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GOP vs. AARP in healthcare law battle
Grady Memorial Hospital CEO to resign
2 MA insurers' boards will keep taking pay
Cleveland Clinic's Marymount Hospital to stop delivering babies
Many don't take prescriptions because of cost
Merck paid $20.4M in speaking fees to docs in 2010
Providers could earn incentives from multiple CMS programs
LA clinic rapped for alleged release of porn actors' health info
Navy docs left surgical instrument inside MD woman
NJ woman awarded $115K in eyelid malpractice suit
March 30, 2011
Feds to release dialysis clinic data
Mayo to make wellness a deliberate part of care
Ranks of MA for-profit hospitals may grow
Hospital CEOs draw top salaries among CA's public workers
Jackson Health board loses key member
Standards panel explores path to stage 2 MU
Tainted IV packs suspected in 9 AL hospital deaths
Better use of antibiotics may reduce spread of drug-resistant 'superbugs'
Patients may benefit from dissolving stent
MS treatment ignites hope, skepticism
March 29, 2011
ACOs: The model of the future?
Consultants show how to save Miami's Jackson Health
Nurses to play a greater role in healthcare
Special needs, special care
Understanding the details of the 'individual mandate'
Telemedicine connects big-city specialists and rural patients
CMS starts Medicare incentive attestation on April 18
30 years later, nurses recall their role in saving Reagan’s life
Adolescent medicine a growing field
PA sees decline in number of organ donors
March 28, 2011
DOJ widens Blue Cross probe across several states
Health law safety net gets little attention
Medicare rise could mean no Social Security increase
The secret to fighting infections
Municipalities trim health services amid housing bust
MedCare exec looks overseas to help build healthcare systems
For team doctors, a tight spot
The consequences of a donor kidney market
Nursing a conundrum
March 25, 2011
The ACO model: a three-year financial loss?
Hospital urgent care centers may charge big, like ERs
More opt for low-cost coverage
Medicare rule sparks concerns about access to home healthcare
Database tracks state healthcare reform initiatives
iPad tops with doctors
Rule to streamline telemedicine credentialing coming soon?
AHA raps proposed Medicaid hospital infection reg
Drug-resistant CRKP hits LA healthcare facilities
Deaf woman says MD hospital did not provide interpreter, sues
March 24, 2011
A year later, still no cure for politics in healthcare
Budget battle poses threat to community health centers
FL gov. announces board to study public hospitals
Suit against Tenet in Memorial Medical Center's Katrina deaths is settled
Fed advisors tackle Stage 2 recs and timing
Las Vegas urologist defends reusing needle guides
Men line up to go under knife
NJ woman says plastic surgeon left her unable to blink
Patients, staff told TX rehab hospital closing immediately
CA emergency surgery groups to merge
March 23, 2011
Health reform one year later: A monster federal bill
Adding up health reform after the first year
Newborn screening tests miss some babies' hearing problems
Getting HIT ready for ACOs
CT's St. Mary's Hospital to be converted to for-profit facility
Health breach tally hits 8.3 million
RI's Landmark Medical Center sues Blue Cross over payments
AL hospital closing leaves residents bewildered
NFL players begin to pay their own healthcare expenses
March 22, 2011
Boston hospital completes first US face transplant surgery
CA's Anthem Blue Cross reduces rate increases
Lap-Band surgery marred by problems after 12 years
A panel decides Washington State's healthcare costs
States rush to settle Medicaid bills
Class action suit over hospital deaths to begin
For nurse practitioners, the future is now
All Children's Hospital, Johns Hopkins plan joint celebration April 4
LI's Southampton Hospital eyes move to Stony Brook campus
Prospects for meaningful use Stage 2 progress questioned
March 21, 2011
Trial to open in lawsuit connected to hospital deaths after Katrina
Health law waivers draw kudos, and criticism
CA hospitals wary of state budget plan to shift emergency funds
MA insurer battles identity crisis
TX health officials question NICU overuse
ERs fail to ID three of four domestic violence victims
Urgent care centers fill critical gap in healthcare
Woonsocket, RI's Landmark Medical Center at crossroads
SEIU injecting labor issues into hospital sale talks
At Philadelphia hospital, musician dispenses tranquilizer
March 18, 2011
White House seeks to boost public support for health bill
Blue Shield CA relents on proposed rate increase
Hospital agrees to $340K settlement in latex suit
What makes a hospital great
2 UI hospital employees disciplined in baby monitor case
MN nurse accused of theft, infecting patients
Vanderbilt launches cancer decision support tool
Toronto surgeons use Kinect to call up images in OR
A search engine for the human body
Medicare proposes no changes for anemia drugs
March 17, 2011
Medicine's rising costs put Hippocratic Oath at risk
GAO report shows success in health insurer appeals
Blue Shield of CA cancels insurance rate hike
Tufts nurses protest hospital staffing levels
Hoping to avoid the knife
U. Iowa Hospitals and Clinics looks into use of baby monitor on employees
Hospital CEO facing charges is fired
Vote nears on plan to end inpatient care at Oak Forest Hospital
Panel examines information exchange goals for 2013 MU
Scientists bank on stress-health link
March 16, 2011
Immune to cuts: Lofty salaries at hospitals
Dems to GOP: Show us your health insurance
CT gov. tells hospital executives, 'It could be worse'
Despite incentives, docs wary about switching to EHR
