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HMA shareholders vote to elect new board

By Beth Kutscher | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web

Shareholders of Health Management Associates have voted to elect eight new directors to the chain's board, activist investor Glenview Capital Management said.
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FTC, Phoebe Putney in settlement talks over disputed acquisition

By Joe Carlson | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web

The Federal Trade Commission and Phoebe Putney Health System are in settlement talks to resolve a bitterly disputed court battle over a $200 million hospital acquisition in southwest Georgia.
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Advocates question Ohio health 'navigators' rules

By Ann Sanner / Associated Press | August 12, 2013

An Ohio legislative panel on Monday cleared new state rules for professionals guiding people through the insurance marketplaces created by the federal healthcare law, despite concerns from some consumer groups that the regulations create confusion.
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Medtronic buys telehealth provider Cardiocom

By Joseph Conn | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web

Medical-device maker Medtronic, Minneapolis, is making a push into the world of pure-play health information technology with the acquisition of telehealth and patient remote-monitoring services provider Cardiocom, a privately held firm based in Chanhassen, Minn.
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Delta states get $5.4M in grants to target chronic disease

By Steven Ross Johnson | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web

A dozen providers in a low-income part of the country will receive $5.4 million in federal funding to address a number of chronic conditions that affect residents there at a more frequent rate compared with the rest of the country.
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Iowa firm alerts former patients about security lapse

By Associated Press | August 12, 2013

A Davenport, Iowa, company has alerted nearly 1,200 former hospital patients about a website data security lapse that exposed their names and birth dates to identity theft.
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CMS offers smartphone apps to track payments

By Rachel Landen | August 12, 2013 | Basic Web

With the Aug. 1 implementation of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, the CMS has launched two mobile smartphone applications to help physicians, drug and medical-device manufacturers, and group purchasing organizations track payments and other transfers of value.
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Specialty Compounding recalls sterile medications

By Associated Press | August 11, 2013

The Food and Drug Administration on Sunday announced a recall of all products produced and distributed for sterile use by Specialty Compounding because of concerns about bacterial infections
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New Texas medical school under scrutiny

By Associated Press | August 11, 2013

As the University of Texas prepares to open its medical school in Austin in 2016, it is negotiating the delicate agreements between public university and the religiously-affiliated health care provider who will train its doctors.
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Analysis shows overall improvements in care at N.Y. hospitals

By Michael Virtanen / Associated Press | August 11, 2013

A new analysis of New York hospital data showed a reduction in surgical death rates and improvements in treating serious illnesses over a decade despite higher post-surgical infections and deaths from operations where part of the skull is removed.
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