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Sun Healthcare Shareholder Urges Board To Explore Sale Wall Street Journal One of Sun Healthcare Group Inc.'s (SUNH) largest shareholders issued a letter to the company's board urging it to explore a potential sale, a recommendation that comes as the nursing-home company has struggled due to lower reimbursement rates. ... See all stories on this topic » |
Healthcare Business News Calif. nurses set date for one-day strike ModernHealthcare.com By Ashok Selvam The California Nurses Association and National Nurses United announced a one-day strike at eight hospitals next week, including the Bay Area hospital where a patient died in September under the care of a nurse hired to replace striking ... See all stories on this topic » |
Little Privacy in Health Care -- Shame on Us Huffington Post (blog) While it may sound like HIPAA is a small animal at the zoo, it actually stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It has made health care professionals change the practice of how they protect patient information. ... See all stories on this topic » |
Bloomberg Criticizes Decision on Morning-After Pill New York Times (blog) Mr. Bloomberg, who has taken a strong interest in public health and prides himself on deferring to guidance from scientists, addressed the controversy over the medication in Queens, just before joining Kathleen Sebelius, the Health and Human Services ... See all stories on this topic » |
California overhauls mental health department San Jose Mercury News California has begun transitioning its mental health services program to concentrate care on the most serious patients residing in state mental hospitals and prisons, but the cost-cutting move is raising concerns about patient care from state workers. ... See all stories on this topic » |
Health Management Associates Names Kerry Gillespie as Executive Vice President ... MarketWatch (press release) This decision reflects current and anticipated growth, including the integration of the newly acquired, seven-hospital Tennova Healthcare in East Tennessee and the recently announced letter of intent to joint venture five Oklahoma hospitals currently ... See all stories on this topic » |
Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings Inc. (ENDP): Today's Featured Health Care Winner TheStreet.com By TheStreet Wire 12/12/11 - 04:01 PM EST Endo Pharmaceutical Holdings (ENDP) pushed the Health Care sector higher today making it today's featured health care winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.9%. By the end of trading, ... See all stories on this topic » |
Student health plans could carry out-of-network costs Greenville News "There certainly is the potential for a student to face a large financial burden if the student doesn't have other insurance and has a major health care need," Pisano said. Students and parents should understand the benefits and limits of options, ... See all stories on this topic » |
KLAS: Healthcare Orgs Ambivalent about Cloud Diagnostic Imaging By Diagnostic Imaging Staff | December 12, 2011 While 71 percent of healthcare organizations are either using or considering the deployment of cloud computing or storage technologies, trust in public-cloud services such as those offered by Amazon, ... See all stories on this topic » |
Chemerinsky's health-care reform position flawed The Journal News | LoHud.com Erwin says we are all engaged in commerce because at some point "literally everyone will use the health care system." That might be a valid point if the health care system and insurance therefor were likewise interstate in nature. ... See all stories on this topic » |
A Private Health Care Monopoly? PolicyMic Health care agencies are falsely assumed to be part of the free-market when in fact, they lack the defining factors of such. Managed Care Organizations drive the state of health care, decide who, when, and where care should be provided and encourage ... See all stories on this topic » |
High Court Plans Debate Over Health Care Reform Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) - The Supreme Court laid out the briefing schedule for Florida and the government to debate the constitutionality of health care reform, an issue that has divided the federal appeals courts over the last year. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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Report: When physicians have a financial incentive, health care spending increases DOTmed.com According to research, the resounding answer is yes, and although the federal government and medical associations are attempting to curb the practice — known as self-referral — the battle is still waging within the health care community. ... See all stories on this topic » |
Agility Health Forms Strategic Partnership in Greater Pittsburgh Market PR Newswire (press release) "By emphasizing clinical excellence, compassion, respectful healthcare, community commitment and professionalism, we're building an enthusiastic client following that literally carries our name far and wide – and then writes home to tell about it. ... See all stories on this topic » |
Healthcare Lenders Walker & Dunlop Open Nashville Office, Hire VP Senior Housing News Strange will run the Nashville office with support from several analysts and underwriters who will focus on multifamily and healthcare loan originations utilizing FHA financing. "As we pursue our mission to be the premier commercial real estate finance ... See all stories on this topic » |
Cornerstone Health Care to hire 135 employees and invest $25 million Winston-Salem Journal Cornerstone Health Care said Monday that it plans to hire 135 new employees and invest more than $25 million in the company. The independent physician group, based in High Point, plans to shift from a traditional fee-for-service model to one that ... See all stories on this topic » |
Acadia Healthcare exec get big pay raises The Tennessean Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc. has given several executives including Chief Executive Joey A. Jacobs big pay raises. In a regulatory filing, the Franklin-based behavioral health care provider said Jacobs' base salary is now $500000, a 129 percent increase ... See all stories on this topic » |
New Solution for Insurance Brokers Facing Group Health Plan Cancellations Clarifying Health (blog) Approximately 50% of US small businesses with less than 50 employees do not offer group health insurance to their employees. This figure is expected to greatly increase in 2012 due to: 1. Employer Contribution Requirements – Insurance companies require ... See all stories on this topic » |
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