Modern Healthcare articles from August 2008

Modern Healthcare archives from August 2008

'Tweener' relief; Grassley bill would aid rural hospitals, with a catch.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Matthew DoBias A bill introduced by an influential senator and aimed at boosting reimbursement to small, rural hospitals could find itself hamstrung by a congressionally sensitive provision to all but stymie physician ownership of...

Anger over more 'never'; Hospitals, docs decry CMS ruling on Medicare pay.(Late News)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Jean DerGurahian Hospitals and physicians are criticizing the CMS for increasing the number of conditions for which Medicare will no longer reimburse under its final inpatient prospective payment system rule for 2009 published last...

Briefly.(Rodney Miller's mismanagement investigation and central hub for clinical research)(Late News)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... Miller resigns after Virgin Islands investigation Rodney Miller, president of the National Association of Health Services Executives, resigned as administrator of a Florida hospital after an audit report was issued finding "an alarming...

Up and down; economy hurting healthcare giving.(Strictly Finance)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Jennifer Lubell Donations to not-for-profit hospitals may be slowing down, yet industry sources claim their fundraising programs continue to stay afloat through loyal donors and healthy community support. Overall, fundraising...

A business proposal; candidates should keep consumers in mind when crafting healthcare reform.(Opinions Commentary)(Viewpoint essay)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Andrew Webber As the presidential race narrows and the McCain and Obama campaigns seek to differentiate themselves with their proposals for fixing healthcare, it's important that they consider how their programs will affect our...

On the hot seat; Specter grills Independence, Highmark on merger.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Rebecca Vesely The proposed merger between Pennsylvania's two largest insurers got more scrutiny last week as the Keystone State's senior senator, Arlen Specter, grilled top executives and stakeholders for two hours at a committee...

The senator will see you now; Sen. Grassley, hospitals must know better since they want docs out of ownership.(Opinions Editorials)(Viewpoint essay)
August 4, 2008... Byline: David Burda If you're not feeling well, who would you trust most to make you get better? Your physician, the administrator of your local hospital or Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)? Most people would say they would trust their...

On the move...(News Makers)
August 4, 2008... ASSOCIATIONS The University HealthSystem Consortium appointed Susan Pingleton chief learning officer, according to a news release. Pingleton, whose appointment to the newly created position began in early July, will direct the consortium's...

West Penn hits setback; system's audit forces $73 million adjustment.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Melanie Evans West Penn Allegheny Health System's turnaround stumbled last week with news an audit wiped $73 million from its books, in yet another setback since its record-setting $750 million bond offering last year. Since...

HCA loses Tenn. CON battle; joint venture receives OK to build cancer center.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Vince Galloro For a change, the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency board has thrown HCA for a loss in Spring Hill, Tenn., a bedroom community south of the company's Nashville headquarters. The certificate-of-need...

South.(hospital expansion plans and mergers)(Regional News)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... ATLANTA-Children's Healthcare of Atlanta expects to spend $2.5 billion over the next 10 years as it lays out a strategy for capital and program expansions. The three-hospital system plans to break ground Aug. 13 at its Hughes Spalding facility...

Other voices.(Opinions Editorials)(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... "There is no satisfactory explanation for why the state Department of Health and Senior Services compiles a list of the total number of preventable medical errors committed by hospitals resulting in serious harm or death to a patient, but...

Midwest.(Regional News)
August 4, 2008... JOLIET, Ill.-Silver Cross Hospital received approval from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board to build a $398 million replacement hospital in New Lenox, Ill., about four miles east of its current 245-bed facility. The short move takes...

West.(Regional News)
August 4, 2008... SIMI VALLEY, Calif.-Simi Valley Hospital is demolishing its original 1965 structure to make way for a new main lobby, chapel, parking area and gift shop in a 7,000-square-foot improvement project to be completed next spring. This is the final...

