Mayo rebuffs Iowa Medicaid managed-care contracts | DesMoines (Iowa) Register
Iowans with Medicaid health coverage will not be able to routinely use the Mayo Clinic after the state shifts the $4 billion program to private management next week.
Council OKs Loma Linda University Medical Center's $950M bond issue | (Fallbrook, Calif.) Valley News
The Murrieta City Council voted its approval for the Loma Linda University Medical Center's $950 million revenue bond issue to help finance its plans to buy, construct, improve or renovate its health facilities.
After Partners failure, Hallmark Health reviews its options | Boston Globe
Another Massachusetts community hospital system may soon become part of a big healthcare network. Hallmark Health System of Medford has drawn the interest of more than a half-dozen potential suitors, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Grand jury blasts California hospital | Visalia (Calif.) Times-Delta
In a scathing report, the Tulare County (Calif.) Grand Jury recommended that the Tulare Local Healthcare District fully disclose how it spent $85 million in bond money on the never-completed expansion of Tulare Regional Medical Center.
Massachusetts drugmaker to cut 77 employees, maybe more | Boston Business Journal
The Waltham, Mass.-based company could lose as many as 89 employees following the FDA's freeze of its Alzheimer's and schizophrenia drug. Seventy-seven employees will be laid off beginning May 20, with the potential of another 12 if a clinical trial fails.
