http://www.modernhealthcare.com In the News for the Northeast en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:59:00 EST HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania's overdue budget included smaller cuts to hospital revenue than proposed, but redirected existing taxes and fees into the state's $27.8 billion general fund from healthcare funds and added a Medicaid... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:59:00 EST ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. David Paterson last week signed into law a bill that forces hospitals to publicly report nurse-patient staffing data along with information on patient outcomes. Officials with the New York State Nurses... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:59:00 EST NEW YORK -- Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University agreed to extend an affiliation in place since 1968 by 10 years. Under the agreement, 1,094-bed Montefiore will be responsible for the... Mon, 18 May 2009 05:59:00 EST TUNKHANNOCK, Pa.—Tyler Memorial Hospital and the Northeast region of Mercy Health Partners, Scranton, Pa., said last month that they have agreed on a memorandum of understanding in order to investigate a deal between them. The not-for-profits... Mon, 2 Mar 2009 05:59:00 EST ALBANY, N.Y.—A new comparative analysis of 19 states shows that New York’s Medicaid program spends the most on long-term healthcare, but delivers only average or slightly above average quality. The study was conducted by the Nelson A. Mon, 2 Feb 2009 05:59:00 EST TURNERSVILLE, N.J.—Kennedy Memorial Hospitals-University Medical Center, Cherry Hill, N.J., unveiled a $13.4 million surgical department expansion at its Washington Township campus in Turnersville. The 155-bed campus of the 482-bed hospital...