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Proposed cuts in Medicaid spending at Florida hospitals would hurt struggling local economies, costing thousands of high-wage jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in related economic activity annually, according to a University of Florida study.

The depressed economy threatens the financial health of Ohio hospitals, with many projecting losses and cuts in staff, programs and construction projects, according to the Ohio Hospital Association.

Hospitals across the eastern half of the United States are feeling the pain of recession, and in some cases are seeing margins fall to unprecedented lows.

NewsMaker Interview: James Levett, MD, chief medical officer, The Physicians' Clinic of Iowa (Cedar Rapids), and chairman, American Society for Quality's healthcare division

Commentary from Hal Andrews, chief executive officer of Data Advantage, LLC based in Nashville, Tenn.

May Editorial by Editor Richard Pizzi

As Managing Editor Eric Wicklund reports in this issue, pharmacy benefit management firm Express Scripts is acquiring Wellpoint’s NetRx subsidiary businesses in a $4.75 billion cash and equity deal.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched a $32 million public-private partnership designed to add thousands of professionals to the state’s healthcare facilities over the next three years.