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Hospitals
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CBS-BusinessWeek tag team takes on angioplasty
Questions continue to mount about when it’s appropriate to use catheters and stents to clear blockages of heart arteries. More…
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For some hospitals, tax breaks outstrip charity care
A story by Boston Globe reporters Scott Allen and Marcella Bombardieri questions the provision of nonprofit status for hospitals and…
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Hospitals avoid reporting disciplined docs
The nonprofit group Public Citizen has released a report showing that hospitals nationwide are taking advantage of loopholes to avoid…
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CMS reverses decision on access to Idaho inspection reports
An apparent “misinterpretation” of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services led to the federal agency warning Idaho to stop posting…
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Rise in uncompensated care forces hospital cuts
MinnPost.com‘s Dr. Kay Schwebke reported that uncompensated care — both charity care and bad debt taken on by hospitals to…
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S.C.: Pandemic plan handled H1N1, needs tweaking
Joey Holleman at The State reviewed South Carolina’s reaction to H1N1 and what it revealed about the state’s pandemic preparedness.…
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VA: Consent forms for human studies incomplete
According to a report released by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, an audit of representative VA…
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Have reporters written off single-payer system?
American Journal of Nursing‘s Jacob Molyneux writes about the nurses who were arrested while protesting a lack of representation for…
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Top N.Y. neurosurgeons suspended, sued
Heidi Evans of the New York Daily News has followed the story of a pair of embattled New York neurosurgeons,…
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Hospitals add real patients to ad campaigns
Andrew Adam Newman reports in The New York Times on the state of hospital advertising, citing some specific cases to…