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Florida nursing shortage needs urgent attention, group says
California hospital workers stage 24-hour strike
Urban medical schools feel weight of uninsured
WHO study backs universal healthcare
Yakima, WA, medical school to open two more colleges
Las Vegas hospital workers file complaint about care
Guilty plea in Los Angeles skid row health fraud
Philadelphia's Fox Chase defends taking parkland
Illinois genetic nondiscrimination law strengthened
August 28, 2008
Akron (OH) General Medical Center cries foul on rival hospital
SEC probes West Penn Allegheny’s $73 million revenue write-down
Report: Hospital costs slow under pressure by insurers
Lower court’s ruling on Urbana, IL, hospital reversed
Four Medicaid health plans withdrawing from Florida counties
Nonprofit hospitals flex pricing power
August 27, 2008
Waterbury, CT, hospitals exploring merger
California bill targets health record spying
Report shows more errors at Indiana’s hospitals
Long-distance healthcare cuts costs, can improve outcomes
As HCA marks 40 years, its impact on healthcare is still felt
Senator urges review of Medicare payment errors
Single rooms becoming the norm in new hospitals
August 26, 2008
More hospitals want payment before treatment
Report faults Medicare audits
Federal regulators find patients sleeping in Tampa General hallways
Judge hears arguments over Wisconsin medical fund
August 25, 2008
Turmoil at Miami Beach’s Mount Sinai Medical Center
Two Orlando hospitals win OK for transplants
Thousands of California children are in danger of losing health insurance
Financial cure unsure at Grady
New Jersey doing more to keep hospitals alive
Uninsured to spend $30 billion, study says
Hollywood, FL, hospital opens resource center
ER waits shorter than national average in Florida’s Treasure Coast region
South Carolina Medicaid to quit paying for errors
Strife eroded University of Maryland Medical System goals
Los Angeles hospital begins shutting down
Young patients learn about treatments through play
August 22, 2008
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center profits take nose-dive
Maryland-based system board chair, nine others resign over dispute
Fairview, Blue Cross of Minnesota sign new contract
Tampa General Hospital faces Medicare sanctions
Poll finds more in Ohio lack medical coverage
Alabama committee wants more information on Hoover hospital plans
Indianapolis-based Clarian to lease Tipton Hospital
HHS: Doctors can refuse to provide abortions
Medical identity theft spreads
GlaxoSmithKline to disclose grants to hospitals, patient groups
Obama camp has many ties to University of Chicago Medical Center
August 21, 2008
$75 million in trauma care funds at risk in Georgia
Tufts Medical seeks listing as trauma center
Florida hospital streamlines lung cancer care
Nurses, two Sutter hospitals have tentative pact
Healthcare no longer near top of election agenda
Washington approves sale of two Spokane hospitals
California officials plan to appeal Medi-Cal ruling
Penn cancer center links to Bayhealth in Delaware
Massachusetts hospital launches $1 million quick-care unit
August 20, 2008
Hospital death rates unveiled
439,000 more get health coverage in Massachusetts
Lack of insurance, high medical costs put more in a bind
New York legislators negotiate $200 million cut to hospitals
Judge blocks California's cut in Medi-Cal fees
Milwaukee-area doctor group members to join Wheaton Franciscan, Aurora Advanced
North Carolina hospitals vie for new beds
North Carolina man dies after waiting 22 hours at hospital
California bill would cap healthcare administration
HCA’s possible psychiatric expansion raises concerns
Nashville hospital will soon stop delivering babies
Joliet, IL, gets more time to consider appeal of Silver Cross relocation
Illinois says kids up to 26 can be insured under parents’ policy
A treatment room with a view
August 19, 2008
Los Angeles hospital CEO pleads not guilty to billing fraud
$11 million verdict in Pennsylvania malpractice case
August 18, 2008
Illinois’ medical malpractice law on trial
VA brass keep options open on site of hospital
Battle of beds heats up in Wake County, NC
McCain’s health insurance plan: More radical than Democrats’?
