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NewsHospital association and NAACP embattled over diversity reporting
The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) are arguing about public reporting on commitments to diversity after CHA released Read more...
Staff reductions, operational reviews help hospitals avoid recession downturn
While most hospitals nationwide fell victim in one way or another to the recent recession, facilities in Fairfield, Conn., seem to have found the magic elixir to avoiding such trouble. A combination Read more...
Connecticut hospitals cite $718M in community benefit spending
Connecticut hospitals spent $718 million--or 9.4 percent of total hospital revenue--on community benefit programs in 2007, according to a new report from the Connecticut Hospital Association. The Read more...
Hospitals fight penalties for delaying reports of cancer cases to state
The Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) is fighting a proposed penalty that would charge hospitals as much as $1,000 a day for delaying reports of cancer cases to the state's tumor registry. CHA Read more...
NY-area hospitals see increased number of uninsured immigrants
Hospitals in the New York area are seeing an increased number of uninsured or underinsured immigrants, a trend that is proving to be an enormous financial burden. For example, the 29 hospitals in the Read more...
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