Oklahoma briefs: Hospitals get pilot project
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Published: January 8, 2009
HOSPITALS GET PILOT PROJECT
Two Oklahoma hospitals have been chosen for a project aimed at better coordinating care and payments for some Medicare patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Wednesday that Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City and Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa will participate in the two-year demonstration project.
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APPEALS COURT RETURNS CASES
The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals has overturned two district court rulings dismissing lawsuits filed by companies over junk faxes they received. Appeals Court Judge John F. Fischer, in decisions released Wednesday, sent the cases back to Oklahoma County District Court Judge Vicki L. Robertson.
MARATHON OIL COMPLETES WELL
Houston-based Marathon Oil Corp. said Wednesday it has participated in a successful step-out discovery well on the Brickyard prospect, targeting the Woodford Shale resource play in Canadian County. Marathon is the well operator and holds about 57 percent interest with owners Questar Corp. and Cimarex Energy. Marathon is drilling two additional company-operated wells and is participating in two non-operated wells.
SMALL-BUSINESS WORKSHOP OPEN
MIDWEST CITY — A free workshop on small- business taxes is scheduled for Feb. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at Professional Training Center at Rose State College. The workshop is open to all Oklahoma businesses. To reserve a seat, call 733-7348.
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