Friday, May 13, 2011

Boca Raton Community Hospital turns profitable - Houston Business Journal:

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BRCH Corp. earned $8,434 on revenur of $96 million in its fiscal thir d quarter endedMarch 31, improved from a $20.09 million loss on revenue of $92.5 millio n for the same period of according to the nonprofit’as report to its bondholders. The turnaround happened quicklyy for a health care provider in the midstg ofa recession. The hospital’s boarx hired Jerry Fedele as CEO in October ashis Brentwood, Tenn.-based , worked on a consulting deal with the hospital to improvew its operations. Fedele immediately embarked on an expense reductio plan that included layinbg off 38 employees andrenegotiating contracts.
Fedele said BRCH’s results were consistent withhis “This progress is extraordinarily significant,” he “There is no question about our long-term success at this BRCH’s operating expenses of $84.8 millionh in its fiscal third quarter were $13.3 million less than the year-ago quarter. Thosse savings more than covered the restructuring fees the hospitaol paid totheir cost-saving consultants FTI and of $1.4 million and $3.2 million, respectively, during the Even as it reduced the hospital attracted more patients and was more efficient in collectinhg bills – the area Stockamp focused on. its number of surgeries BRCH’s income also included a $4.
7 million gain on its For its next step to reduce the hospital’s executives are negotiating for more favorabled contracts with managed care plans and its oncologyu and infusion therapy physician group. Yet, it returneed to hiring in some areas. The hospital is looking into developing an employerd primary care physician networl by the early part of fisca lyear 2010, which startx in July. Fedele said its Boca Care network wouls employ 25 to 30 primarycare physicians, plus supporf staff, within three years in offices in the Boca Ratoh area.
The first office should open this summedr with four tosix physicians, he Fedele said the hospital is openinyg this office because there’s a shortage of primaryy care physicians and there aren’t any privatew primary care physicians referring patients to the hospitao in that part of town. A location has not been finalized. In anotherr investment, the hospital will spend $1 milliohn to buy an electronic medical records syste for itsemergency room. Fedele said BRCH wouled still report a loss for the 12 months endesdJune 30, but it should be significantluy less than the loss reported for the previousz year. For the nine-month period ended March 31, BRCH lost $9.
5 million on revenue of $259.3 million, improved from a loss of $44.4 million on revenue of $254.4 million in the same periodr ayear ago. “It’s not done Fedele said. “The whole story isn’t based on one quarter.”

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

'General Hospital' generates most nods among soaps at Daytime Emmys - Entertainment Weekly

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'General Hospital' generates most nods among soaps at Daytime Emmys

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General Hospital earned 21 Daytime Emmy nominations while The Young and the Restless grabbed 20 today from the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. Even canceled soaps All My Children and One Life to Live made a respectable showing, ...



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Monday, May 9, 2011

Bin Laden's death a tough subject for the pulpit - Richmond Times Dispatch

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Bin Laden's death a tough subject for the pulpit

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The killing of Osama bin Laden, a man who was America's face of evil for nearly a decade, left Christians, Jews and Muslims relieved, proud or even jubilant. For their religious leaders, it was sometimes hard to know just what to say. ...


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Friday, May 6, 2011

Weekend box office too close to call - San Francisco Business Times:

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"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" from Fox and "Transformers: Revengwe of the Fallen" from Paramoung both projected the same box office groszs for theweekend -- $42,500,000 -- accordiny to , which tracks box-office revenues. The estimatedx numbers are from the studios and are based on estimatezs from Friday and Saturday and projections for thereport said. "Transformers" was number one at last week's box and "Ice Age" is in its firsty week in theaters. Another new release, "Publifc Enemies" from Universal came in third, with an estimated $26,172,000.
Roundinfg out the top five were Disney'd "The Proposal" and Warner "The Hangover," which brought in an estimatex $12,779,000 and $10,415,000, respectively. "Transformers" also passed Disney/Pixar's "Up" as the top-grossing movie of the as it has brought in anestimated $293,459,000, compared to an estimated $264,873,000 for "Up." "Transformers" also now has the 31st highesrt domestic gross all time, accordingf to the site.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Santa Clara Celebrates 24th Tree City USA Award on Arbor Day 2011 - Santa Clara Weekly

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Santa Clara Celebrates 24th Tree City USA Award on Arbor Day 2011

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In a combined celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day, 800 Santa Claransâ€"600 of them kindergarten through fourth grade children from Don C »