Georgia health officials have approved widespread changes to the state's employee insurance plan to close an $800 million budget shortfall over the next two years, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
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Franciscan St. Anthony Health - Crown Point (Ind.) is planning to open a 27,000-squre-foot outpatient surgery center at its Franciscan Point Health Complex in early 2012, according to an NWITimes report.
Gov. Mark Dayton announced today that Minnesota has received a $4.2 million grant to further the planning and establishment of a health insurance exchange, according to a Hometown Source report.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has asked the state for approval to sell its Medicaid policies in more areas of the state, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
ProMedica's Flower Hospital in Sylvania, Ohio, is donating $1 million over a 10-year period to the nurse anesthesia program at Lourdes College, also in Sylvania, set to begin on Aug. 22, according to a Toledo Blade report.
CMS has released the results from its five-year Physician Group Practice Demonstration program, which was designed to improve quality and reduce cost, according to an ASCA release.
The Massachusetts Office of Health and Human Services provides a free, downloadable poster to encourage proper hand hygiene.
A new study shows that bariatric surgery can lead to significant bone loss, according to a report by Internal Medical News.
WebMD has identified eight mistakes patients make with pain medications:
A new study suggests that ophthalmologists should not talk when standing over their patients and giving them a drug injection, according to a report by Reuters Health.