Healthcare Contract Issues

Consigli Construction Co., Inc. (Consigli) an award-winning construction management firm with offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New York, has been ranked #81 among the top 400 construction management firms in the nation by Engineering News-...

The Los Angeles City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s final budget, expanding key services as several members acknowledged that many city workers will likely get a 5.5% raise in eight months. Councilman Eric...

BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill to expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's Republican governor, who...

By Dave Sherwood BOWDOINHAM, Maine, May 23 (Reuters) - Maine's Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill that would expand access to its Medicaid program as outlined by the Affordable Care Act, setting up a showdown with the state's...

By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying surgeries, diagnostic procedures, treatments and emergency care throughout...

Roughly a month before a new superintendent takes the helm at Glendale Community College, the president of the Faculty Guild publicly announced her resignation on Monday, citing building tensions with trustees. The announcement from Isabelle Saber at...

By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already has forced the postponement of...

Patient care workers at the University of California's medical centers plan to stage a two-day strike next week, but the number taking part will be decided Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court. A judge is expected to rule on a request for a...

By Ulf Laessing KHARTOUM, May 15 (Reuters) - In a cramped government office in Khartoum, engineer Ahmed Taha and dozens of other Sudanese, lured by local newspaper adverts for jobs in the Gulf, sit waiting to get a permit to leave the country and work...

* FTSEurofirst 300 ends up 0.4 pct at 1,233.49 points * Euro STOXX 50 up 0.4 pct at 2,785.24 points * DAX sets new record high * BT and Novartis boost telecom and health stocks By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - European shares scaled...

More than 200 Glendale Water & Power employees and their union comrades packed City Hall Tuesday night to protest a contract that cuts their pay by 1.75%. Despite the showing, the City Council — unable to reach a deal with the International...

(For other news from Reuters Health Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/Health13) * CDC chief worries as potential flu pandemic looms * FDA sees long-term consequences in recruitment, future leadership * Tenet takes a $50 million hit,...