Healthcare Industry

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- CoxHealth plans to build a second tower at Cox South Hospital.  The health care company announced the 310,000-square-foot expansion at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon. The cost of the expansion will be $130 million. ...

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans have opened a new line of attack on President Obama's healthcare law, charging that the administration has improperly sought help from the healthcare industry and other outside groups to implement the...

* House Republicans seek identity of companies contacted * Senate Republican calls on Sebelius to cease fund-raising By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - An Obama administration effort to raise private donations to help implement President...

L.A.'s 9th City Council District is among the poorest in the city, taking in a stretch of South Los Angeles where the median household income is less than $30,000 per year. Yet despite persistent economic woes, the district has become a hot spot for...

* Sebelius has been asking companies for help since March * Administration says solicitations authorized by law * Republican senator says he will look for violations By David Morgan WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services...

Big employers beware -- some California lawmakers want to pressure you to extend health insurance to virtually everyone who lands on your payroll, even part-timers who work less than two hours a day. That's one of the effects that a bill by...

Harford Community College has received a $25,000 grant from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield to support development of an electronic health records system that will bolster training of the institution's nearly 2,200 Nursing and Allied Health students....

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A suburban St. Louis-based health care company has apologized while acknowledging that a neurosurgeon operated on the wrong side of a patient's brain. SSM Health Care's apology on Tuesday followed a lawsuit filed Friday on...

Magellan Health Services Inc. will have a new chief executive at the start of the year as current CEO René Lerer steps down to become a full-time executive chairman. The change is part of a transition to take place over several years. Barry M. Smith will...

The Connecticut Health Council, an association of health sector leaders who work together to promote Connecticut as a premier center for the development of businesses, initiatives, and technology that improve health care and wellness both nationally and...

Having introduced a master's degree program this academic year in health care policy, Trinity will host a major conference on April 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Mather Hall on The Affordable Care Act of 2010, colloquially known as Obamacare. A...

Lower government payments for private Medicare services and prescriptions for older people dragged down UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s first-quarter profits, the company said Thursday. Chief Executive Officer Stephen Hemsley also warned during a conference...