AP Interview: Texas will likely tap Rainy Day Fund
\n(Amarillo Globe-News © 12/14/2011)
AUSTIN, Texas ? Texas lawmakers will almost certainly have to tap the Rainy Day Fund to balance the budget in 2013, but by how much depends largely on the global economy and policy decisions made in Washingt");
document.write("on, state Comptroller Susan Combs told The Associated Press.\r\nMany lawmakers have said they did not budget enough money to cover the state's obligations for the 2012-2013 budget cycle, but the ...\n
APNewsBreak: 2.5M young adults gain coverage
\n(Amarillo Globe-News © 12/14/2011)
WASHINGTON ? The n");
document.write("umber of young adults lacking medical coverage has shrunk by 2.5 million since the new health care overhaul law took effect, according to a new analysis the Obama administration is to release Wednesday.\r\nThat drop is 2 1/2 times as large as the drop indicated by previous government and private estimates from earlier this year, which showed about 1 million Americans ages 19-25 had...\n
New Parkland CEO has suggestions for better care
\n(Austin American-Statesman © 12/14/2011)
The new leader of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas has suggested a revamp of nursing and clinical operations by mid-2012.\n\nDr. Thomas C. Royer this month became interim CEO of Parkland, which has faced government scrutiny over patient care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in August accepted Parkland's plan to correct violations related to infection control and emergency care.\n\nThe...\n
Report: HMC owner under investigation in California
\n(Brownsville Herald © 12/14/2011)
Prime Healthcare Services, the for-profit, South California-based hospital chain that recently acquired ownership in Harlingen Medical Center, has been the focus of much media attention over the last year for alleged irregul");
document.write("arities in Medicare billing and patient admission practices at its California hospitals.\n\nThe latest development, reported in the San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday, is that Pr...\n
Perry Chides Administration for Turning Down Texas Family Planning Proposal
\n(Fox News © 12/14/2011)
* \n AP\n O");
document.write("ct. 22, 2011: Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition presidential candidate forum, in Des Moines, Iowa.\n \n \n \n\nTexas Gov. Rick Perry accused the Obama administration of \"holding women's health hostage\" for the sake of a \"pro-abortion agenda,\" after the federal government rejected the state's bid to block Planned Parenthood from a fam...\n
UTMB receives $5M grant to educate unemployed
\n(Galveston Daily News © 12/14/2011)
GALVESTON — A stimulus grant of $5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor will fund a new four-year program, coordinated by the School of Health Professions at the University of Texas Medical Branch to educate long-term unemployed individuals as clinical laboratory science professionals.\n\nUTMB’s Clinical Laboratory Initiative to Mentor Baccalaureate Students project is meant to addr...\n
Hospital patient critically burned while trying to light cigarette
\n(Houston KHOU (CBS) 11 © 12/14/2011)
HOUSTON -- A hospital patient was critically burned Tuesday when she tried to light a cigarette inside her room, investigators with the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office said.\n\n\n\n\n\nIt happened at about 1");
document.write(":49 p.m. at the North Cypress Medical Center located in the 21000 block of Northwest Freeway.\n\n\nThe flames ignited oxygen and created a flash fire that set the woman’s hospital ...\n
Medical facility facing problems just before Christmas
\n(KTRK 13 News © 12/14/2011)
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- \n");
document.write("The IntraCare Behavioral Health Center has been treating families in the Houston area for decades. But now they need some help of their own after being told they would no longer be allowed to treat patients who receive Medicare and Medicaid. \n\n\nRelated Content\n\nMore: Summary statement of deficiencies\n\nMore: Plan of correction\n\nMore: Deadline extension letter\n\nMore: Out of compl...\n
Forum to address teen suicide
\n(Midland Reporter-Telegraph © 12/14/2011)
A local behavioral health hospital concerned by the growing\nnumber of suicides in the community will host a forum on child and\nteen depression. It is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the UTPB\nCEED building, 1400 N. FM 1788.\n \n \n\nThree teens have committed suicide since Oct. 23. BCA of the\nPermian Basin hopes the forum will serve as a preventative measure\nand a way to educate t...\n
Local Hospitals Monitoring Nursing Bill in Washington, D.C. 12/13/11
\n(Odessa KOSA (CBS) 7 © 12/14/2011)
Shelley Childers\r\nCBS 7 News\r\nschilders@cbs7.com\r\nDecember 13, 2011\r\n\r\nODESSA, TX - A proposed bill making it's way through Washington, D.C. right now is being closely watched by our hospitals here in the basin.\r\n\r\nIt's call");
document.write("ed the Senate Bill 58, Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2011 was introduced by a Senator Daniel Inouye from Hawaii and if passed would mandate a certain number of register...\n
Texas calls for stay on candidate filing deadline
\n(San Angelo Standard Times © 12/14/2011)
Texas Attorney General ");
document.write("Greg Abbott has filed a motion with the federal district court in San Antonio to stay the Dec. 15 candidate filing deadline pending a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on the boundaries of electoral districts in Texas.\n\nThe motion was filed Monday. In it, the state argues:\n\n\"As a result of the Supreme Court?s stay of this Court?s interim redistricting orders, no electoral dis...\n
CHRISTUS St. Michael honored for female patient satisfaction
\n(Texarkana Gazette © 12/14/2011)
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System was recently named as one of the Top 100 Hospitals for Patient Experience by WomenCertified, based on female patient satisfaction, and, as a result, will receive the Women?s Choice Award.\n\nHospitals are selected for this prestigious... \n\nPublished: 12/14/2011\n\nSign in to view full story or view our Registration Guide....\n
Was Federal Ruling Good for Family Planning Providers?
\n(Texas Tribune © 12/14/2011)
The federal government's rejection this week of a state request to exclude certain providers — namely Planned Parenthood — from the Medicaid Women's Health Program came as a victory to some family planning advocates, and a travesty to others. \n\nSandie H");
document.write("averlah, an Austin lobbyist for Planned Parenthood, said it's a great outcome because it buys advocates time and forces the state...\n
Medicare may penalize hospitals that readmit too many patients
\n(Washington Post © 12/14/2011)
It’s a return trip nobody wants to take: You are discharged f");
document.write("rom the hospital, only to find yourself readmitted a few days later.\n \n\nMore and more people are finding themselves in this revolving door — at a cost to both hospitals and patients. A 2009 study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that one in five Medicare patients discharged from the hospital had to be readmitte...\n