Trustees trust medical newbie; consultant de Filippi picked as AHA chairman.(Richard de Filippi)(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Matthew DoBias The choice of a consultant with more experience in the boardroom than in the hospital as the future chairman of the nation's largest hospital association was a rare decision not seen in almost a decade by its...

Firms show positive results ... ... amid other hospitals' job cuts and financial woes.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Vince Galloro Some hospitals may be laying off employees, but the three for-profit chains that reported earnings last week are restoring healthcare's reputation for being strong when the economy's weak. HCA, Community Health...

Long-term negotiations; skilled-nursing experts seek expansion of insurance, more regulation sought.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Jessica Zigmond As federal lawmakers consider what additional role they might play in regulating long-term-care insurance, skilled-nursing home experts called for expanding both state and federal long-term-care insurance programs...

IHS director grilled on losses.(Indian Health Service)(Late News)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Matthew DoBias A Senate panel scolded Indian Health Service Director Robert McSwain for lax oversight after the Government Accountability Office found that more than 5,000 items, valued at about $15.8 million, have either been lost...

MH wins six ASBPEs.(News)
August 4, 2008... Modern Healthcare has been honored with six prestigious editorial awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. The ASBPE Awards of Excellence recognize the work and commitment of business publication editors to editorial...

Family eyes link to China.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Shawn Rhea A well-connected venture by a Nashville-based company to build and operate a hospital in Ningbo, China, offers great opportunity and risk, said healthcare policy experts familiar with the China market. Thomas Frist...

A larger serving of greens; hospitals seek a food supply healthier for patients, the planet.(Special Report)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Shawn Rhea Patients who dig into meals at 281-bed Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, Calif., may be surprised to learn that their fare not only features fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, but also just-picked selections from the...

Outliers; Asides & insides.
August 4, 2008... Dirigo's claims of claims savings has insurers riled up in Maine Dirigo Health, Maine's state-run healthcare program, has run into a bit of a dispute-nearly $150 million worth of a dispute. The state' top four health plans are slamming the...

Taking the pledge.(Special Report)
August 4, 2008... In partnering with Health Care Without Harm, hospitals agree to: Increase their servings of fresh fruits and vegetables as well as minimally processed foods and reduce unhealthy fats and sugar. Implement a sustainable-foods program,...

Docs examine deals; Deaconess, North Oakland in play.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Gregg Blesch Physicians are angling to buy stakes in two struggling Midwest hospitals, believing that physician investment and management paired with not-for-profit healthcare partners can get better results. An entrepreneurial...

An eruption at North Hawaii; Layoffs, C-suite upheaval has donors closing wallets.(North Hawaii Community Hospital)(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Rebecca Vesely On the sun-drenched northern end of Hawaii's Big Island, a tiny 40-bed hospital has amenities much larger hospitals would envy: a 64-slice CT scanner, a specialized heart-brain center, a telemedicine program with the...

Searching for approval: tax-exempt hospitals, systems may find some relief through FHLB letters of credit in last week's housing aid bill.
August 4, 2008... Byline: Melanie Evans Healthcare tax-exempt borrowers were offered an unusual bright spot by Congress last week following months of bad news: A sweeping bill to help homeowners included a provision to aid others embroiled in the housing...

Mystery patients; a customer satisfaction measure comes to healthcare.
August 4, 2008... Byline: Charles S. Lauer Consumerism in healthcare is here to stay, even if some people in the industry seem to want to shut their eyes and hope it goes away. It won't. For one thing, rules that call for hospitals to report their...

Choosing the stock option; IPC, Select Medical go the market route for capital.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 4, 2008... Byline: Andis Robeznieks The sharp moves seen in the stock market in recent weeks haven't stopped two healthcare providers-IPC the Hospitalist Co. and Select Medical Corp.-from turning to the market as a source of capital. IPC, based...

