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Insurers limit doctors, hospitals in state-run exchange plans
California's health insurance rates for a new state-run marketplace came in lower than expected this week, but one downside for many consumers will be far fewer doctors and hospitals to choose from. People who want UCLA Medical Center and its doctors in...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Health Insurance, St. John's Health Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Government
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LETTER: State Must Untie Advanced Practice Nurses’ Hands
With 400,000 new patients expected to enroll in health insurance plans in Connecticut under the Affordable Care Act, it's imperative for the legislature to pass a measure to untie the hands of advanced practice registered nurses to allow them to keep...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Nursing, Health and Medical Professionals
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Abortion clinics lose licenses again
State health regulators suspended the licenses of several abortion clinics owned by Associates in OB/GYN Care for the second time after an employee with no health care license or certification gave a patient a drug to induce an abortion at the Baltimore...
Tags: Common, Finance, Career and Workplace, Heart Problems, Abortion
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Some with defibrillators may safely play sports
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite expert guidelines advising against intense sports activity for people with implanted heart defibrillators, a new study suggests that some can compete without serious consequences. Researchers followed 372 athletes with...Tags: Medical Research, College Basketball, College Sports, Cardiologists, Yale School of Medicine
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Immigration bill would make it easier for foreign health workers to stay in U.S.
As reported by ModernHealthcare.com on Thursday, May 23, 2013: "After 30 hours of debate over a three-week period, the Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bipartisan immigration bill that would seek to strengthen the country's healthcare workforce...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Health and Safety at Work, Nursing
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Commentary: Hoag is committed to women's health
The recently completed affiliation between Hoag Hospital and St. Joseph Health (SJH) was the result of a thoughtful process by both organizations and their boards of directors. Our combined purpose was to create a collaborative network of care —...Tags: Corporate Officers, Abortion, Hospitals and Clinics, Planned Parenthood, Family
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Demolition begins at vacant downtown Jewel
Bulldozers have arrived at the former Jewel Osco site in downtown Wheaton, demolishing the building that has been vacant for several years. It'll make way for a new DuPage Medical Group building, which is expected to bring in new jobs and more...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals
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Four More Charged In Medicaid Fraud Case
The Hartford CourantFour people were arrested this week as the result of an investigation into Medicaid fraud that has already produced four arrests and one jail sentence for a former physician. The four allegedly plotted with former Plainville physician Richard Luzietti...Tags: Health Insurance, East Hartford, Plainville, Punishment, Crimes
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Hospital systems plan to cut jobs
INDIANAPOLIS - Two Indiana hospital systems say they're both cutting an undisclosed number of jobs by June 30 because of increasing economic and competitive pressure on the health care industry. Indianapolis-based St. Vincent Health and Evansville-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Online tool reduces inappropriate medical tests
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A web-based decision-making tool that alerts heart doctors when diagnostic tests would not be useful for a specific patient can curb wasteful procedures, according to a new study. "This educational tool helps doctors determine...Tags: Health and Safety at School, University of Florida, Radiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Woman on trial in slaying of aspiring model does not testify
Defense attorneys for a woman charged in the 2008 killing of an aspiring model and actress found strangled in a Santa Monica apartment rested their case Wednesday without calling their client to testify. Closing arguments were expected to begin...
Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials
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Vermont passes law allowing doctor-assisted suicide
ReutersBy Jason McLure May 20 (Reuters) - Vermont on Monday became the fourth U.S. state to end legal penalties for doctors who prescribe medication to terminally ill patients seeking to end their own lives. The law, which includes a number of safeguards...Tags: Laws, Assisted Suicide, Suicide, Pharmaceuticals, Crime, Law and Justice
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