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Do companies that refuse to hire smokers help them or harm them?
The Cleveland Clinic is a world-famous medical center that is consistently ranked among the top hospitals in the country. It goes without saying that the health professionals who work there don’t condone smoking. In fact, since 2007, the clinic...
Tags: Health Insurance, Union Pacific Railroad, Health Insurance Cost, Employment, Newspaper and Magazine
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Orlando Health to start tobacco-free hiring policy
Smokers need not apply. That's the word from Orlando Health, which announced this evening that it will start a tobacco-free hiring policy at seven of its hospitals starting in April. The move is part of a controversial nationwide trend, in which...Tags: Florida Hospital, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, American Civil Liberties Union, Health Insurance Cost, Employment
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Insurers eager to maintain authority over healthcare premiums
While most of us face uncertainty with the rollout of healthcare reform, some insurance companies in California have been feeling their oats lately. Here's how they're responding to Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones' warnings that their latest rate...
Tags: Lobbying, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Prices, Politics
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Asking Olivia: Newton-John speaks about career, new disc with John Travolta and future
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGOlivia Newton-John was at home at Christmastime 2011 when she learned that “You’re the One That I Want,” the duet she did with John Travolta for the 1978 movie “Grease,” had become the biggest-selling pop duet of all time.... -
Dr. Ben Carson, new right-wing hero
Whenever somebody says something like, "Now, I know this isn't PC, but ... ," watch out. It probably means they're about to say something rude. In the case of Dr. Ben Carson, the world-famous neurosurgeon and director of pediatric neurosurgery at...
Tags: Personal Investing, Chris Christie, Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Elections
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Cancer center, McDowell hospital align services
Beginning April 1, Commonwealth Cancer Center on the Danville bypass will transition to Ephraim McDowell Commonwealth Cancer Center. The great care that patients have come to expect is now backed by a hospital nationally rated as one of the best for...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Linda Randlett Kollar
Linda Randlett Kollar is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc., a firm dedicated to the representation of health care providers. With more than 25 years of legal experience, she is recognized by her clients and peers as an...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Litigation and Regulation, Healthcare Contract Issues, Trials
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C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general. Koop, who died Monday at his home in Hanover, N.H., at age 96, was by far the...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Politics, Social Issues, Health and Safety at Work, Elections
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Millions in upgrades under way at Delnor Hospital
Nearly $100 million in improvements to Delnor Hospital in Geneva are under way — almost two years after a partnership was formed with another area hospital, a collaboration officials say will make healthcare more accessible to Tri-Cities residents....
Tags: Oncology, Hospitals and Clinics, Cleveland Clinic
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CHOC Follies raising serious money
There are a few plays John Vaughan will probably never direct for Children's Hospital of Orange County's annual fundraiser. Something like "Waiting for Godot," for example, unless he found a way to write Godot into the script, plus 60 or 70 other...
Tags: Music, Celebrities, Weird Al Yankovic, Frank Capra Jr., Hospitals and Clinics
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Carroll hospital breaks ground for cancer center and wellness center
The Carroll Hospital Center hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on Feb. 18 to mark the beginning of construction on the William E. Kahlert Regional Cancer Center, a state-of-the-art cancer treatment center, and the Tevis Center for Wellness. Monday's...Tags: Massage Therapy, Human Interest, Politics, Health Treatments, Acupuncture
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Healthcare reform and the incentive to keep spending
Reforming the healthcare system is largely about fixing the incentives it provides for doctors, hospitals and patients to overspend. For example, the "fee for service" payment model that Medicare relies on encourages physicians to do as many things for...
Tags: Medicaid, Health Insurance, Justice System, Long Term Care, Crime, Law and Justice
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