Northeast Region news and information

Steward Health Care System is blaming Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island for tanking its bid to buy Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket, R.I.
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Connecticut hospitals would win big under the CMS' latest update of its controversial rural-floor policy.
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PITTSBURGH—UPMC, a not-for-profit health system with its tax-exempt status under attack, is fighting back with a lawsuit against its hometown and mayor. The health system's lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleges the city of Pittsburgh...
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NEW YORK—Amid upheaval in Brooklyn's hospital industry, a study released last week captures the health needs of residents in some of the borough's poorer neighborhoods who suffer from high rates of chronic illness. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Brownsville and Crown Heights residents...
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NEW YORK—Cigarettes would have to be kept out of sight in New York City stores under a first-in-the-nation plan unveiled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg last week, igniting complaints from retailers and smokers who said they've had enough with the city's crackdowns. Shops from corner stores...
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Pittsburgh's mayor said UPMC should pay property and payroll taxes because the hospital operator fails to meet state criteria for tax exemption, citing legal counsel that found the UPMC system likely spends too little on free care for low-income patients and too much on executive compensation to...
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Funding cuts from the state of New York are expected to sock publicly funded hospitals, particularly SUNY Downstate Medical Center, which has less than five months before it could face insolvency.
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PITTSBURGH—Insurer Highmark closed on a deal for its first hospital under a costly plan to diversify and compete with the region's well-financed and largest health system. Jefferson Regional Medical Center, in Jefferson Hills, Pa., will receive $100 million for capital projects under...
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PITTSBURGH—The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center announced that LifeSolutions, its not-for-profit organization that specializes in employee assistance programs, has acquired Erie, Pa.-based Northwest Beacon EAP. Though financial details of the agreement are not being released,...
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NEW YORK—Bellevue Hospital Center in New York announced it has started to admit patients again after damage from superstorm Sandy in October forced the hospital to evacuate more than 700 patients and close. The hospital is one of two owned by New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.
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