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Cleveland Clinic will pay tuition for med school students
Following a practice that is growing increasingly common, the Cleveland Clinic says that it plans to pay the entire tuition bill for the 32 students entering its medical education program later this Read more...
Trend: Medical prices set to jump again
While medical prices fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2007, observers say that health costs likely will shoot up again, soon. According to an article in the journal Health Affairs by author Read more...
Case study: In metro Boston, the return of the house call
A non-profit primary care practice serving the Boston metro area has seen improved outcomes in caring for the frail elderly by re-instituting the age old practice of making house calls. Urban Medical Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Pfizer, GSK hike prices to boost sales
Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline boosted wholesale drug prices by about 9 percent on their 10 best-sellers last year. These price increases come as both companies brace for generic competition for Read more...
Case study: Hospital takes lessons from Toyota
Among a certain breed of progressive hospitals, it's becoming increasingly in vogue to lift Read more...
Trend: Hospitals spending to care for obese
Here's another story bringing home an issue which we've covered in the past here in FierceHealthcare. With growing Read more...
Building momentum for health facilities
A new report suggests that the hospital and health facility building boom will continue at least through 2010, when it's likely to exceed $60 billion. That's a big number, even by the industry's Read more...
MN officials focus on chronic disease care
Increasingly, states are beginning to focus on management of chronic diseases as a means for getting massive healthcare costs under control. This week, Minnesota is joining the pack. Legislators Read more...
OIG gives thumbs up to prompt-pay discounts
The HHS Office of the Inspector General has given its approval to a healthcare system's plan to offer prompt-pay discounts to patients who pay their share of their medical bills quickly. The system Read more...
LifePoint hospitals sees 30% profit drop for '07
It seems that LifePoint Hospitals took a beating in fiscal 2007. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based chain said that despite raised revenues, profits fell 20 percent, undermined by volume losses of 15 percent Read more...
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