Pass bill to keep patients 'in network'

Recent events in Northeastern Pennsylvania demonstrate emphatically that health-care consolidation is a fact of life.After years of struggling independently, Regional Hospital of Scranton and Moses Taylor Hospital have been acquired by for-profit Commun

Doherty has right recipe for growth

FRIDAY INTERVIEW:Bill Doherty, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) vice-president, Cook Medical

NHS reforms live blog - will the bill be dropped?

Influential website ConservativeHome urges David Cameron to replace Andrew Lansley and scrap large chunks of controversial health and social care bill 11.17am: Warsi's article was entitled - perhaps in a slightly inflammatory fashion - "As Conservatives it is our duty to support the NHS bill". In response author John O'Donoghue tweets: No Baroness W it's not the duty of Conservatives to support ...

Political Notebook: Serving and protecting

When three cars collided during Thursday morning’s rush hour on Forsyth Road, Macon’s E-911 dispatchers heard a familiar voice on the police radio -- the boss.

Lawmakers hope to regulate school food, who pays for ER care

Colorado lawmakers expect to consider numerous healthcare-related issues this session, from tougher "truth in advertising" requirements for medical providers to imposing more stringent standards for food sold in public schools.But with Colorado's rising Medicaid costs already...