Michigan news and information

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder checked off one of the major priorities of his first term on Monday, signing into law a measure that will make hundreds of thousands of state residents eligible for Medicaid.
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A new survey sponsored by Detroit-based Covisint shows 58% of 50 senior level executives give high marks for exchanging health information online.
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This Labor Day, let us reflect on the trials of the millions of our fellow Americans who struggle to make ends meet in part-time and near-minimum wage jobs that do not provide health insurance.
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The Michigan Senate's intense, months-long debate over Medicaid expansion and the federal healthcare law is not over, even after the Republican-controlled chamber's milestone vote to provide health insurance to hundreds of thousands of low-income residents.
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The hunt for the Griffin, a ship built and once commanded by legendary French explorer La Salle, has taken an unlikely detour from northern Lake Michigan to a small-town hospital, where modern technology may help determine whether a wooden slab is wreckage from the 17th century vessel.
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The Michigan Senate narrowly voted Tuesday night to make more low-income adults eligible for Medicaid, a major step toward Michigan becoming the 24th state to accept a key component of the reform law.
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Patrick Muldoon has been hired as president of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., effective Aug. 26.
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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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The owner of Rochester Hills-based Michigan Hematology Oncology Centers and founder of the not-for-profit Swan for Life Cancer Foundation faces charges of healthcare fraud at U.S. District Court today for his role in an alleged $35 million Medicare billing scheme.
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David Share, M.D., senior vice president of value partnerships with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, has been shepherding the Blues' patient-centered medical home project during the five years of its existence.
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