Staffing and Labor news and information

A traveling hospital technician accused of infecting dozens of patients with hepatitis C through needles tainted with his own blood reached an agreement with prosecutors that would give him a sentence of as little as 30 years instead of the nearly 100 he could have faced if convicted in a trial.
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When voters OK'd a ballot measure intended to limit what El Camino Hospital could pay its executives and managers, the hospital's board worried about the implications for hiring.
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In a growing number of contracts with providers, private health insurers are embracing accountable care, a payment model that holds hospitals and doctors jointly responsible for controlling costs and improving patient outcomes.
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Eight years after leaving the AFL-CIO, the United Food and Commercial Workers will re-affiliate with the labor federation, delivering a blow to the remaining members of Change to Win, including Service Employees International Union and its 150,000 members who are healthcare workers.
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A shortage of information technology workers is a big concern in the healthcare industry. So it's no surprise that the professionals trained and capable of providing security for that digital information are also in short supply.
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HHS is preparing to award $54 million in grants to navigators—organizations that will provide impartial information about signing up for coverage on the state health insurance exchanges.
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Groups seeking to protect patients with chronic conditions from an increase in out-of-pocket spending beyond the limits set in the reform law aren't happy with a response from the Labor Department.
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Facebook friends. Transcripts of BlackBerry instant messages. Records of texts. Major League Baseball's investigators used an arsenal of high-tech tools to collect the evidence that persuaded a dozen players to accept 50-game suspensions this week for their ties to the Biogenesis clinic.
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Ruth Rothstein, the former chief of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services who was credited for turning around what was once an outdated public health system in Chicago into one of the country's leading models and was considered a major figure among public hospital leaders, has died at the age...
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President Barack Obama has enjoyed strong support from labor unions. But he's now facing the wrath of some labor leaders who argue that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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