Hospital designs a development platform for medical web apps
Costs, training top hospital EHR concerns
FL parents sue Bayfront Medical Center over use of birthing device
Woman accuses CA hospital worker of sexual assault
Baltimore ophthalmologist accused of unnecessary procedures
March 15, 2011
Tricare target of cuts as costs projected to reach $65B
Houston's hospital district to screen for green first
Some hospitals open ERs just for graying patients
US drug prices outstrip other medical costs: GAO
New ideas to help people take medications correctly
New efforts to simplify end-of-life care
TN's Saint Thomas to partner with 8 imaging centers
MA medical teams sidelined in Japanese disaster aid
Chávez tries to rouse Venezuela against a new enemy: breast lifts
March 14, 2011
Pay may be hot issue, but other factors push harder on health costs
How buyout firm eyeing Miami’s Jackson Health operates
Healthcare waivers are a big deal for some states
Nursing vacancies show big declines
U of UT Health Care gives patients easy access to medical records
TN docs pursue regulatory limits
More terminally ill choosing to die at home, report finds
Japan will face extraordinary health challenges after tsunami
NH reviews nonprofit hospital CEO pay
At MI hospitals, smokers need not apply
March 11, 2011
Growing number of waivers a rallying cry for healthcare repeal
Republicans planning cost curbs on health benefits
Shares of HCA rise day after IPO
Nurses' strike cost Washington Hospital Center $6M
Tulane Medical Center tells patients gear improperly sterilized
VA's St. Louis hospital clears operating rooms for reopening
Hospitals try cooking up better food for patients
Man sues Chicago's Stroger Hospital over arrest
St. Vincent's deal would provide emergency care
March 10, 2011
A new understanding of higher Medicare spending
Sebelius: Defunding healthcare law would cripple Medicare
FDA to study whether anesthesia poses cognitive risks in young children
Miami-Dade might not get anything for Jackson Health, expert says
Preemie birth preventive spikes from $10 to $1,500
Genetic research advance yields new lupus treatment
MGH faces suit over fatal drug error
Las Vegas plastic surgeon rebuilds MMA fighters' faces
Adventist won't appeal Bert Fish Medical Center ruling
March 9, 2011
BCBSMA halts payments to directors
HCA stock sale could fund health startups
Following health law, patients request OTC prescriptions
Will healthcare law raise states' Medicaid costs?
Health IT stakeholders find MU goals aggressive
Diabetes belt: American South gets more health notoriety
Reports pinpoint VA hospital's shortcomings
Georgia health plan in $250M hole
ME's individual insurers get reprieve
School official calls Montana hospitals ’monopolies’
March 8, 2011
Rising calls to replace Berwick at Medicare
To cap Medicaid, FL looks to managed care
CO hospital blew whistle on contaminated wipes
Boston Children's zeroes in on its costs
TN Legislature rejects health law mandate
OH healthcare coverage erodes as economy sputters
Hospital stays cost more in Northern California than Southern California
Women changing the face of medical care
UnitedHealth cries foul on Pentagon contract
Mont. judge orders hysterectomy, patient appeals
March 7, 2011
Hospitals induce labor without medical reason too often
Blue Cross of MA vows to be 'transparent' on exec money
TX docs leaving Medicare at record pace
Doctors debate criteria for prostate biopsy
WV hospital over-radiated brain scan patients, records show
The change in mammogram guidelines
Medicare rule affects voice box patients
White House says FL needs prescription-drug monitoring program
Cleveland's MetroHealth pressed to run jail medical services
Does Social Security work with healthcare reform?
March 4, 2011
MA doctor, nurse practitioner indicted in 6 drug fatalities
Florida judge declines to halt health reform implementation
BCBS MA board faces criticism for CEO compensation debacle
5 former WellCare execs indicted for fraud
Atlanta's Grady Hospital to shut 2 clinics
Review: 141 patients got unnecessary heart stents
Studies shows misuse of drugs crowds ERs
Cleveland Clinic CEO optimistic in face of challenges
After settlement, University of Iowa to name new health HR leader
Plastic surgery bouncing back with the economy
March 3, 2011
Senators want access to Medicare claims database
When abuse of older patients is financial
DC hospital, union brace for nurses strike
US Supreme Court sides with ex-hospital employee
'Oxy Express' - Florida's drug abuse epidemic
MA officials review heart program at Beth Israel
Miami's Jackson Health could lose $150M in funding
UnitedHealth Group loses $23.5B Pentagon contract
WA state insurance commissioner pushes transparency bill
DE hospital copes with patient data theft
March 2, 2011
PA's AdultBasic health plan runs out of funds, shuts down
Debate heats up about hospitals' charity
BCBS MI reports $222M net income for 2010
Hospitalized prisoners cost CA taxpayers millions
Consumer group backs spending caps in healthcare law
Former MA Blue Cross CEO got $8.6M
Bill would speed doctor discipline in MO
Chicago-area hospital mulls merger
WV hospitals merge
Midwifery a crime? In North Carolina, it is
March 1, 2011
Obama endorses key change to healthcare law
Hospitals leery of reporting serious errors
Bid to buy Jackson Health criticized
Doctor-owned imaging centers spark criticism, scrutiny
Consumer groups: Hold strong on MU
MA health insurers offer option of paying extra for higher-priced care
Doctors should discuss obesity with patients
NYC hospitals chief is highest-paid Bloomberg aide
A pacemaker the size of a Tic Tac
World Economic Forum drives health data initiative