A job fair has been scheduled to fill positions at the former Gadsden Community Hospital in Quincy, Fla., which has been closed since 2005 but is set to reopen in June, according to a report in the Tallahassee Democrat.
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Five states — Georgia, Indiana, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming — have opted out of running their own high-risk insurance pools, according to a report by the New York Times.
A groundbreaking was held in Mt. Vernon, Ill., for the new Good Samaritan Hospital. The project is expected to cost $237 million and includes an adjoining medical office building and surgery center, according to a report by WJBD Radio.
Citing the state's "any-willing-provider" law, Georgia's Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia must allow Northeast Georgia Cancer Care of Athens into its HMO plan, according to a report in American Medical News.
Merger plans for Valley Baptist Health System, based in Harlingen, Texas, and Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco, Texas, have ended, according to a report by the KGBT News.
The Tennessee Senate has approved a $239 million assessment on hospitals to pay for TennCare, the state's longstanding Medicaid expansion program, according to a report by Bloomberg Business Week.
Tri-County Memorial Hospital in Gowanda, N.Y., destroyed in a 2009 flood, will be rebuilt at another location at a cost of $18.5 million, according to a report by the Healthcare Association of New York State.
The new healthcare reform law will have a $25 million "negative impact" on 321-bed Midland (Texas) Memorial Hospital over 10 years, according to a report in the Midland Reporter-Telegram.
Excessive administrative complexity related to billing costs physicians practices nearly 12 percent of their net patient revenue, according to a study in Health Affairs.
UnitedHealth Group will immediately stop terminating coverage for policyholders after they become ill, complying with the new health reform law months ahead of schedule, according to a report by Reuters.