Lending a hand; healthcare borrowers under a new law can turn to Federal Home Loan Banks for credit backing.(Brief article)
August 4, 2008... What they are: The Federal Home Loan Banks, created by Congress in 1932, operate 12 regional co-ops with a combined 8,100 member banks, savings and loans, credit unions and other lenders. How the law works: Congress enabled the Federal Home...

South.(Regional News)(briefs)
August 11, 2008... WEST LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.-HealthSouth Corp., Birmingham, Ala., said it has been granted a certificate of need from the Virginia Health Department to build a 40-bed, free-standing inpatient rehabilitation hospital in West Loudoun County....

Outsourcing survey opens.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 11, 2008... Modern Healthcare's 30th annual Outsourcing Survey is now open for participation. This survey is intended for U.S. companies that outsource services within the healthcare industry. For more information on how to participate, please visit...

West.(Regional News)(briefs)
August 11, 2008... LOS ANGELES-A California state court late last month denied a request by hospitals and other providers to halt a 10% Medicaid rate cut. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled against a preliminary injunction sought by the California Hospital...

Semelroth, Al-Dosari join MH staff.(The Week in Healthcare)(Modern Healthcare)(Eric Semelroth, Jennifer Al-Dosari appointed)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Modern Healthcare recently added two new members to its award-winning staff of 28 editors and reporters. Eric Semelroth is the magazine's new assistant graphics editor. Semelroth, 42, previously was a graphic designer and editorial artist...

New Jersey must cap prices for some uninsured patients.(Late News)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... New Jersey hospitals must cap prices for low- and middle-income uninsured people under one of four healthcare bills signed by New Jersey's governor. Other enacted bills expand the state's oversight of troubled hospitals, require hospitals to...

Midwest.(Regional News)(briefs)
August 11, 2008... ST. PAUL, Minn.-Minnesota's state employees will get $250 on a debit card for out-of-pocket healthcare expenses and have online access to personal health records, pricing and quality data starting next year, Gov. Tim Pawlenty announced. The...

Northeast.(Regional News)(briefs)
August 11, 2008... PROVIDENCE, R.I.-Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri is asking the federal government to increase its contribution to the state's Medicaid program and allow greater flexibility in how the state uses those dollars to pay for care. In exchange, the...

Mississippi muddle; Hospitals, docs divided on plan to fund shortfalls.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Jean DerGurahian Hospitals and physicians in Mississippi have differing perspectives on Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to fund shortfalls in the Medicaid program. Hospitals are upset with the plan, saying the governor is trying to...

Humana adding to collection; Buy would strengthen its Medicare Advantage cache.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Rebecca Vesely Humana continued its trend of scooping up regional provider-owned health plans last week with the planned acquisition of Cariten Healthcare, and reaffirmed its strong commitment to the Medicare Advantage market. ...

Outliers; Asides & insides.
August 11, 2008... Another `Leap' group on safety, with a very different agenda The names may be similar, but don't confuse Leap for Patient Safety with the Leapfrog Group. The former organization, which calls itself a patient-safety advocate, seems to...

Healthcare in the cross hairs; California patient-dumping investigation unwinds into billing probe, fueling enforcers' national fraud-fighting efforts.
August 11, 2008... Byline: Gregg Blesch When FBI agents barged into three Southern California hospitals last week and arrested one of their executives, the government's healthcare fraud enforcers found their new Exhibit A for justifying robust funding,...

Human-testing violations found at Ark. VA system.(Late News)(Veterans Affairs)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... A report from the Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general's office confirmed allegations of human-testing rules violations at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock. The office found that researchers did HIV...

New rules drawing fire; Hospitals say CMS' new policies lack direction.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Jean DerGurahian Industry officials accuse the CMS of drifting rudderless with its new quality-improvement provisions in the final acute-care inpatient prospective payment system rule for 2009. The final IPPS adds 13 quality...

