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Online job demand for healthcare workers fell sharply in February

 Richard Pizzi March 03, 2010
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical occupations and support personnel fell in February, according to a report released this week.
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Fast Company selects top 10 innovators in healthcare

 Bernie Monegain February 22, 2010
GE, athenahealth, and Sermo are among the top 10 innovative healthcare companies named by Fast Company. Kaiser Permanente is the sole healthcare provider on the list.
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S&P says U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector is stabilizing

 Richard Pizzi February 18, 2010
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services believes the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector has begun to stabilize after a very difficult period.
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Troubled Manhattan hospital lays off 300 employees

 Richard Pizzi February 15, 2010
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan began laying off more than 300 workers last week in an attempt to avert a complete shutdown.
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Report: N.Y. hospitals trail peers in financial performance

 Richard Pizzi February 05, 2010
Academic medical centers have the best financial performance of any group of New York City hospitals, but they have significantly lower margins than those in other states, according to a new report.
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Online job demand for healthcare support workers increased in January

 Richard Pizzi February 02, 2010
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare support personnel rose in January, according to a report released this week.
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New York cancer care center uses automation to handle coding, reimbursement

 Chelsey Ledue January 29, 2010
Reimbursement has many practices in a tight spot, but one cancer care center in New York City has learned to control it using Waltham, Mass.-based IntrinsiQ’s IntelliDose and IntelliCharge.
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Healthcare investment outpaces IT investment for the first time


 Mike Miliard January 22, 2010
Venture capital investment in healthcare has exceeded that for information technology for the first time, according to new statistics released Friday.
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Web site names 10 'most powerful moms in healthcare'

 Chelsey Ledue January 21, 2010
With the national debate raging around Healthcare reform, workingmother.com has named the “Most Powerful Moms in Healthcare."
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Survey: Employer satisfaction with health insurers is declining

 Chelsey Ledue January 19, 2010
Employers have become less satisfied with their health insurers, according to a study released Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute.
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Commonwealth Fund survey says New Orleans safety-net clinics are succeeding

 Chelsey Ledue January 18, 2010
A Commonwealth Fund survey of safety-net clinic patients in New Orleans finds that only 27 percent went without needed healthcare because of cost, compared to 41 percent of adults across the country.
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New York hospitals, nursing homes fined for drug dumping

 Richard Pizzi January 14, 2010
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced financial settlements this week with five healthcare facilities located in the New York City region to immediately end the practice of disposing of pharmaceutical waste into the watershed.
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California, Midwest markets see healthcare job growth

 Richard Pizzi January 12, 2010
The HWS Labor Market Pulse Index, a quarterly barometer of local market healthcare workforce fluctuations, reveals broadening demand for healthcare workers across a number of regions, particularly in California and parts of the Midwest and Southwest, for the fourth quarter of 2009.
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Online job demand for healthcare workers increased in December

 Richard Pizzi January 07, 2010
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners and support personnel rose significantly in December, according to a report released this week.
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Cutting costs tops PWC list of top 10 healthcare issues for 2010

 Diana Manos December 17, 2009
Squeezing every penny out of healthcare costs will top the healthcare industry's focus for 2010, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Seven more states to receive federal matching funds for EHRs

 Chelsey Ledue December 09, 2009
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that Medicaid programs in seven states will receive federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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Study: 1 in 3 adults is a caregiver

 Chelsey Ledue December 09, 2009
Many adults are juggling part-time caregiving and full-time job requirements, according to a new study.
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Pharma companies could face rising tax rates

 Richard Pizzi December 01, 2009
The global financial crisis, government pressure, changing market dynamics for an industry experiencing significant change, and rapidly evolving healthcare reforms are likely to drive up taxes for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry, according to a new report.
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HCA's financial outlook positive, says ratings firm

 Richard Pizzi November 30, 2009
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA, Inc., to positive from stable and affirmed all of the for-profit hospital giant's bond ratings.
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Vendor Notebook - Meta Health Technology wins software contract with Premier member hospitals

Eric Wicklund November 25, 2009
Meta Health Technology has been awarded a 36-month contract by Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, to provide Premier's more than 2,200 member hospitals and 63,0000 additional healthcare sites with access to pre-negotiated pricing and terms for Meta's patient chart abstracting and electronic physician query software.
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