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NewsUCSD Medical Center faces DoJ suit for alleged immigrant discrimination
The Justice Department yesterday announced it is suing University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center of alleged discrimination against immigrant employees and job applicants. The Justice Read more...
Religious discrimination okayed by hospital seeking merger
City commissioners in Tarpon Springs, Fla., voted earlier this week to allow hiring to be based on religion at Helen Ellis Hospital, according to the St. Petersburg Times. The vote, which was 5-0, Read more...
Obama administration may repeal 'right of conscience' rule
As expected, the Obama administration has moved to take back a federal "right of conscience" rule put in effect in the last hours of the Bush administration. HHS has filed a proposal to completely Read more...
Family members of critically ill patients at risk because of economy
Healthcare costs are rising, and the economy has gone sour. Experts say the unique pressures of the current situation put critically ill patients who are on employer-provided health plans at risk, Read more...
Bush administration finalizes stronger provider 'conscience' rule
Amidst considerable controversy, the Bush administration has gone ahead and finalized a rule that gives health workers greater latitude to participate in care they find morally objectionable, Read more...
HHS supports stronger 'provider conscience' options
HHS has proposed new regulations that would strengthen protections offered to doctors and other healthcare providers who refuse to participate in abortions due to religious or moral objections. If Read more...
| Press Releases77% of Physicians Concerned about Disruptive Physician Behavior at their Institutions: QuantiaMD and ACPE Study Finds840-Physician Study Shows 70% Regularly Experience Disruptive Behavior, Affecting Patient Care and Satisfaction WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new study of 840 physicians and physician leaders Read more >> New report: 129 million Americans with a pre-existing condition could be denied coverage without new health reform lawWithout Affordable Care Act protections, in 2014, 1 in 2 non-elderly Americans could be denied coverage or charged more due to a pre-existing condition WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health and Human Read more >> RNs, Filipino Community Groups Charge Sutter Health/California Pacific with Hiring Ban on Filipino NursesRNs, Filipino Community Groups Charge Sutter Health/California Pacific with Hiring Ban on Filipino Nurses One of San Francisco’s biggest hospitals, Sutter Health’s California Read more >> |
