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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: CBO Scores Senate Bill, SEC Probes HCA, Global Cap on Trial in Mass., and More]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:18:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: Hospitals Regain Ground, Govt. Pumps Up Health IT, Gainsharing On a Roll, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Green Shoots For Hospitals? â€" A Thomson Reuters survey of 500 hospitals showed that only a third operated in the red during the first quarter of this year, compared with 50 percent last fall. One reason is that their median labor cost fell 3 percent. Last year, median revenue per...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:10:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tenet Results Suggest Hospitals Are Still Strong]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the heels of HCAâ€™s good news about its first-quarter results, Tenet Healthcare, the second largest for-profit hospital chain, reported that it earned $178 million in the first three months of 2009, compared with a loss of $31 million for the prior-year period. The majority of the gain, $134 million,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 15:08:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: Sebelius Confirmed, CIGNA Cost Estimator, HCA's Marvelous Coder, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sebelius confirmed â€" The U.S. Senate confirmed Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas as Secretary of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, and President Obama quickly swore her in as the final member of his cabinet. While her first order of business will be the swine flu emergency, she is expected...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:32:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heathcare Roundup: HCA Profits Rise, Allina Refunds Interest, Electronic Scripts Up, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HCA profits rise â€" The profits of HCA, the nationâ€™s largest for-profit hospital chain, are expected to rise markedly for the first quarter of 2009. HCA said that it anticipates first-quarter pre-tax income of $600 to $650 million, compared with $344 million for the prior-year period. Revenue is predicted to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:50:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tenet vs. HCA in El Paso: How Hospitals Go To War]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a rare look at how hospitals compete for the commodities that really matter to them -- primarily patients and their insurance coverage -- check out a rough and sometimes brutal war Tenet Healthcare has waged against its larger rival HCA in El Paso, Tex., for much of the last...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:03:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: Kaiser's Investment Wallop, HCA Slows Spending, Waxman-Dingell Showdown, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaiser reports a $706 million investment loss in the third quarter, HCA slows its capital spending, Henry Waxman takes aim at longtime congressional baron John Dingell over the Energy and Commerce chairmanship, and more. by David P. Hamilton]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:04:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Healthcare Roundup: Medical Tourism Goes Pro, HCA CEO Out, Chicago Hospital Fails, and More]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More health-insurance plans paying for overseas care -- Medical tourism, or sending patients to cheaper overseas hospitals, appears to be the latest new tool for health-insurance companies and employers seeking to cut costs. Among the most recent developments: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina created a medical-tourism subsidiary...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:58:20 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More on Hospitals vs. Insurers: Carilion Edition]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I noted Joe Paduda's argument that hospitals have regained some pricing clout against health insurers, enabling them to pad their bottom line at the expense of health plans. After some further scouting around, I still think the picture isn't entirely clear. So let's lay out the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:15:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fitch Affirms HCA, Inc.'s IDR at 'B'; Outlook Stable]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed HCA Inc.'s HCA ratings as follows:]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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