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Healthcare organizations seeking commercial liability insurance in 2012 are likely to find conditions in the marketplace more challenging than they were a year ago, according to a Marsh report. FULL STORY »
By Crain's Waste & Recycling News | November 13, 2011
Pharmaceutical companies should fund the expansion of existing drug collection programs or development new ones, the Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin said. FULL STORY »
Placon Corp. of Madison, Wis., has acquired Barger Packaging Inc. of Elkhart, Ind., a thermoformer specializing in medical and pharmaceutical packaging. FULL STORY »
Thousands of retirees from auto parts manufacturers that abandoned their pension plans will be able to get healthcare coverage through a groundbreaking arrangement that will use a special trust to tap federal premium subsidies. FULL STORY »
President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law trade legislation that also boosts federal health insurance premium subsidies for employees who lose their jobs due to foreign competition and older retirees in failed pension plans. FULL STORY »
Who knew? Shiny copper railings, trays, and other objects have a whole lot more going for them than their sheer aesthetic appeal. It turns out the lustrous metal has a powerful ability to stop nasty microbes in their tracks—especially in germ-rich hospitals. FULL STORY »
By Crain's Waste & Recycling News | October 21, 2011
There are significant challenges with the proper management and disposal of medical waste in many developing countries in the world, an investigator wrote in a report to the United Nations. FULL STORY »
By Crain's Pensions & Investments | October 19, 2011
Rapidly rising healthcare costs are putting pressure on corporate benefits budgets—including money for defined contribution and defined benefits plans—according to a survey released by Diversified. FULL STORY »
President Barack Obama on Friday will sign trade legislation that also will boost federal health insurance premium subsidies for employees who lose their jobs due to foreign competition and older retirees in failed pension plans, the White House announced Tuesday. FULL STORY »
Full-time U.S. workers who are overweight or obese and have other chronic health problems miss 450 million more work days annually than their normal-weight, healthy counterparts, according to a Gallup poll. FULL STORY »
Henry Ford Health System will officially open its 28th physician outpatient center next week and is renovating an existing medical center, both in Dearborn. FULL STORY »
The Republican-led Michigan House of Representatives approved legislation last week aimed at curbing the state's growing employee health care costs, including a proposed elimination of the state's retiree health plan. FULL STORY »
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield notified brokers that it is cutting the number of health insurance plans it offers to small groups as of April 1, and is slashing the compensation it pays to brokers to sell the remaining small group products. Empire also said it has requested premium rate increases... FULL STORY »
Adopting a single-payer universal healthcare system in Vermont would cost $8.2 billion to $9.5 billion a year by 2020, but staying with the current employment-based system would cost even more, according to projections by a state agency. FULL STORY »
Norwegian American Hospital is trying to kick out a longtime provider of drug and alcohol detox treatment at the Humboldt Park institution, an apparent cost-saving move that is facing stiff legal obstacles. FULL STORY »
Amid the stingy market for business loans, an investment fund backed by a suburban St. Louis bank is providing about $8.5 million in financing to three small Illinois health care companies, including a Chicago firm that trains people to use defibrillators. FULL STORY »
An Illinois legislator has introduced a bill to establish a statewide health insurance exchange, a move that is likely to step up the lobbying battle between insurance carriers and consumer advocates. FULL STORY »
By Crain's Waste & Recycling News | October 27, 2011
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control will hold a community meeting to discuss the possibility of a medical waste treatment facility opening in Spartanburg County. FULL STORY »
Ford Motor Co. has selected Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan of Michigan as the exclusive HMO carrier for its 26,000 salaried workers and retirees under age 65 in Southeast Michigan. FULL STORY »
The board of trustees at financially struggling Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is considering paying its ousted former president and CEO an $875,000 severance package. The potential payout comes at a time when the hospital has liabilities that far outstrip its assets—and when both the... FULL STORY »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has admonished Hospira for overstating the capabilities of a product used to offset severe blood loss. FULL STORY »
A German insurer is refusing to cover Baxter International's share of a settlement for thousands of suits brought by patients infected by tainted blood in the 1970s and '80s, exposing the Deerfield, Ill.-based maker of medical products to millions of dollars in losses. FULL STORY »
Teaching hospitals that sponsor graduate medical education programs received some good news when the Michigan Senate approved a supplemental appropriations bill that restored $8.9 million of $14.7 million that was cut this year from the Michigan Department of Community Health’s 2011-12 budget. FULL STORY »
After more than six months of contract negotiations, more than 4,000 nurses have ratified a three-year employment contract with the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor. FULL STORY »
Roseland Community Hospital has arranged $5.3 million in financing to revamp its maternity ward and open a new psychiatric clinic for teens, a bid by the Far South Side safety-net hospital to grow its share of patients with private insurance. FULL STORY »
SSan Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee and the city's legislators are nearing an agreement on a compromise plan to impose new restrictions on health reimbursement arrangements, potentially setting the stage for a new legal battle involving the city's controversial healthcare spending law. FULL STORY »
The MetroHealth System, Cleveland, has announced plans to lay off 104 employees and to eliminate an additional 151 vacant positions in order to stave off heavy projected operating losses over the next two years. FULL STORY »
Resurrection Health Care this week opened its first walk-in clinic in a grocery store, a bid to compete with the growing number of pharmacies and general merchandise stores offering routine medical care. FULL STORY »
