Health-care's top executive salaries increase with complexity of system
The Coloradoan
As reform drives health-care systems to get bigger and more complex, salaries of top executives are growing with them. Total compensation for top health care officials in Northern Colorado over the last four years exceeded the national average, …

Hospitals mobilize on health cost bill
Boston Globe
By Liz Kowalczyk Last Monday, leaders from Partners HealthCare System Inc. gathered in the dark-paneled office of Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo to lay out their objections to his expansive 278-page plan to tame health care costs.

and more »

Obesity is crushing our health care system
Herald and News
In the Journal of Preventive Medicine, health-policy experts estimated 42 percent of American adults will be obese in 2030. That's a 9-point drop from an earlier projection. Forgive us if we don't cheer at the prospect of adding 32 million to the total …

and more »

Health care system up for genocide in Kashmir
Kashmir Watch
In effect, looking at how events unfolded during last week, it can be well said that healthcare system in Kashmir has killed no less than 358 kids over last four and half months. As details of this sordid and horrific tale emerge, many painful …

Health and Human Services launches new web-based tool
Alexandria Echo Press
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced the launch of a new web-based tool that will make it easier for all Americans to monitor and measure how the nation's health care system is performing.
HHS Launches New Web-Based Tool To Track Performance Of Nation's Health Care …ParamusPost.com
Viewpoints: VA Failing To Provide Timely Care; Roll Up Your Sleeves To Help …Kaiser Health News

all 4 news articles »

Health care industry's perfect storm
Dekalb Daily Chronicle
By KATE SCHOTT – kschott@shawmedia.com When local health care officials talk about the state of their industry, they say a perfect storm is brewing. Kevin Poorten, president and CEO of KishHealth System, and Michael Flora, executive director of the Ben …

and more »

Neither Public Nor Private: A Health-Care System Muddling Through
The Atlantic
By Timothy Jost The United States is unique among developed nations in the extent to which it has resisted a government-run health care system. Nevertheless, it has often been said that the United States has the most heavily regulated health care …
Could Chicago cut mental health services entirely in 2014? An unpersuasive …ChicagoNow (blog)
Medicaid Plan Under Attack [Albuquerque Journal, NM]Insurance News Net (press release)

all 12 news articles »

Middle man should not be between you, your doctor
The Newark Advocate
With the Supreme Court soon to rule on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a lot of Washington's focus is on health care in America. I, too, have been spending a great deal of time thinking about health care and what the right path is for …

and more »

Partners HealthCare in talks to buy new electronic records system
Boston.com (blog)
By Chelsea Conaboy, Globe Staff Partners HealthCare is in negotiations to replace its patchwork of electronic health records systems, built in-house by pioneers in the industry, with a single commercial system created by Wisconsin developer Epic …

and more »

Fitch Affirms OSF Healthcare System's (IL) Revs at 'A'; Outlook Stable
MarketWatch (press release)
CHICAGO, May 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Fitch Ratings has affirmed the 'A' rating on approximately $806.3 million of Illinois Finance Authority revenue bonds issued on behalf of OSF Healthcare System (OSF). A security interest in the unrestricted …
RPT – Fitch affirms OSF Healthcare System's (IL) revs at 'a'; outlook stableReuters

all 3 news articles »