Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician are just two of more than 30 business publications published by Crain Communications. Many of those sister publications also cover healthcare topics of interest to their respective readers. This section highlights that coverage, offering the readers of Modern Healthcare and Modern Physician access to stories beyond our normal scope of coverage. For more information on Crain Communications, please visit www.crain.com.
By Crain's Pensions & Investments November 03, 2009 David B. Wescoe was named executive administrative director of the Motion Picture Industry Pension and Health Plans, Studio City, Calif., effective Dec. 1, said Arlene Falk Withers, chief administrative and legal officer. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Investment News November 03, 2009 With Congress advancing its controversial 1,900-page healthcare reform legislation, Wall Street has pushed health care sector stocks into value territory, according to Tyler Dann, co-manager of the $4.8 billion Aim Charter Fund CHTRX. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Advertising Age November 03, 2009 The proposed health-care legislation that is so much the subject of debate stands to force changes not only for doctors and insurers but also for chain restaurant marketers: The House bill also contains a provision requiring that they post calorie information. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Business Insurance October 26, 2009 Integrating workers compensation medical benefits and nonoccupational medical treatment under a “24-hour care” system could help pay for a “large fraction” of universal health care coverage, a study concludes. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Pensions and Investments October 26, 2009 UAW VEBA, Ann Arbor, Mich., hired Ennis Knupp to conduct an asset allocation study for the fund, according to sources. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Business Insurance October 23, 2009 The concept of employee choice in the type of benefits received from employers is taking hold worldwide, particularly as it offers a chance for employers to cut costs without cutting benefits, according to benefits consulting firm Mercer. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Business Insurance October 22, 2009 General Motors Co. will replace its traditional health care plan for salaried retirees younger than 65 with a consumer-driven health plan linked to health savings accounts effective Jan. 1, 2010. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Business Insurance October 20, 2009 Professional liability claims against hospitals are becoming more common and more severe after years of relatively infrequent losses, a new report says. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Business Insurance October 19, 2009 Stinging from yet another year of rising health care costs, some employers are forcing high-risk employees to pay more—in some cases, a lot more—for their health care coverage in 2010. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Business Insurance October 15, 2009 The American Medical Assn. is warning physicians across the country about the possibility that their identities could be stolen as a result of a theft of a laptop from the car of a Blue Cross and Blue Shield Assn. employee. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's New York Business November 05, 2009 With a special session for Albany lawmakers set for next week, the state's powerful hospital and health care union lobby is launching a radio campaign to fight Gov. David Paterson's proposed healthcare cuts. The governor's suggested cuts aim to help close a mid-year budget deficit ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Detroit Business November 04, 2009 Michigan Insurance Commissioner Ken Ross has scheduled a Nov. 23 public hearing to consider approval of Blue Care Network’s planned acquisition of competing insurer Lansing-based Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Detroit Business November 03, 2009 Researchers at the University of Michigan are looking for strategies to help Michigan’s more than 250 safety-net providers meet the increasing demand of caring for the uninsured and other vulnerable people. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Detroit Business November 03, 2009 The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees endorsed the university’s proposal for a new medical school. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Chicago Business November 02, 2009 The largest physicians’ group in Illinois, in a break with the American Medical Assn. on health care reform, is writing letters to Congress and running full-page ads in major newspapers across the state opposing legislation nearing critical House and Senate votes. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Waste & Recycling News October 29, 2009 A new acquisition will expand Waste Managementīs medical waste collection presence in the western United States, the company announced. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Detroit Business October 29, 2009 A proposed 3 percent tax on physicians popped out of Senate committee Wednesday morning and went down to defeat, in a move designed to send a message to Gov. Jennifer Granholm that there's no support for the measure. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Business Insurance October 29, 2009 Nearly all Massachusetts employers that are required by law to either offer health care coverage meeting certain standards or pay a penalty chose to provide coverage in fiscal year 2008. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Chicago Business October 28, 2009 UniCare Inc. plans to pull out of Illinois’ health insurance market by yearend, potentially creating an influx of new customers for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Chicago Business October 27, 2009 Illinois’ largest health insurers have agreed to cover the cost of administering swine flu vaccinations for all of their policy holders, state insurance regulators announced. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Cleveland Business November 04, 2009 The Cleveland Clinic this Thursday, Nov. 5, will break ground on its $96 million Twinsburg Family Health & Surgery Center. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Waste and Recycling News November 04, 2009 A New York City hospital has started up the first hospital-based co-generation plant in the city. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Chicago Business October 30, 2009 Initiate Systems has acquired a software maker that will expand the Chicago-based software firm's presence in the healthcare market ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Cleveland Business October 30, 2009 The Cleveland Clinic has received a $2 million gift to create an endowed, chaired position in digestive disease research. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Cleveland Business October 29, 2009 Case Western Reserve University has received a $14.7 million grant to run one of five clinical center networks that will study hypertension. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Detroit Business October 29, 2009 Oakland University’s School of Nursing will offer accelerated nursing degree programs through a new program with the St. John Health System. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Waste & Recycling News October 29, 2009 Curtis Bay Energy Southeast is taking over a medical waste incinerator in St. Petersburg, Fla. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Cleveland Business October 28, 2009 The American Red Cross of Greater Cleveland has named Richard W. Pogue, a longtime leader in Cleveland's business and civic circles, as chairman of its board of directors. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's Cleveland Business October 26, 2009 Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center have licensed an imaging technology to a North Carolina company. ... FULL STORY
By Crain's New York Business October 26, 2009 After Sen. Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last year, his surgeons first operated and then sent him off for proton-beam treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital. ... FULL STORY
