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Reports on the net income of hospitals in Pennsylvania for fiscal 1997 and fiscal 1998 according to a survey conducted by The Hospital & HealthSystem Association of Pennsylvania. Impact of the 1997 Balanced Budget Act on the hospitals; Percentage of hospitals that reported a drop in net income; Amount of Medicare reductions faced by the hospitals.

Features the laws and regulations in California regarding hospital renovations to be safe from natural disasters. Estimated costs of construction; Role of California Healthcare Association; Plans of seeking financial assistance.

Features the survey released by the Healthcare Association of Southern California concerning the performance of health plans. Effects on the state's hospitals; List of health companies in the survey; Statistical presentation of survey results.

Focuses on the National Subacute Care Association which was created through the merger of the American Subacute Care Association and the International Subacute Healthcare Association. Combination of resources to advance common goals; Opportunities available to vendors and suppliers of products and services; Benefits of the merger for the patient.

Reports on the Healthcare Association of Southern California's assessment of health care delivery in Southern California. Integration of health care providers; Prospects for growth and merger of health plans.

Reports that the US Supreme Court ruled that states are not precluded by federal law from setting reimbursement rates for hospital care. Case involving Travelers Insurance Co.; Savings for New York State hospitals; Arguments of lawyers for the Health Association of New York State; Highlights of the case.

Reports that the Hospital Council of Southern California has adopted the official name Healthcare Association of Southern California (HASC) on February 7, 1995. Changes in the focus of the company's services; Expansion of the organization's membership; Organizational structure.

Reports that Carol A. Webb, president of Ortho Biotech, has been chosen 1995 Woman of the Year by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association.

Reports the formation of a Clinic Plan Association of Michigan Inc. by four local health care companies from in and around Detroit for airing their views through Lansing-based Association of HMOs Incorporated. Rationale behind the formation; First Care Medical Centers Inc., Midwest Health Center Inc., Cape Medical Inc. and North Oaks Health System Inc. as the four members.

Reports that the Independent Healthcare Association (IHA) of Great Britain has challenged the National Health Service's trusts with private wards to prove that paybeds were not being subsidized with taxpayers' money. Call for publication of separate accounts for private wards and services; Need for private wards and services to be subjected to the same scrutiny as independent hospitals.

Focuses on the profits earned by National Health Service (NHS) trusts in private patient income in 1996-1997 in Britain. Gap between the waiting times in the NHS and the private sector; Speculations about how trusts subsidize pay-bed units; Calls of the Independent Healthcare Association for the accounting of costs associated with pay beds; Profit made by trusts on private activity.

The article reports that the Institute for Health Care Marketing at the University of Houston in Texas has started a matchmaker service to link marketing instructions with health care organizations. Institute director Betsy Gelb said that marketing professors are asked to submit data sheets that include their health care experience, and the institute will give matching information about each other. She added that hospitals might use professors to lead focus groups or conduct a marketing audit.

Focuses on the passage of a law in Georgia providing direct access to dermatologists. Georgia Dermatologic Society's legislative committee chairman Jerry L. Cooper's outlining of the factors influencing the passage of the bill; Appeal for support from the general membership; Efforts to secure the support of the Medical Association of Georgia.

States that the creation of a state agency to regulate managed care, has been recommended by California's Managed Health Care Improvement Task Force. What the state agency must be able to do; Who would assume responsibiity for quality audits; Comments from GP Rolland Lowe, president of the California Medical Association.

States that Kathryn E. Giusti, former G,D. Searle executive director was named the 1998 `Woman of the Year,' by the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA). Information on Giusti; Details on the foundation Giusti founded; When the award will be presented.

Details the problems confronting California's health care. Suggestions from a state task force report; Explanations from Jerell Harms, vice president of professional services at California Healthcare Association.

Introduces the book `Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care in Pennsylvania 1998,' published by the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP). Why HAP published the book; Features of the book.

Reports on a bill passed by the California Legislature that would require the use of safety needles to cut down on the number of health care workers injured by needle sticks. Comments from the California Healthcare Association (CHA) officials; Opponents of the bill; Arguments on the bill.

Announces that the California Healthcare Association (CHA) has joined a business coalition opposing a proposition that would require competitive bidding for estate engineering contracts. Information on the Government Cost Savings and Taxpayer Protection Amendment; Reason engineers proposed the amendment; Comment from Kristen Sykes, an account executive with Hopcraft Communications company.

Focuses on the `California Health Care 1998-2005: View of the Future' report by the California Healthcare Association (CHA). Predictions on government regulation; Predictions on health maintenance organizations; Predictions on Medicare market.

Presents several articles concerning health care in the United States (US). Information on the lawsuit that Blue Cross and Blue Shield company filed against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Development of a compliance manual and corresponding seminars by the California Healthcare Association; US Department of Health and Human Services' approval of three more state children's health insurance plans; Agreement between RightChoice Managed Care and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri.

Reports about the decline of the rate of newborn deliveries by cesarean section in Pennsylvania for the year 1995 according to the Health Care Cost Containment Council. Information about the national objective of the Healthy People 2000; Statement of Donald Zimmerman of the council about about the decline.

States that the Greater Flint Area Hospital Assembly in Michigan has undergone a name change to Healthcare Council of MidMichigan. Marlene Soderstom as its president.

Reports on Healthcare Association of Southern California's partnership with community organizations in Los Angeles County, California. Extension of memberships in the MediCal program; Coordination with schools and county government in identifying and enrolling MediCal-eligible schoolchildren; Training of volunteers and staff for the program.

Reports on the statewide campaigns of the Idaho Hospital Association and the Hospital Association of New York State for extended health insurance coverage.

Reports on the collaboration between the Healthcare Association of Southern California and local government agencies to enroll eligible residents in the state's Medicaid program.

Forecasts a decrease in the number of health care networks in California by the year 2005. California Healthcare Association's prediction on consolidation of regional and statewide health plans; Trend toward providers who will purchase, affiliate and merge with doctors; Stabilization of health maintenance organization premiums in the state.

Focuses on two health care initiatives opposed by the California Healthcare Association. Proposal to allow the California Department of Health to determine staffing rations at all health facilities; Mandate on health care employers to show `just cause' for terminating a caregiver.

Reports that the California Healthcare Association is fighting two health maintenance organization proposals that have made the November 1996 state ballot. Increase of patients' access to medical treatment under managed care; Effects on hospitals.

Reports on California Healthcare Association vice president Tom Luevano's apprehension regarding the proposal in Congress that calls for minimum wage hike. Possible financial strain on the hospital industry; Statewide survey conducted by the association on the issue; Other negative implications of the proposal.

Reports that the California Healthcare Association opposes a no-fault automobile-insurance initiative. Ability of the government to set fixed payment rates for hospitals; Failure of a single fee schedule to take into account the differing operating costs and services among hospitals.

Features the Mercy Regional Health Care Network in Mason City, Iowa. Members of the network; Services offered by the alliance of medical centers; Comments from Dave Vellinga, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of North Iowa Mercy Health Center; Contact information.

Reports on the formation of the California Healthcare Association. Articles of incorporation; Board of trustees; Bylaws.

Reports on the alliance among hospitals and other health systems in California to form a consolidated health care association called California Healthcare Association. Rationale for the association; Inclusion of all members of the regional associations in the alliance; Tasks of the new association.

Reports on the conflict between public and private hospitals as a result of the revision in Los Angeles County, California's health-system budget plan. Healthcare Association of Southern California's backing of its private-sector hospital members; Alteration in the Service Employees International Union Local 660's charter to allow private-sector members.