Puerto Rico news and information

The state of Illinois has informed new and transferring doctors to expect lengthy delays in issuing their medical licenses.
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In the years before he lost his Pennsylvania Senate seat in 2006, Rick Santorum worked hard to win hundreds of millions of dollars in additional Medicare money for hospitals in Puerto Rico.
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Universal Health Services has applied for permission to sell a 53-bed behavioral health hospital in New Castle, Del., to Pioneer Behavioral Health as part of Universal's $3.3 billion acquisition of Psychiatric Solutions.
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Johnson & Johnson's McNeil-PPC division cannot reopen a manufacturing plant in Fort Washington, Pa., without Food and Drug Administration approval under a consent degree announced Thursday.
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Telemedicine has a new and unexpected cheerleader. Jennifer Lopez, platinum-selling recording artist, actress and soon-to-be judge on “American Idol,” has made telemedicine—which uses health information technology and telecommunications networks to provide healthcare services to...
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