> The California Public Employees Retirement System, usually known as CalPERS, has agreed to pay Blue Cross of California $225 million over three years to run its self-funded PPO plans. Article [1]
> A D.C.-based retail clinic [2] operator with an unusual approach to the business has set plans to open clinics across the region over the next 12 months. Article [3]
> Here's how Dayton-area hospitals are pumping up their physician recruitment efforts. Article [4]
> Hospitals in Denver are on board with the national trend of adding more private beds to their facilities. (Seems double-beds are going the way of the dodo bird.) Article [5]
And Finally... The new "heart bra" may change the way clinicians treat heart failure. Article [6]
Links:
[1] http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2007/09/10/newscolumn2.html?b=1189396800^1515982
[2] https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=91705&sessionid=1&key=C4A581151B3B33333AB532CE7D88ACEF&partnerref=webad&sourcepage=register
[3] http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/09/10/story16.html?b=1189396800^1517061
[4] http://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/09/10/focus1.html?b=1189396800^1515989
[5] http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/09/10/story16.html?b=1189396800^1517233
[6] http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/09/10/focus6.html?b=1189396800^1517308