Funding plan stirs hospital trauma
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Proposed reimbursement rules for hospitals that treat uninsured patients would cut millions of dollars from annual payments to Massachusetts hospitals that provide care for the majority of low-income and uninsured residents, according to new state projections.
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The president of the American Hospital Association discusses how Bush's proposed budget cuts could hurt the nation's medical facilities.
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The multi-billion-dollar health care programthat helps fund everything from medical colleges to insurance for poor children may run a shortfall by the end of the state fiscal year.
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THERE WASN'T a whisper of opposition last week at the state Public Health Council as Massachusetts General Hospital presented its plan to replace some old buildings with a $498 million complex that will include a larger emergency department, 71 surgical suites, and 150 new beds. The council approved the plan unanimously, but the expansion raises the question of whether the ...
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Health care professionals across the state say a new federal program that will give $1 billion to hospitals nationwide that provide emergency care to undocumented
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LOS ANGELES A civil rights debate is surrounding the proposed closure of a trauma unit at a troubled Los Angeles County public hospital.
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A hospital group is supporting a patient whose insurer wouldn't cover her surgeon who was working in a hospital covered by the company, but outside the network.
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A state commission also plans to force more hospitals to merge or cut beds, according to several people briefed on the panelÂs report.
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CHICAGO -- Hundreds of hospitals around the country are joining the most ambitious project ever undertaken to give faster emergency room care to people suffering major heart attacks.
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Frustrated that Prince George's County leaders have no solution for their hospital system's financial troubles, the county's legislative delegation introduced a bill yesterday that would transfer ownership of the system to a state authority.
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SALINAS, Calif. -- Central Coast hospitals are trying to figure out where they&#39;re going to send patients with severe trauma after hearing the news that the San Jose Medical Center will be closing soon.
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The struggles of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta are emblematic of the crippling effect Americaâs health care crisis has had on public hospitals around the nation.
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Plans designed to cut the number of people who go to hospital instead of their GP are set to unveiled.
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Thousands of people could be paying for health care when the NHS should be footing the bill, it is thought.
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Patients with serious injuries are put at risk by untested and potentially dangerous treatments, experts say.
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A Montgomery County hospital where a 29-year-old patient suffered extreme malnutrition before his death could face steep state fines within weeks and even the loss of federal Medicare funding this fall because of serious failings in care.
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Violence and abuse against staff costs the NHS more than Â£100m a year, according to a BBC investigation.