Healthcare Contract Issues

Wednesday, the LewisGale Regional Health System was one of 405 hospitals recognized across the country and one of 12 in the state. This is the first time the The Joint Commission has recognized hospitals for quality care In Salem, those benchmarks...

Forget till death do you part, how about just giving it a few years and then going from there? That's pretty much what Mexico City lawmakers are proposing. They want to help newlyweds avoid the hassle of a divorce by giving them an easy exit strategy:...

Bowdle Healthcare Center has signed a multiyear contract with DMS Health Technologies to provide mobile magnetic resonance imaging services to its facility. MRI services will be offered on varying dates, including Oct. 27, Nov. 15, Nov. 24, Dec. 13...

A new resume search claims more than 42,000 job hunters in Chicago. Indeed.com launched its open resume search Sept. 14, but the site has been taking resume uploads since February, including imported LinkedIn profiles. For now, the search at indeed.com/...

Almost half the workers in Verizon Communications Inc.'s wireline telecommunications business went on strike Sunday as negotiations for a new labor contract failed. The strike, involving 45,000 workers, is the first walkout that Verizon, one of the two...

Chicago firefighters and paramedics have agreed to sign on to a healthcare plan for city workers that Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pushed as a way to drive down costs by keeping employees healthier. But the move might have implications beyond firefighters'...

Hundreds of heavy equipment operators are walking off the job and onto the picket line in northern Indiana. They’re not fighting for higher wages, but more health insurance benefits. The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150...

What's it all about? Here's more context, though I renew my objection to the lack of specific objectives (which the protesters appear to be working on in this proposed list of possible demands) Declaration of the Occupation of New York......

Gov. Tom Corbett's new government privatization task force is studded with major political donors and executives from companies that could see financial gain if the state spins off government services to the private sector. The 24 members of the panel,...

Lake County finance officials have unanimously endorsed a plan that will hand over the management of a county-run senior residence to a private healthcare company, …...

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and happy Thursday. Here are the top five stories you should be reading this morning. The Sun-Sentinel/Orlando Sentinel reports on the cash that has flowed in from well monied health care and gaming interests. From the...

My column today on Disney hotel workers, in which they share concerns about the possibility of rising healthcare costs and the use of a productivity-monitoring system they call the "electronic whip," has drawn lots of comments on our website from......