The Ohio Hospital Association and the Ohio Alliance for Health Transformation are gathering signatures to put expanding the state's Medicaid program on the 2014 ballot, according to a WOSU Public Media report.
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The U.S. is the least efficient among countries with advanced economies when it comes to healthcare, spending the most on a relative cost basis and experiencing the worst outcomes, according to a Bloomberg data analysis.
The pending closure of Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., would overburden the remaining providers of psychiatric care in the city, according to a report by Public Advocate and New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio.
The public opinion regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has maintained its negative slant this month, although a majority of Americans still opposed defunding the law, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation Poll.
Conservative activists gathered in Richmond, Va., Monday to voice their opposition to a potential Medicaid expansion, according to a report from The Washington Post.
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Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital, both in Columbus, have partnered with the city of New Albany, Ohio, in the creation of a new $12.25 million community health center in New Albany, according to a report…
Torrington, Conn.-based Charlotte Hungerford Hospital is reconsidering the construction of its proposed cancer center in East Litchfield, Conn., according to a report from the County Times.
Hospitals in New York will be required to go smoke-free in less than three months, after a bill banning smoking on hospital and residential healthcare facilities grounds was signed into law by Gov. Thomas Cuomo, according to a report from…
HHS announced today that it has awarded $150 million to more than 1,000 health centers in all 50 states for the purpose of assisting the centers in enrolling uninsured Americans in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's new coverage…
HHS announced that it has awarded 2013 funding to all 50 states, eight territories, and Chicago, LA County, New York City and Washington D.C. for improving response capabilities to public health emergencies.