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Vital Signs
BLS federal jobs data for September casualty of shutdown
By Ashok Selvam | October 04, 2013
The federal government's jobs report last month left many eager to find out if the next report would again show weak gains or even losses in hospital employment in spite of durable growth in the healthcare sector at large.
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Information
Cleveland Clinic budget cuts will result in early retirements, possible layoffs
By Timothy Magaw, Crain's Cleveland Business | September 19, 2013
The Cleveland Clinic is in the process of cutting $330 million from its budget for next year—a move that could result in an unspecified number of employee layoffs and thousands of early retirements.
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Sharp increase in August hospital consumer prices
By Melanie Evans | September 17, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospital consumer prices spiked 1.9% in August, the largest one-month increase since the Bureau of Labor Statistics first collected the data 16 years ago.
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Magazine
Late News: Cutting back | Healthcare a stable source of jobs—except hospitals
By Ashok Selvam | September 07, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Healthcare is still a reliable jobs engine amid an otherwise feeble recovery in the labor market, according to the government's employment snapshot for August.
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Healthcare gains 32,700 jobs in August
By Ashok Selvam | September 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Healthcare added 32,700 jobs in August, and a revision to July's numbers increased job creation for the sector by more than four times what was previously reported.
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Hospital PPI rises for third month
By Melanie Evans | August 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The acute-care hospital Producer Price Index increased 0.2% for the second straight month in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The increase is the third month that the Producer Price Index for acute-care...
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UFCW to rejoin AFL-CIO
By Ashok Selvam | August 09, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
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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2,500 healthcare jobs added in July, in line with national trend
By Ashok Selvam | August 02, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Healthcare added 2,500 jobs in July, a slower growth pace that was consistent was the relatively sluggish national job hiring trend for the month.
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Hospital prices inch higher after nose dive last month
By Melanie Evans | June 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Hospital consumer prices barely budged upward last month, just one month after they recorded the largest one-month drop since the federal government began recording the price indices 16 years ago.
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Healthcare job growth slows as hospitals see drop
By Ashok Selvam | June 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Growth in healthcare jobs slowed to levels not seen since January, primarily because hospitals shed 5,900 jobs for the month, according to preliminary, seasonally adjusted figures released Friday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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