10 things for CFOs to know about C. diff

http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/10-things-for-cfos-to-know-about-c-diff.html

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To combat Clostridium difficile infections, the CDC suggests healthcare facility executives — including CFOs — monitor the number and severity of these costly conditions, as well as the outcomes of patients infected.

California’s ACA insurance rates to rise an average of 4%

http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/californias-aca-insurance-rates-to-rise-an-average-of-4/403039/

FTC’s antitrust strategy: Unwind completed mergers and acquisitions

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/ftc-focused-unwinding-completed-deals/2015-05-07?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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Hospital bond issuance up 215%

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/hospital-bond-issuance-215/2015-07-26?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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Hospitals and other parts of the healthcare sector are putting their toes back into the borrowing waters once again, and like what they are feeling. The healthcare sector sold $18.9 billion in bonds during the first half of 2015, up 76 percent from $10.8 billion sold during the first half of 2014, according to HFA Partners.

Housing Is A Prescription For Better Health

http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/07/22/housing-is-a-prescription-for-better-health/

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http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/housing-homeless-patients-could-cut-inappropriate-er-use-readmissions/2015-07-22

Healthcare lobbies push to include housing as a hospital community benefit

http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/healthcare-lobbies-push-include-housing-hospital-community-benefit/2015-07-27?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

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California Nurses Association wins organizing vote at big Kaiser hospital in Los Angeles

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2015/07/california-nurses-association-kaiser-seiu.html?ana=e_vert_st_20150727

RoseAnn DeMoro, executive director of the California Nurses Association. The Oakland-based California Nurses Association won a big union-organizing vote at Kaiser Permanente's Los Angeles Medical Center.

The Oakland-based California Nurses Association won a big union-organizing vote Thursday night at Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center, according to the union. The tally was 696 votes for CNA and 305 votes for a rival union, United Nurses Associations of California.