Healthcare grows into a big business in Forsyth County, GA
Officials: Connecticut nursing shortage could become crisis
Florida Memorial, FIU team up for nursing
Future remains uncertain for Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital in Los Angeles
August 15, 2008
U.S. Network Adds Three Global Hospitals
California quashes sale of Anaheim Memorial Medical Center to Pacific Health
States won’t be sanctioned over kids’ health insurance
Judge rules patient can sue Duke University Medical System over surgery
Lexington (SC) Medical gets revote on heart regs
Des Moines, IA, hospital plans to cut back on free medications
Children’s Hospital of Buffalo readies for expansion
Health insurers hedge their bets
Alabama-based Mercy Medical lays off staff
August 14, 2008
Inspection reports of Florida health facilities now available online
Affiliates planned for Waukesha (WI) Memorial Hospital
Kansas City program announced to improve nurses' work environments
Maryland hospitals receive funds
Many Hispanics shut out of U.S. healthcare system
August 13, 2008
Illinois Health Planning Board again rejects proposal to build in Plainfield
Two hospitals seek extension for Waterbury (CT) Heart Center
Brookwood Medical Center plans Hoover, AL, hospital
Nashville-area execs ready for healthcare trade trip
Illinois panel backs Advocate purchase of Libertyville hospital
Life sciences firms anxious about Massachusetts rules on gifts to doctors
August 12, 2008
Do safety-net hospitals put money over mission?
For strokes, closest hospital might not be best
New kids’ hospital in Pittsburgh aims to please
Healthcare costs seen rising 10% in 2009
More states shred bills for awful medical errors
South Carolina hospital shows off new unit
Report: Family doctors scarce
Iowa officials say health plan could take four years
Massachusetts businesses rip healthcare proposal
New York governor seeks cuts of $1 billion
States fail to report health provider sanctions
August 11, 2008
Panels address physician shortage in Maryland
Massachusetts leaders nip, tuck healthcare policy
New law to help warn New Jersey of hospital financial crises
Heart, cancer care help lead Chicago hospital’s revival
Guaranteed healthcare key plank in Dems’ platform
One New Jersey hospital closes, another expands
More hospitals sign up for Connecticut’s Charter Oak Health Plan
Fourth delay in Massachusetts care plan sought
Washington, DC’s Medicaid rules criticized
Aging baby boomers drive hospital growth in Maryland
August 8, 2008
New hospital is latest in Milwaukee-area boom
New York City Hospitals Corporation board member resigns as inquiry starts
Indianapolis-based system tries to improve healthcare with a card
Pacific Health’s plan to buy Anaheim (CA) Memorial meets with resistance
Rex Healthcare gets OK to build outpatient center
Older Hispanics find healthcare lacking in Florida
Six rules doctors need to know
Two Catholic hospitals in Florida to get one boss
Orlando hospitals give resort treatment to maternity rooms, services
Leavitt says new rules are not anti-birth control
Most Americans want healthcare reform
Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange not siding with healthcare workers union
Tenet Healthcare moving to downtown Dallas’ Fountain Place
States mandate ’culturally competent’ healthcare
August 7, 2008
Three Southern California hospitals accused of fraud
Mistakes to cost Illinois hospitals
University of Chicago Medical Center preps for addition
Florida-based hospital district auditor files whistle-blower suit
Mercy-Healthtrax building bought by Pittsburgh-based Jefferson Regional Medical Center
Florida International University medical school flooded with aspirants
Illinois governor rewriting bill to improve healthcare access
Anaheim (CA) General Hospital hit with dozens of citations over staffing, care
Prince George’s County, Maryland yet to deliver hospital funds
August 6, 2008
Average ER waiting time nears one hour, CDC says
Pennsylvania hospital claims UPMC denying care to children
August 5, 2008
Dwindling number of independent hospitals in Greater Cleveland struggle to survive
New York hospitals create outcry in foreign deal
More UCLA Medical Center employees peeked at celebrities’ records, state says
Cincinnati healthcare leaders sued
Federal prosecutors ask appeals court to let convictions of HealthSouth founder stand
University of Alabama Health System selects new CEO
Proposed New Orleans clinic gets $300,000 gift
UConn Health Care Center has five suitors
Holy Cross develops proposal to build hospital in Germantown, MD
Grady CEO faces deficit, patient loss
Connecticut governor defends Charter Oak plan
Cape Cod Healthcare to cut 169 positions
Hospital plans to build over FDR Drive in New York City, but foes fear traffic
August 4, 2008
California considering laws modifying individual health insurance policies
Miami’s Jackson South getting ready to double its size
Jefferson Medical Center buys Bethel Park, PA, facility
Pittsburgh could see Philadelphia hospital tax
Cape Cod hospital CEO maps turnaround
State’s Medi-Cal program is being hit hard
Los Angeles-based Century City Doctors Hospital seeks buyer
Los Angeles law may keep homeless in hospitals
Immigrants facing deportation by U.S. hospitals
August 1, 2008
CMS releases 2009 IPPS final rule
California medical center names permanent CEO
’Rising star’ Miami hospital exec quits under cloud
Medicare adds to do-not-pay list
Boston hospital quits lobby association