St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., has settled a lawsuit jointly filed by 32 former patients of the now deceased George Reardon, MD, who claim the physician had molested them as children, according to an NECN news…
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Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey, Mich., will be eliminating 48 positions due to a particularly difficult winter, according to a Harbor Light Newspaper.
UCLA Health System CEO David Feinberg, MD, attributes the health system's successful operations to prioritizing patients and paying special attention to the healing process, according to an LA Times news report.
Thirty-two nurses at Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital in Ely, Minn., rejected the hospital's final contract offer and authorized a strike, according to a Minnesota Nurses Association news release.
Hendersonville, N.C.-based Park Ridge Health has sent a letter to Gov. Beverly Perdue urging the state to protect competition against Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System as part of the health system's Certificate of Public Advantage agreement with the state, according…
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The Oregon House has reached an impasse on a proposed a health insurance exchange bill due to divided opinions on whether the exchange should be allowed to negotiate for lower rates with health insurers, according to a BusinessWeek news report.
Moody's Investors Service has upgraded HCA Holdings' stock from a junk-level to a B1 rating, four steps below investment grade, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers has released a proposed budget for the state which includes a 4 percent tax on hospital revenue and an 11.5 percent cut in Medicare payments to providers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
The Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare Act, which was introduced early this year by three U.S. representatives, could reduce the national deficit by $14 billion through 2016 and $57 billion through 2021, according to estimates published by the Congressional…
The Department of Health & Human Services has cut $42 million from the Hospital Preparedness Program for the rest of fiscal year 2011, according to an AHA News Now news report.