http://www.modernhealthcare.com In the News for the Midwest en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST CHICAGO -- University of Chicago Medicine is contributing $120,000 to sponsor a "violence interrupter" for anti-violence campaign CeaseFire for three years, a move intended to improve the communities that surround its campus. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120211/MAGAZINE/302119945 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST KOKOMO, Ind. -- Community Health Network, Indianapolis, signed a letter of intent to acquire Howard Regional Health System, Kokomo, Ind. County-run Howard had a deal in place in May 2011 to merge with 13-hospital Indiana University Health,... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120204/MAGAZINE/302049964 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST A federal appeals court has revived the prospects for a class-action lawsuit alleging anti-competitive price increases stemming from the much-litigated 12-year-old hospital merger of Evanston (Ill.) Northwestern Healthcare and Highland Park (Ill.)... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120128/MAGAZINE/301289965 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST PLYMOUTH, Minn. -- Allina Hospitals & Clinics, Minneapolis, is adding a round-the-clock emergency room to its WestHealth clinic in Plymouth, in line with its long-term expansion plans for the western suburban campus. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120128/MAGAZINE/120129988 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST WARREN, Mich. -- Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, plans to close a 105-bed hospital and reopen it 12 to 18 months later as an advanced inpatient and outpatient rehab center. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120121/MAGAZINE/301219945 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST PETOSKEY, Mich. -- A deal for Northern Michigan Regional Hospital to join McLaren Health Care Corp., Flint, Mich., is official. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120114/MAGAZINE/120119991 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST Even as Illinois hospitals wage a publicity and lobbying campaign to preserve their tax-exempt status, the value of their public programs and services declined in 2010 from the year before, a trade association report said. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120114/MAGAZINE/301149965 Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Clinic is putting the final touches on a $75 million building that officials say they hope will pump new blood into the system's revenue stream, Modern Healthcare sister publication Crain's Cleveland Business... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120109/MAGAZINE/301099944 Mon, 2 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST FREMONT, OHIO -- Memorial Hospital announced that it signed a letter of intent to affiliate with ProMedica health system. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120102/MAGAZINE/301029940 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:01:00 EST BLUE ISLAND, Ill. -- MetroSouth Medical Center, a hospital in Chicago's south suburbs that was on the verge of closing three years ago, plans to be acquired by for-profit Community Health Systems. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111219/MAGAZINE/111219972