Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Northwest Newborn & Pediatric Services, a neonatal physician group practice that provides patient care at two Seattle-area hospitals.
Nearly two-thirds of California voters favor a sweeping plan to overhaul healthcare that is now pending before the Legislature, according to a new survey from the Field Poll. Aimed at extending health coverage to all Californians who lack it, the measure attracted support from voters regardless of their party affiliation, region of residence, age or income, the poll found.
Nashville-based Healthways Inc. has signed a five-year agreement to provide wellness services to Rocky Mountain Health Plans. The agreement covers programs to encourage health plan members to take better care of themselves in part by offering incentives such as lower insurance premiums.
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Dallas-based Baylor Health System's debt rating, in part because of the hospital chain's expansion into Tarrant County has boosted its financial performance.
The departure of two executives from the West Penn Allegheny Health System in 2007 resulted in severance payouts of $2 million, weighing down the system's financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2008.
Premiums for employer-based health insurance rose 8.3 percent in California in 2007, well ahead of the national gain of 6.1 percent, according to the annual California Employer Health Benefits Survey. The survey found that the 8.3 percent increase was more than double the state's inflation rate of 3.4 percent.