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NewsHospitals fight multimillion dollar state Medicaid cuts
Hospitals in Florida will see Medicaid payments slashed by $2 billion under a new state budget for 2012, joining recent hefty reimbursement cuts in New Hampshire, Arizona, and California. Designed to Read more...
Medicaid cuts costing hospitals more jobs
With state budgets cutting Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, hospitals big and small are feeling the effects of the lost funds. To make up for the reductions, large hospital chains in Texas are Read more...
More mass layoffs as hospitals face payment cuts
With state budget cuts to Medicaid reimbursements and a weak economy, more hospitals are turning to mass layoffs to conserve resources, according to an Advisory Board Company report. Hospitals had 13 Read more...
Budget woes lead to massive nurse layoffs at two hospitals
Two public hospitals in Cook County, Ill., are cutting 138 nursing jobs to save money. The mass layoffs, which the nurses union deemed the "Valentine's Day massacre," will hit Provident and Oak Read more...
State budget cuts jeopardize emergency preparedness
Although the nation's public health system is well-prepared to deal with health emergencies, severe budget cuts threaten to undo years of progress, according to a national review of how well states Read more...
Patients lose organ transplants thanks to state budget cuts
In Arizona, low-income patients are being denied life-saving medical care because of state budget cuts, reports the Arizona Republic. Nearly 100 patients enrolled in the Arizona Health Care Cost Read more...
Arizona becomes first state to drop children's health program
Faced with a $2.6 billion projected shortfall next year, Arizona's new budget will leave 47,000 low-income children without health insurance. Although three states, including Arizona, have in the Read more...
Survey: Economy has caused infection prevention reduction
A new survey conducted by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology concluded that many hospitals have had to cut back on various infection prevention measures due to Read more...
Are industry's promises to cut $2T smoke and mirrors?
Yesterday, several top interest groups in the healthcare world came together to announce that they were prepared to take steps to cut healthcare cost growth significantly over the next decade, saving Read more...
AMA to cut 100 positions in DC and Chicago
To "offset declining revenues amid the ongoing economic downturn," the American Medical Association reports that it is set to cut 8.3 percent of its staff, or 100 positions, from its Chicago and Read more...
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