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Leapfrog names top hospital safety performers

September 25, 2008 — 1:26pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Leapfrog Group has named 33 hospitals to this year's list of its top safety performers, a number that has shrunk from prior years as the ratings organization has gotten tougher. This year, 26... Read more...

Study: PA hospital death rates for heart-bypass surgery hit new low

September 18, 2008 — 11:56am ET | By Anne Zieger
New research from a state group has concluded that the in-hospital death rate for heart-bypass surgery patients in Pennsylvania hit its lowest level in more than a decade during 2006. Bypass patient... Read more...

Man gets $350,000 heart bypass by stealing friend's identity

August 22, 2008 — 6:31am ET | By Anne Zieger
John Parsons apparently believed he would die without heart bypass surgery. To get it, the uninsured 57-year-old ex-convict took a step that has hospital officials shaking their heads--he managed to... Read more...

MA PPO offers medical tourism option

July 2, 2008 — 10:46am ET | By Anne Zieger
Here's a deal which, while unusual today, is likely to become far more common. Marlborough, MA-based Pinnacle Health, a PPO offering provider networks to self-funded employers, has struck a deal with... Read more...