Allina nurses vote down contract offer, authorize strike plans | Minneapolis Star Tribune
Nurses for five Allina Health hospitals “overwhelmingly” voted to reject a three-year contract offer from their company that would have eliminated union-backed health insurance and moved nurses to the plans covering other employees.
Vermont becomes first state to require drugmakers to justify price hikes | Stat
Despite opposition from the pharmaceutical industry, Vermont late last week became the first state in the country to require drugmakers to justify price hikes for medicines.
Bankruptcy judge approves $1M to help former Forest Park employees | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Texas Health Resources may rehire some of the Forest Park Medical Center employees who were let go when the Fort Worth location shut down. For now, the 115 affected workers will be given a severance package that includes a healthcare package. HCA Holdings purchased the luxury hospital and its assets last week.
Zimmer props up spine device business with $1 billion LDR buy | Reuters
Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings agreed to buy fellow medical-device maker LDR Holding Corp. for about $1 billion deal to expand in the market for treating spine disorders.
Massachusetts nurses file labor complaint against hospitals | (Andover, Mass.) Eagle-Tribune
Registered nurses at Steward Holy Family Hospitals in Haverhill, Mass., and Methuen, Mass., have filed an unfair labor charge against the company with the National Labor Relations Board for the second time this year. The 145 nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association said the hospitals are refusing to negotiate a new contract.
Why Arizona’s new telemedicine law sends an important message | National Law Review
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed a bill (S.B. 1363) into law, on May 17, 2016, requiring private health plans to pay for telemedicine services across the whole state rather than only services received in rural areas of the state.
Calif. hospital says it will comply with end-of-life law—for now | Los Angeles Times
Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena will participate in California’s assisted suicide law when it takes effect Thursday. But that could change down the road.
