Nurses unions join together for more clout
Senator Grassley seeks financial details from medical groups
Third Los Angeles-area hospital in radiation overdose probe
Blue Cross of Florida goes public with Manatee Memorial, LRMC talks
Groups try simple steps to avoid hospital rebound
Trial puts focus on kids' care in Florida
University of Miami-Jackson Memorial effort would cut antibiotic use
Connecticut AG says Health Net hard drive was stolen
Flu pandemic could be mild
December 7, 2009
Obama presses Democrats on healthcare bill
Push for deal on public health plan
New government-run health proposal eyed
Deals cut with health groups may be at peril
Abortion emerges as top bill threat
Obama administration pushes swine flu vaccines in ads
Death in Philadelphia ER spurs a plea for system reform
UnitedHealthCare's acquisition of Health Net approved
Federal trial will decide changes in Florida's child Medicaid program
Temp firms a magnet for unfit nurses
Musical surgeon examines the OR soundtrack
Senate clears way for home healthcare cuts
December 4, 2009
Senate votes down GOP plan to strip Medicare cuts from bill
Senate backs preventive healthcare for women
Kaiser Permanente to pay $3.75 million over false bills
Massachusetts-based Partners HealthCare posts a $45m gain for fiscal 2009
Labor board OKs challenge to SEIU regarding Kaiser workers
Oklahoma's Medicaid provider to seek more funding
Surgeon general calls for more minorities in medicine
Tenet upgraded by Soleil, shares rise
Doctors: Senate health bill needs some surgery
Crowded agenda dogs health bill
New Jersey clamps down on the relationship between doctors, industry
Reid's recipe for getting healthcare deal done
December 3, 2009
Senate breaks health stalemate
Mammogram guidelines debated along party lines as panel members are grilled
California Medical Association opposes U.S. Senate's healthcare plan
House panel split on mammogram guidelines
Sioux City, IA, hospital settles U.S. allegations
Study shows treatment after heart attack is getting faster
Kindred to shutter Modesto, CA, long-term care center
Death in Philadelphia ER took 11 minutes
End of COBRA subsidy slams jobless, fuels debate about public option
Florida Medicaid class-action lawsuit heads to trial
Massachusetts seeks better student healthcare
December 2, 2009
Senators express hope for a health reform bill
Senators pitch to women and elderly on health bill
Medicare dispute delays Senate healthcare votes
Los Angeles County supervisors OK agreement to reopen King hospital
Some legal immigrants cannot get healthcare yet in Massachusetts
North Carolina Medicaid dealing with cost-control delays
Cost estimates from California hospitals hard to get
Connecticut governor's plan to cut nurse training assailed
Tennessee health insurance plans stop enrolling needy
Fear, frustration mounts for dialysis patients at Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital
Prominent Los Angeles sports medicine clinic agrees to settle kickback allegations
American Indians stand to gain in health overhaul
Anti-health reform group spends $1 million on ads
December 1, 2009
Healthcare debate is officially on in the Senate
No big cost rise in U.S. premiums is seen in study
Senate health bill gets a boost
Six Massachusetts hospitals to sue state over payment shortfalls
COBRA subsidies begin expiring for the unemployed
Essay: To curb repeat hospital stays, pay doctors
Dallas-Fort Worth medical, business, and insurance execs meet at summit
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia laptop stolen, data may be breached
CT governor suspends adult education program for licensed practical nurses
Medical mart vision unveiled for Nashville Convention Center
Developer gives $1 million to Atlanta children's hospital
H1N1 flu cases decline, but still taking heavy toll