Nurses announce one-week strike plans at five Allina hospitals | (Minneapolis) Star Tribune
Nurses at five Allina Health hospitals plan to conduct a one-week strike, starting June 19 at 7 a.m., amid a contract dispute over health benefits, the Minnesota Nurses Association announced Wednesday evening.
Maryland health panel approves rate increase for hospitals | Baltimore Sun
Maryland health regulators approved a larger increase in hospital rates for the coming fiscal year than initially proposed but not quite as much as the hospitals wanted. The two-step increase approved Wednesday by the Health Services Cost Review Commission amounts to a 2.72 percent average increase to hospital rates for fiscal 2017, which starts July 1.
South Dakota hospital no longer in 'immediate jeopardy' | (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Argus Leader
In a statement, the Indian Health Service said that an inspection of the Rapid City–Sioux San IHS hospital determined that the facility had resolved major issues. The CMS removed the hospital's designation and will work with IHS to resolve other problems there.
Legal medical abortions are up in Texas, but so are DIY pills from Mexico | National Public Radio
Women seeking an abortion in restrictive Texas now often pick the medical version, thanks to FDA rules making it easier. Others seek cheaper pills in Mexico, and aren't getting guidance from a doctor.
1 in 8 Vermont Medicaid enrollees no longer eligible, administration says | VTDigger.org
At least one in eight adults actively using an income-based Medicaid program in Vermont no longer qualifies for state-sponsored health insurance, according to numbers from the governor's office.
Michigan health information exchange partners on clinical interface | Grand Rapids (Mich.) Business Journal
The not-for-profit Great Lakes Health Connect in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Salt Lake City-based VorroHealth announced a partnership to implement VorroHealth's clinical interface product, BridgeGateHealth, an advanced integration technology, across Michigan.
Maryland pushes biotechnology with new centers of excellence | Baltimore Sun
The Maryland Department of Commerce and the state's leading research universities will collaborate on new centers of excellence in biomanufacturing and transformative medicine.