Briefs.(Physician Affairs)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Clinix Medical Information Services acquires MedicWare Clinix Medical Information Services, Brentwood, Tenn., said that it has acquired MedicWare, Irwindale, Calif., a provider of electronic health records to physician offices and billing...

A charity case; Hospitals must learn how to tell their fiscal story.(From the C-Suite)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Ralph Lawson Last October, I had the privilege of testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on behalf of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and Baptist Health South Florida on proposed charity-care standards for...

Standards practice; GPOs catching up with GS1 systems.(The Week in Healthcare)(Group purchasing organizations)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Shawn Rhea Group purchasing organizations are making a push for hospitals and their suppliers to adopt universal standards for identifying and tracking medical products across the supply chain. Though the standards-known as the...

Prescription for conflict; CCHIT, AMA policies set up potential quandary.(Information Edge)(Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology)(American Medical Association)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Joseph Conn A rule book used by the federally supported Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology to test electronic health-record systems and the policy manual of the American Medical Association to guide...

Ricciardi's role in Grenada med school deal being probed.(Late News)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Former New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. board member Daniel Ricciardi's role in an exclusive contract between the 12-hospital system and St. George's University School of Medicine in Grenada has been "referred to the proper agencies for...

TAKING STOCK OF INVESTMENTS; @@Byline: Melanie Evans.(Special Report)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Melanie Evans In turbulent credit and equities markets, governing boards face tough decisions on whether to make big moves with portfolios or just sit tight The economic downturn and credit crunch that spawned sweeping debt...

'Vote of no confidence'; Experts hope study finally spurs action on quality.(The Week in Healthcare)(Survey)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Matthew DoBias Industry experts are hoping a new report showing Americans are highly unsatisfied with the country's healthcare may finally spur stakeholders to ramp up quality improvement, with the report suggesting ways to do so....

THEY SHOW HOW IT'S DONE.(By the Numbers)
August 11, 2008... Some people are leaders. Others are followers. Usually the most effective approach to leadership is to teach and inspire by example. It's no different at hospitals, where everyone from the C-suite on down can help lead improvement in areas...

On the move...(News Makers)(briefs)(In memoriam)
August 11, 2008... ASSOCIATIONS Lawrence "Lorry'' Massa, 53, was named president and CEO of the Minnesota Hospital Association and will assume the new post in mid-October, the trade group representing 145 hospitals and health systems announced. Massa, CEO of...

Volume vignettes; HMA sees steep decline; Tenet has strong quarter.(The Week in Healthcare)(Health Management Associates Inc.)(Tenet Healthcare Corp.)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Vince Galloro Health Management Associates has provided hospital operators with two examples of the law of unintended consequences. The Naples, Fla., company said last week that its efforts to reduce its self-pay patient volume...

Calif. hospital seeking buyer.(Systems)(California)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Vince Galloro By the end of this week, Memorial Health Services, Huntington Beach, Calif., should know whether it will have to start again in its two-year quest to find a partner or buyer for its 223-bed Anaheim (Calif.) Memorial...

CHE names Johnson to lead second Florida hospital.(Late News)(Catholic Health East appoints John Johnson)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Catholic Health East, Newtown Square, Pa., named John Johnson-who is president and chief executive officer of 431-bed Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-to oversee a second hospital, 367-bed Mercy Hospital, Miami. The dual appointment...

EHRs not for short-timers: doc; HIMSS, AAFP reject notion, urge docs to get tech.(Physician Affairs)(Electronic Health records)(Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society )(American Academy of Family Physicians)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Andis Robeznieks Don't bother.'' Those probably were not the words most health information technology advocates wanted to hear during a recent congressional hearing on electronic health records, but they were part of the candid...

Thumbs up and thumbs down? Contradictory opinion given on gain-sharing deal.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Andis Robeznieks An advisory opinion by HHS' inspector general's office concerning a gain-sharing agreement between an academic medical center and orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery groups with active staff privileges at the...

