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Here's What St. Louis Regional Hospitals Charge For 100 Most Common Procedures

Véronique LaCapra and Kelsey Proud — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:06:02 +0000

For the first time, the federal government has released the prices that hospitals charge for the 100 most common inpatient procedures.

The prices for a given procedure can vary by tens of thousands of dollars.

Medicare Pulls Back Curtain On Hospital Bills

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:31:19 +0000

When it comes to health care, the biggest of the big data are all about Medicare.

So, it's kind of a BIG deal when the government releases what individual hospitals charge Medicare — and what they actually get paid — for the most common diagnoses and treatments.

In a first, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made those figures from more than 3,000 hospitals public Wednesday.

A quick spin through the data shows that what hospital

Barnes-Jewish Gets Initial Approval For Major Expansion

Rachel Lippmann — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:05:22 +0000

Updated 10:15 a.m. March 27 to note that one building of the old Jewish Hospital complex will remain.

A planned expansion of the Barnes-Jewish medical complex could be underway later this year, now that the city has given its initial approval.

Ill. Gov. Quinn: Group To Address Health Care Workforce

The Associated Press — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:20:25 +0000

Gov. Pat Quinn says he is taking steps to ensure Illinois has the workforce it needs to fill thousands of new health care jobs.

Quinn says the jobs will be created as Illinois implements the Affordable Care Act, which will expand health care coverage to hundreds of thousands of people.

Why Something That Feels Good Has Been Bad News For St. Louis

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:17:00 +0000

When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its most recent data on sexually transmitted infections, the numbers once again showed bad news for St. Louis.