International Business News - HLSH http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Hospital operator HealthSouth Corp. said Monday it entered an agreement to buy a 38-bed rehabilitation hospital in Midland, Texas, from RehabCare Group of Midland LP. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/healthsouth-to-acquire-rehab-hospital.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:41:07 EDT Shares of HealthSouth Corp. rose on Wednesday, after the rehabilitation and acute-care hospital operator said second-quarter profit fell, but adjusted results beat analyst expectations, helped by higher discharges and revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/healthsouth-shares-rise-on-2q-results.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:14:57 EDT Medical Properties Trust Inc. said Tuesday it has invested $92.6 million in five hospital facilities, three of which are meant to help strengthen its position in the Southern California market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/medical-properties-invests-92-6m-in-5-hospitals.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:54:27 EDT Rehabilitation and acute care hospital operator HealthSouth Corp. said Monday it will buy a 30-bed rehabilitation unit at the Medical Center of Arlington in Texas for an undisclosed amount. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/healthsouth-buying-30-bed-rehabilitation-unit.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:29:15 EDT HealthSouth Corp., which provides inpatient rehabilitation services, said Monday it is selling 8.8 million shares to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. The company will use proceeds to redeem and repay short-term or long-term borrowings and for general corporate purposes including acquisitions of or investments in businesses or assets, capital expenditures, and working capital. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/healthsouth-to-sell-stock-in-private-sale.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:14:22 EDT Shareholder attorneys and Richard Scrushy met behind closed doors Monday as the fired HealthSouth Corp. chief executive began what could be days of sworn testimony in civil lawsuits over the fraud that nearly wrecked the company he founded. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/scrushy-in-ala-court-for-testimony-on-healthsouth.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:47:34 EDT A federal judge ordered fired HealthSouth Corp. CEO Richard Scrushy returned to Alabama from prison to testify in civil lawsuits over the huge fraud that nearly bankrupted the rehabilitation chain he founded. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/scrushy-ordered-to-ala-for-healthsouth-testimony.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:02:21 EDT HealthSouth Corp., which provides inpatient rehabilitative care, spent more than $597,000 in the first quarter to lobby on health-related matters, according to a disclosure report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/healthsouth-spent-about-597-000-in-1q-lobbying.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:37:57 EDT A federal appeals court on Wednesday vacated the sentence of a former HealthSouth Corp. executive who received house arrest and probation in a $1.4 billion fraud scheme involving the rehabilitation hospital operator. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/appeals-court-vacates-sentence-of-healthsouth-official.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:54:51 EDT A government outlook for sooner-than-expected financial pressure on the Medicare program, coupled with broader economic worries, helped weigh down shares of hospital operators and health insurers Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/sector-snap-medicare.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:05:06 EDT In a Feb. 6 story about lobbying, The Associated Press, relying on information in a Senate database, erroneously reported that HealthSouth Corp. paid Clark & Weinstock $100,000 to lobby the federal government in the second half of 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080208/correction-lobbying-story.htm Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:06:54 EST The California Hospital Association spent $260,000 in the first six months of 2007 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure form. The group lobbied for "fair" Medicare and Medicaid payments to hospitals, recruitment and retention of health care professionals, expansion of coverage to uninsured people and improved access to information technology for providers, according to the form posted online Dec. 13 by the Senate's public records office. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080102/hospital-group-spent-260-000-lobbying.htm Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:04:56 EST