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Indiana, Planned Parenthood in court over funding
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana has asked a federal appeals court to lift an injunction that bars the state from cutting off Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions. Attorneys for the state and Planned Parenthood appeared...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Family Planning, Mitch Daniels, Government Health Care, Planned Parenthood
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Knee surgery stats prompt changes at US hospitals
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center soon could be handled by a specialized operating room team as the result of a data-sharing project among health systems throughout the U.S. aimed at improving...
Tags: Healthcare Policies, Internists, Knee Replacement, Health and Safety at Work, Mayo Clinic
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Memorial-Elkhart General partnership approved
The proposed partnership between two of our largest hospitals is now a done deal.
Wednesday morning, board members at Memorial Hospital and Health System approved a plan to join with Elkhart General Hospital as part of one health system.
Elkhart board...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Health
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FACT FINDER: Proposed hospital affiliation ... its composition and why critics are concerned
In hospitals across the country, administrators say they are increasingly concerned about a looming challenge.
Over the next decade, more and more baby boomers will become eligible for Medicare – likely increasing the financial pressures on...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Hospitals and Clinics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Finance, Government Health Care
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Union suing to block Indiana right-to-work law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Union members went to federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to block Indiana's new right-to-work law from being enforced, the first lawsuit and latest conflict over the divisive legislation. The International Union of Operating...Tags: Career and Workplace, Justice System, Politics, Litigation, Civil and Public Service
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S. Idaho community helps girl with cancer
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Last Tuesday, 11-year-old cancer patient Ellie Pruitt woke up feeling sick and with an awful headache. So her mother, Joy Pruitt, pulled up video of Ellie's adopted turtle, Melba, who lives at a turtle hospital in Florida....Tags: Oncology, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Government Health Care, Leukemia, Diseases and Illnesses
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US report: Foster kids get high rate of psych meds
Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are being prescribed the drugs at rates 2....Tags: Psychiatrists, Arts and Culture, Schizophrenia, Politics, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Coin store owner charged with fraud
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA -- The owner of a store that routinely deals in gold, diamonds and rare coins has allegedly spent the past five years claiming poverty. On Friday, Kenneth Gaipa, the owner of Kenneth G. Rare Coins, was charged with felony counts of welfare...Tags: Theft, Government Health Care, Corporate Crime, Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Panel hears arguments over Ind. abortion funding
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal agency panel in Chicago will reconsider whether Indiana violated federal law when it decided to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. Solicitor General Tom Fisher on Thursday...Tags: Judges, Family Planning, Justice System, Government Health Care, Planned Parenthood
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Out of poverty, but how?
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND - Denise Murphy seems nervous, as if she's shivering inside. And she makes no secret about her mental soup, counting off pills she takes for migraine headaches, high blood pressure, sleeping trouble and depression. She says it all circles back...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Transportation Accidents, Health, Migraine, Diabetes
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Court: Indiana can't deny welfare without reason
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court said Thursday that the state Family and Social Services Administration can't deny Medicaid, food stamps or welfare to people without first doing a better job of telling them why. The unanimous ruling...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Government Health Care, Litigation, Mitch Daniels
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Hospital talks partly driven by health overhaul
ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — The growing ranks of patients insured by Medicare and Medicaid are among the factors driving talks between two independent northern Indiana hospitals to operate jointly. Elkhart General Hospital and South Bend Memorial Hospital...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Indiana, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Government Health Care, Medicare
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