Keeping up.(The Week in Healthcare)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... The CMS, in its final Medicare acute-care inpatient prospective payment system rule for 2009, decided to add three hospital-acquired conditions for which it won't pay-creating a total of 11-and 13 new reporting requirements to get full...

Other voices.(Opinions Editorials)(Editorial)
August 11, 2008... "Picture John McCain and Barack Obama as scrubs-attired trauma surgeons racing for the emergency room, ready to apply the paddles to the heart of America's ailing healthcare system. They've both loaded up their crash carts with plenty of...

AT ODDS OVER E-PRESCRIBING?(Information Edge)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Criteria from the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology: "The system shall provide the ability to associate a diagnosis with a prescription," and "The system shall provide the ability to display the associated...

DUMPING TO FRAUD.(The Week in Healthcare)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Timeline of how an investigation into patient dumping led to accusations of Medicare fraud October 2006: Los Angeles police videotape an ambulance appearing to dump a hospital's indigent patients near a homeless shelter. November 2006:...

NCFE execs sentenced.(The Week in Healthcare)(National Century Financial Enterprises)(Executives)(Brief article)
August 11, 2008... Byline: Melanie Evans Four healthcare executives convicted of fraud, money laundering and conspiracy related to the collapse of one of healthcare's largest financing companies last week were sentenced to jail time and ordered to pay back...

Donations accepted, needed.
August 18, 2008... Byline: Gregg Blesch Neither of the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions could take place without donations from special interests, and both will benefit from many millions of dollars from healthcare. The Minneapolis/St. Paul...

Massachusetts mandate; Law requires some IT, regulates consulting deals.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Shawn Rhea A new Massachusetts law mandating the implementation of healthcare information technology systems and governing consulting deals between medical-products companies and providers is drawing both praise and criticism from...

Stop the name games; University hospitals and regional medical centers should live up to their billing.(Opinions Commentary)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Metsch Remember when a hospital was just a hospital, and its reputation spoke for itself? Now we have a plethora of self-named healthcare institutions such as clinics, community hospitals, institutes, medical centers,...

Wrong turn in patient care; Fiscal pressures have some hospitals doing a version of extraordinary rendition.(Opinions Editorials)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Neil McLaughlin This month has brought more news showing that too many hospitals in this country have lost their moral compass. First though, we have to back up a couple of years to when some California hospitals were getting...

N.Y. wields knife on Medicaid; Cuts threaten hospitals, nursing homes, home care.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Melanie Evans Count New York among the states eyeing Medicaid as a remedy for ailing budgets. New York Gov. David Paterson last week unveiled a plan to cut state spending for the safety net insurer by as much as $500 million for...

Prospering in the crunch; Startup Legacy has three joint ventures on tap.(The Week in Healthcare)(Legacy Hospital Partners; Portneuf Health Care Foundation)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Vince Galloro Legacy Hospital Partners may be one of the few beneficiaries of the credit crunch. The Plano, Texas, company said its deal prospects are robust because credit has dried up even for some healthy not-for-profit hospital...

New survey weighs purchasing power.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 18, 2008... For the first time, Modern Healthcare, in partnership with the National Business Coalition on Health and the Leapfrog Group, is conducting a survey of major employers to determine how much they spend to provide healthcare benefits and services...

On the move...(News Makers)(Linklaters; Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (Winston-Salem, North Carolina))
August 18, 2008... GOVERNMENT Jeff Schmidt, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, plans to leave the commission Aug. 22 to join Linklaters law firm as a partner in their New York office. David Wales, the bureau's deputy director...

Health law pioneer dies; Ludlam helped in definitive case on tax exemption.(The Week in Healthcare)(Obituary)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Gregg Blesch James Ludlam, a pioneer in the practice of healthcare law-the first and so far only lawyer to be inducted into Modern Healthcare's Health Care Hall of Fame-died Aug. 12 at the age of 93 in Pasadena, Calif. "He was...

