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Struggling GA hospital faces physician suit
Of late, Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital has largely been in the news due to its precarious financial state. But this week, the hospital is drawing attention for a million-dollar suit filed by a Read more...
RI reviews med equipment CON process
Apparently concerned that something is lacking in how the process works, a group of Rhode Island lawmakers have set up a commission to study whether state health officials are managing the CON Read more...
Hospital says IA House speaker used position for retaliation
An Iowa hospital is accusing state House Speaker Pat Murphy of using his position to punish it after a labor dispute involving his wife. The facility, Dubuque-based Finley Hospital, notes that the Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Doctors support national health insurance; Humana covers oral cancer screenings; and much more...
> A new study suggests that a majority of U.S. doctors support the notion of instituting national health insurance. Read more...
Primary care shortage blocks healthcare reform
By the year 2020, the nation will need 140,000 family physicians--a 40 percent increase over what was needed two years ago--according to the American Academy of Family Physician's 2006 Physician Read more...
ALSO NOTED: CO delays raising malpractice award limits; Feds say vaccines might contribute to autism; and much more...
> Colorado has delayed plans to raise limits for judgments in malpractice suits. Report > Big news: It looks like federal authorities Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospitals offer more charity care; Senate approves health IT fund; and much more...
> Non-profits have begun offering charity to more patients in an effort to impress the IRS. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: FDA needs database update, more staff, leaders say
The FDA badly needs to hire more inspectors and update its database dedicated to tracking approved prescription drugs, according to a top agency official. Among other things, the agency needs to do Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: FDA says it needs bigger budget
This will come as no shock to FierceHealthcare readers: the FDA's leadership feels it can't do its job adequately without expanding its budget. The agency's asking for $375 million in fiscal Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Cincinnati hospitals give $44M in charity care; FDA gets tiny funding boost; and much more...
> Greater Cincinnati's hospitals have released a report which concludes that they gave more than $44 million in free care out in 2007. Read more...
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