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By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
Baystate Health, a healthcare network in western Massachusetts, is cutting 55 jobs and eliminating 120 vacant positions as a result of a $37 million projected budget shortfall.Baystate Health...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
The Tenet Healthcare Corp. has formed a wholly owned operating subsidiary, Conifer Health Solutions, Inc., which will offer a full range of revenue cycle management and patient communication services....
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
Voters in Dallas County, Texas, overwhelmingly approved a bond measure on Tuesday that would replace 54-year-old Parkland Memorial Hospital with a larger, modern facility.The $747 million bon...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
A group of more than 15,000 U.S. physicians has called on President-elect Barack Obama and the new Congress to "do the right thing" and enact a single-payer national health insurance plan, a...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 05, 2008
Louisiana's $7 billion-plus Medicaid program will need another $450 million in the next budget year just to retain the status quo, the state's health secretary said this week.Department of He...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 05, 2008
The University of Michigan Health System has announced a hiring freeze for non-patient care jobs in its hospitals and health centers unit.UMHS has also asked certain non-patient care departme...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 05, 2008
The Precision Dynamics Corporation announced Tuesday that it has acquired TimeMed Labeling Systems, Inc., a provider of specialty healthcare labels, to develop its patient safety identification soluti...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | November 05, 2008
Last night Barack Obama made history, elected as the 44th U.S. president and the first African American to hold the office, he declared "change has come." In a text message sent las...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 05, 2008
Tenet Healthcare Corp. missed analysts' earnings estimates and shares plummeted more than 25 percent Tuesday after it reported dismal third-quarter results that were only slightly helped by the sale o...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 04, 2008
A southwestern Pennsylvania hospital is planning a $3 million renovation that will include expanding its emergency room and creating a new specialized surgical care area.Cindy Cowie, chief ex...