Other voices.(Opinions Editorials)(Central DuPage)(Editorial)
August 18, 2008... "Last February, Northern Illinois University won state permission to build an expensive and advanced proton-therapy cancer-treatment center in the suburb of West Chicago.... The promise of proton therapy explains why several more centers are...

CMS announces PHR project; IT expert wonders about overshadowing EHR plan.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Jessica Zigmond On the surface, the CMS' recent announcement that it will launch a pilot project for personal health records in two Western states seems like another example of promoting consumer-driven healthcare. But the decision...

N.J. ramps up oversight; Hospitals need more than new regs, industry says.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Melanie Evans New Jersey's governor may have inked into law expanded state oversight of financially distressed hospitals, but industry insiders say it will do little to alter the sector's troubled operations. Seemingly to...

CMS won't act for now against states that broadened SCHIP.(Late News)
August 18, 2008... The CMS said it would not immediately take action against more than a dozen states that have extended enrollment under a federal children's healthcare program to families with incomes above 250% of the federal poverty level. "Moreover, we will...

Charges filed by two nurses against Tenet and CNA.(Late News)
August 18, 2008... Two Houston nurses, backed by a national right-to-work group, filed unfair labor practice charges against Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dallas, and the California Nurses Association. The charges were filed with the National Labor Relations Board by...

Getting the party started; Industry hopes healthcare is priority at nominating conventions.
August 18, 2008... Byline: Gregg Blesch, Matthew DoBias and Jessica Zigmond Healthcare interest groups, lobbyists and politicos are pumping millions of dollars and an untold number of hours into an effort to keep healthcare a major part of the agenda at the...

Spirit award nominations.(The Week in Healthcare)
August 18, 2008... Nominations for Modern Healthcare's 16th annual Spirit of Excellence awards are now open. The awards, co-sponsored by Sodexo Health Care Services, honor organizations and individuals that go beyond what's expected in serving their patients and...

IRS delaying revised guidance for new Form 990 tax record.(Late News)
August 18, 2008... The Internal Revenue Service delayed its Aug. 15 release of revised instructions for the Form 990 tax record used by not-for-profit hospitals and other tax-exempt organizations to disclose financial information. The agency redesigned its Form...

Balancing act; N.Y., Calif. raise hackles with differing plans to regulate balance billing.(Payers and Purchasers)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Rebecca Vesely Two bellwether states are attempting to sort out the controversial practice of balance billing-with each taking a very different tack on the issue, angering some providers and payers. How regulators and courts in...

HHS issues proposed rule to set deadline for ICD-10 adoption.(Late News)
August 18, 2008... HHS issued a proposed rule that set an Oct. 1, 2011 deadline for adoption of the ICD-10 series of diagnosis and procedure codes to replace the ICD-9-CM codes in wide use today for the electronic processing of claims, remittance advices,...

David Strand named COO for Cleveland Clinic Health System.(Late News)
August 18, 2008... David Strand was named chief operating officer for the Cleveland Clinic Health System. Strand replaces Michael O'Boyle and has been working as interim COO since January. Strand previously held the title of chief emerging businesses officer, and...

Horizon Blues files application to switch to for-profit in N.J.(Late News)(Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield)
August 18, 2008... New Jersey's largest insurer, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield, filed an application with the state's attorney general and Banking and Insurance Department to convert from a not-for-profit to a for-profit corporation. The Newark-based insurer...

Outliers; Asides & insides.
August 18, 2008... Having trouble with translation? Just ask the bed for some help Being asked if you're in pain is hardly an unusual question for a hospital patient to hear, but patients at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital might be a bit surprised to hear...

Closing the gap; The challenges of blending the generations at work.(Charles S. Lauer)
August 18, 2008... Byline: Charles S. Lauer They are "the millennials,'' the latest cadre of twentysomethings, but different than any who came before. Workplaces are struggling to adapt to these young people's wired ways, unconventional attire, flippant...