Richard Pizzi

A pilot program at nine New Jersey hospitals promises that no newborns will leave the hospital without health insurance, the state Department of Health and Senior Services announced last Friday.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has acquired the Nashville-based Medical Banking Project, moving the Chicago-based healthcare IT professional society more broadly into healthcare finance and administration.

Overall healthcare prices increased 0.2 percent in September and were 2.8 percent higher than a year ago, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In an effort to save $60 million, Cook County Health and Hospitals System officials are cutting 335 jobs and eliminating 700 vacant positions.

Many employers plan to adjust their benefit strategies based on how healthcare reform legislation affects their costs, according to a survey of HR and benefit executives from mid-sized and large organizations.

Community Health Care, a healthcare provider for uninsured and underinsured residents in southern New Jersey, is now offering discount medications to tens of thousands of families.

UT Physicians, the medical group practice of The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, has entered into a lease agreement that will allow it to expand its clinic space.

Hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 8,043 lives and $577 million in one year, according to an analysis from Premier.

Americans' confidence in their health insurance coverage - and their ability to access healthcare - rose slightly in September, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Care Consumer Confidence Index.

Georgia Hospital Health Services, a subsidiary of the Georgia Hospital Association, has selected a Web-based benchmarking tool to help its hospitals analyze how effectively they use space in key revenue generating areas.