IRVINE: Health-care industry real-estate investment fund HCP Inc. said it would record a $36 million noncash write-down in the current quarter after one of its joint ventures forecast lower Medicare reimbursement rates next year.
The charge led the company to cut its earnings guidance for Read More »
BEIJING: At a local level, public hospital leaders in China remain reluctant to share their best doctors. Only in August did Beijing become the first municipality to let doctors work in more than one place without permission from their boss.
“Some government-owned hospitals are hampering Read More »
BOSTON: Care farms are now being created to service dementia residents, disadvantaged adults, the learning difficulties youth market, autism/Aspergers, and returned service personnel/stressed police/firemen/ambulance officers.
Well-being is being improved in an oasis of calm. Read More »
TUCSON: The vast boomer generation can be split into older and younger cohorts with differing views of technological innovation, according to research conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The older segment, those 56–68, takes a more measured approach. “They’re very cost-conscious,” says Paul D’Alessandro, principal and customer Read More »