Easing the 'cold war' between managed care, academic med

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Academic medical centers and managed care organizations are forming alliances to increase residents' access to patients, as managed care has drawn patients out of medical training impatient wards and into ambulatory care centers. Proposed solution models, aided by a Pew Charitable Trusts grant of $8.3 million, include rotation of residents to managed care outpatient settings and managed care patients to academic centers.

University Medical Centers, Management, Finance, Health care industry, Education, Managed care plans (Medical care), Residents (Medicine), University hospitals, Graduate medical education, Pew Charitable Trusts

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Catholic leaders protest teaching hospital's sale to for-profit

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Archbishop Justin Rigali of St Louis, MO, leads a group of Catholic leaders opposing the sale of St Louis University Hospital to a for-profit company, Tenet Healthcare Corp. The group asked the state to forbid the sale, since the mission of the Catholic teaching hospital cannot be continued by the proprietary corporation. A bid by two Catholic hospitals was declined after Tenet outbid them by about $100 million.

General Medical Hospitals, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Hospitals, Tenet Healthcare Corp., THC, Catholic hospitals, St. Louis University Hospital

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N.Y. investigating resident workload at hospitals

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New York State Department of Health investigators made surprise visits to 12 teaching hospitals in Mar 1998, in order to see if the facilities were adhering to the state's 'Bell' regulations, which govern residents' supervision and work hours. A department spokesman said that the investigation's results will be disclosed in April.

Investigations, Hospitals, Teaching, New York. Department of Health

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