> Connecticut approved a plan that should almost triple the state's Hospital Hardship Fund for 2008. The new fund should include $30 million, up from $11 million for fiscal 2007. Article [1]
> HMOs could boost monthly premiums 14.1 percent in 2008, the biggest rate increase in four years. Article [2]
> New York's physicians can't be happy. The state Insurance Department has approved a 14 percent medical malpractice rate hike. Article [3]
> Tennessee has applied for a CMS grant in an effort to cut infant mortality rates. Article [4]
> Minnesota will soon require providers and insurers to file claims electronically. FierceHealthIT [5]
And Finally... It's a good thing alligators like bologna, or things could have gotten ugly. Article [6]
Links:
[1] http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-01122612.apds.m0665.bc-ct--statjul01,0,2698324.story
[2] http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007707020333
[3] http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2007/07/02/daily10.html?b=1183348800^1485820
[4] http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2007/07/02/daily10.html?b=1183348800^1486150
[5] http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/mn-requires-insurers-providers-to-file-electronically/2007-07-02
[6] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070705/ap_on_fe_st/odd_alligator_caught;_ylt=AhE5_wdqh.V5PoXU1Hl7TnzMWM0F