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NewsMaker interview with Linda Nicholson, vice president, quality and clinical excellence, patient safety officer for ViaHealth Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, N.Y

Commentary by Gaarry Keute, director of business development for Minneapolis-based VisionShare Inc.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan reported a net loss of $144.9 million in 2008, which company officials blamed primarily on significant losses on individual policies.

Editorial from Editor Richard Pizzi

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a new policy for Medicare coverage of testing for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

A Kansas cardiologist and his practice group will pay $1.3 million to settle claims that they submitted false claims to Medicare.

The Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals plan to modify the existing 50/50 not-for-profit ownership structures of St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland and Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio.

S.C. hospitals could save $40M monitoring infections Drugs for women's healthcare are thriving Staffing regulations boost wages for Calif. nurses Texas coalition calls for nursing education funding

A majority of hospital development officials report that their fundraising programs have been negatively affected by the economic downturn, but at least 50 percent anticipate achieving their 2009 development projections.

The economic stimulus package – with more than $100 billion allotted to healthcare – is signed, sealed and delivered. The State Children's Health Insurance Program is newly reauthorized.