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On health, President Obama takes team approach
New York Times, March 3, 2009
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Loyola University Medical Center to do hearts 24/7
Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2009
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$17 million deficit for UConn Health Center this fiscal year
Hartford Courant, March 3, 2009
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Pennsylvania senators question cut to hospital funding
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3, 2009
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Doctors seek fees at time of service
Washington Post, March 3, 2009
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Spotlight:
Budget Analysis: Does This Kind of Health Reform Work for You?
President Obama's budget proposal calls for a switch to bundled payments for hospitalizations of Medicare patients. This could eliminate the perverse incentives hospitals have to readmit patients.
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On health, President Obama takes team approach
New York Times, March 3, 2009
Sebelius, DeParle named to healthcare posts
Washington Post, March 3, 2009
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Loyola University Medical Center to do hearts 24/7
Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2009
$17 million deficit for UConn Health Center this fiscal year
Hartford Courant, March 3, 2009
Seattle Children's growth plan finds friends, foes at hearing
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 3, 2009
Coral Springs (FL) Medical Center ER to expand
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 2, 2009
Wellington, FL, hospital opens level 3 NICU
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 2, 2009
New Orleans-area hospitals bleeding money
New Orleans Times-Picayune, March 2, 2009
Rhode Island-based St. Joseph Health Services imposes pay cuts, layoffs
Providence Journal, March 2, 2009
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Pennsylvania senators question cut to hospital funding
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3, 2009
Maryland legislation seeks to limit hospital interest rates
Baltimore Sun, March 2, 2009
Bill would limit funding for Florida's Medicaid pilot
AP/Miami Herald, March 3, 2009
North Carolina OKs hospital expansion
Charlotte Observer, March 2, 2009
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Harvard medical school in ethics quandary
New York Times, March 3, 2009
Doctors seek fees at time of service
Washington Post, March 3, 2009
A hurdle for health reform: Patients and their doctors
New York Times, March 3, 2009
Short of dentists, Maine adds teeth to doctors' training
New York Times, March 3, 2009
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Massachusetts General Hospital to use genetics to personalize cancer care
Boston Globe, March 3, 2009
Two Chicago hospital patients with bacterial infections die
Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2009
Executives at Towson, MD, medical center on leave during investigation
Baltimore Sun, March 2, 2009
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Communications networks connect, divide Iowa hospitals
Des Moines Register, March 2, 2009
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Live from AMGA:
Harvesting New Physician Leaders
Physician leadership is a big topic at this year's AMGA annual conference, which kicked off with an all-day pre-conference workshop on "How to Groom the Next Generation of Physician Leaders."
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media
March 3, 2009
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Lead Time Blog:
Plan B Doesn't Look So Bad
It became clear in the days after Sen. Tom Daschle's tumbling fall from grace as HHS nominee that there was no Plan B to quickly fall behind him. It took almost a month of (hopefully) careful vetting to put forth Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius as HHS Secretary, or fully half of the healthcare leadership role that President Obama had intended for Daschle.
Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Media
March 2, 2009
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News:
Complete Economic Stimulus Coverage
President Barack Obama has signed a $787 billion stimulus bill into law, and expanding healthcare coverage is clearly one of the plan's largest priorities: Approximately $150 billion is dedicated to healthcare expenditures. The Medicaid supplemental funding and $19 billion earmarked to pay up to 65% of COBRA premiums for laid-off workers are the top two biggest expenditures and comprise more than two-thirds of targeted healthcare spending, for example. Here you will find a comprehensive list of news and analysis about this historic event.
HealthLeaders Media
February 2009
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Audio:
Planning Through the Crisis
Jason Sussman, a partner at Kaufman-Hall, discusses the myriad challenges hospital CFOs are currently dealing with, from forced layoffs to an inability to borrow.
Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media
March 2, 2009
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