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Prime Healthcare settles federal patient-privacy case for $275,000
Hospital chain Prime Healthcare Services Inc. has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a federal investigation into alleged violations of patient privacy. The case stemmed from allegations that Prime Healthcare and its Shasta Regional Medical Center...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Editorial: Health science education an Rx for job security
Remember when kids used to play with doctor and nurse kits, chemistry sets and microscopes? Perhaps we need to revive that tradition — and add microbiology computer games to the mix. As America's population ages, the need for health care services...Tags: Politics, Health and Medical Professionals, Career and Workplace, Government, Science and Technology
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Founder pushes business accelerator in uncharted direction
It's another day in the startup sandbox, and Nina Nashif is leaving tracks. The 38-year-old founder and chief executive of West Loop business accelerator Healthbox has hammered out a benefits package for the company's London office, pressed an...
Tags: Finance, Startups, Marketing, Family, Starbucks Corp.
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Marathon Consulting announces six new staffers
Marathon Consulting, LLC, an information technology consulting firm, announced a recent expansion and the addition of six new staff members. “We’re very pleased that clients are continuing to rely on Marathon, creating more demand for top-...
Tags: Marketing, Hampton Roads, Science and Technology, Technology, Global Expansion
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GOP slams fundraising, other efforts to promote Obama health law
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...
Tags: Barack Obama, Lawyers, Politics, American Cancer Society, Kathleen Sebelius
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Despite economic woes, 9th District a hot spot for contributions
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...
Tags: Gloria Molina, Elections, Public Officials, Local Elections, Politics
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For Wal-Mart, should healthcare be a cost of doing business?
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...
Tags: Employment, Justice System, Career and Workplace, Employees, Crime, Law and Justice
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HCC Awarded Grant by CareFirst
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....Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Harford Community College, Financial Aid, Electronics, University of Maryland, College Park
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UnitedHealth Profit Falls As U.S. Government Payments Decline
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...Tags: Marketing, Earnings, Prices, Medicare, Insurance
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Aiming high in federal contracting
As federal agencies pull back on spending, 7Delta's strategy is thinking big. The Columbia information technology firm, which grew by focusing on work for one federal agency, is going after larger contracts and broadening its reach. It's a...
Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Business, Government Contracts
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Is the tougher workplace slowing down the economic recovery?
The workplace is changing as many companies, looking to increase productivity, ask employees for more while giving them less, according to a Los Angeles Times series. That’s difficult for individuals at work – but it might also have a profound...
Tags: Rentals, Employment, Royal Bank of Canada, Politics, Career and Workplace
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CoxHealth plans expansion in south Springfield
jjacob@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, 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. ...Tags: Bonds, Finance, Family, Politics, Healthcare Policies
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