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A brother in arms pays his respects in front of the coffin of French soldier Stephane Duval, member of the 3rd 'Regiment de parachutistes d'infanterie de marine' (RPIMA, paratroopers), killed in Mali on April 29, 2013, during a funeral ceremony in Bayonne, southern France, on May 7, 2013. Duval was the sixth soldier killed in the west African country since France launched a military intervention in January to quash Al-Qaeda-linked groups that had taken control of the north.
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Based on the bills it submits to Medicare, the Bayonne Medical Center charged the highest amounts in the country for nearly one-quarter of the most common hospital treatments, according to a New York Times analysis of 2011 data, the most recent available. No other hospital was at the top of the price list more often.More quotes »
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Port Authority OKs $3B in bridge projects
tapped a consortium led by Omaha-based Kiewit Corp. to design, build, finance and maintain the bridge.The deck of the 81-year-old Bayonne Bridge will be raised by 64 feet, and it will have shoulders, a median divider and wider lanes. It, too, will have bike Read more »
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Royal Caribbean's ship Quantum of the Seas
comes up with things nobody ever thinks of," he said.Quantum will launch in November 2014 and will homeport in Cape Liberty , in Bayonne , N.J., with winter sailings to the Bahamas and Caribbean.Royal Caribbean executives said The North Star was inspired by Read more »
Around the web
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Owners of for-profit North Jersey hospitals cash in on land beneath
real estate owner evict them and bring in another company, or use the property for condos or a shopping mall? The proceeds of the Bayonne sale — a stunning $26 million — may have been used to improve hospital facilities or divided among the original investors. 5/19/13 from NorthJersey.com Read more »
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'Whistleblower' awarded $2.1 million in case against Bayonne Medical Center
the predominant reason for his discharge was his performance, and found the predominant reason was his protected conduct." A Bayonne Medical Center spokeswoman said the hospital is terminating an agreement with a lab management company that furnished supervisors 5/19/13 from NJ.com Read more »
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Here’s why hospitals set high prices
Medicare paid the hospital an average of $7,170. That’s less than 6 percent of what the hospital billed. Why do hospitals like Bayonne set absurdly high prices, ones that insurers and Medicare will never actually pay? One explanation I’ve gotten from hospitals 5/19/13 from The Washington Post Read more »
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Bayonne Medical Center is at the top of hospital price list in nation
is now set to . You can change this setting at any time. Your weather is now set to . You can change this setting at any time. Bayonne Medical Center, a 278-bed for-profit hospital in working-class Hudson County, charges the highest prices of any hospital from NJ.com Read more »
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NJ Bayonne Medical Center - Highest Priced Medicine in the Nation
the best result according to published data released by the US Government. The NY Times has analyzed data and found that the NJ Bayonne Medical Center was the highest priced hospital in the nation. "Until a recent ruling by the Internal Revenue Service, for from Workers Compensation Read more »
