Under a recently unveiled plan, Georgians would pay an extra $10 annually for each car they register to help fund a statewide trauma care network. The plan could provide millions of dollars to financially strapped Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Atlanta's Emory University is considering moving its hospital, outpatient clinic and some research facilities to one of the its satellite campuses. Emory is also considering another plan to consolidate hospital, outpatient and research facilities and expand its Crawford Long medical campus.
Congressional watchdogs have opened an investigation into potential mismanagement of a U.S. medical training program in Afghanistan. The program began in 2003 to reduce death rates for Afghan newborns and mothers, but numerous obstetricians and other healthcare workers have warned the Department of Health and Human Services that the program was in trouble.
Two more men who say they were sexually molested by Dr. George Reardon have filed lawsuits Thursday against St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, CT. The lawsuits claim the hospital was negligent in its supervision of the doctor during the 30 years he practiced there.
New Medicare rules for a small but promising class of cancer drugs may cause thousands of lymphoma patients to lose access to the treatment. The companies that make the drugs, and patient advocates, say the changes will cut reimbursement for the medicines and cause many hospitals to stop offering the treatments.
Massachusetts employers will spend an estimated $175 million more a year for health insurance under the state's healthcare reform law, according to a report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.