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• Health care co-ops in 8 states get federal loans - San Francisco Chronicle
  USA TODAYHealth care co-ops in 8 states get federal loansSan Francisco ChronicleAP Eliza Wiley Independent Record / AP John Morrison, president of the National Alliance of State Health Cooperatives, announces the move in Helena, Mont. Helena, Mont. -- Health care cooperatives being launched in eight states said Tuesday that they ...Obama administration loans […]
• Illinois Mental-Health Cuts Endanger All Patients' Doctor Access - Bloomberg
  Illinois Mental-Health Cuts Endanger All Patients' Doctor AccessBloombergThe cutting of mental-health facilities and Medicaid payments in budget-challenged Illinois threatens to swamp emergency rooms with low-income psychiatric patients and limit doctors' ability to treat others. Chicago's Public Health Department will ...and more » […]
• 5 dead in shooting at health spa outside Atlanta - msnbc.com
  Fox News5 dead in shooting at health spa outside Atlantamsnbc.comBy msnbc.com staff and news services Five people were killed in an apparent murder-suicide Tuesday night at a Norcross, Ga., health spa, northeast of Atlanta, local police said. On arrival at the scene, officers found four people dead, Norcross police ...Five dead in shooting at spa in Atlanta […]
• Automating health care still a daunting task - MarketWatch
  Automating health care still a daunting taskMarketWatch(MarketWatch) — The effort to drag the health-care industry into the technology age trudges onward, and it's still not clear whether the nation's 500000 to 600000 physicians will successfully make the journey. The key is getting patient data automated ...and more » […]
• Nebraska health insurance plan debate begins - CBS News
  Live Insurance NewsNebraska health insurance plan debate beginsCBS NewsThe road to Nebraska creating its own health insurance exchange could be a long one, as indicated Tuesday by nearly three hours of testimony before lawmakers. Lawmakers began discussion on two bills that would form the Nebraska Health Benefit Exchange ...Health insurance exchanges are a h […]
• Health-Care REIT Sabra Finds Higher Guidance, Payout Aid Shares - Wall Street Journal
  Health-Care REIT Sabra Finds Higher Guidance, Payout Aid SharesWall Street JournalBy AD Pruitt Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Shares of Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (SBRA), one of the country's largest public owners of nursing homes, were headed to the intensive-care unit last autumn after being roughed up by investors concerned over a steep ...Health Care REIT, […]
• WSJ BLOG/Health: FDA Approves New Suppliers for Scarce Cancer Drugs - Fox Business
  The Associated PressWSJ BLOG/Health: FDA Approves New Suppliers for Scarce Cancer DrugsFox Business(This story has been posted on The Wall Street Journal Online's Health Blog at http://blogs.wsj.com/health.) New supplies of two currently hard-to-find cancer drugs are on the way, according to the FDA. As Dow Jones Newswires reports, the FDA said it ...He […]
• Supreme Court extends arguments on health care - CBS News
  TPMSupreme Court extends arguments on health careCBS NewsParticipants display placards during a demonstration organized by the American Grass Roots Coalition and the Tea Party Express in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2010 in opposition to the health care reform bill. US President Barack Obama called for ...High court health care argument extended to 6 hrsBost […]
• Health IT Leaders Biggest Worry: Finding Qualified Staff - InformationWeek
  EHR BloggersHealth IT Leaders Biggest Worry: Finding Qualified StaffInformationWeekHospital CIOs say their biggest concern is lack of qualified health IT professionals, not a lack of funding, HIMSS survey reveals. By Neil Versel InformationWeek For the first time in more than a decade, healthcare CIOs did not name inadequate ...Electronic health records now […]
• Medco Health Solutions 4Q profit climbs 12 percent - The Associated Press
  The Associated PressMedco Health Solutions 4Q profit climbs 12 percentThe Associated PressMedco Health Solutions Inc.'s fourth-quarter net income rose 12 percent, as gains from generic prescriptions and the pharmacy benefits manager's specialty business helped offset costs from its pending acquisition by Express Scripts Inc. A new generic ...Medco […]