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The number of retail health clinics that have been popping up in places like drugstores for years is expected to double by the end of 2015, according to the consulting firm Accenture.
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Federal authorities have reached an $80 million settlement with the Walgreens pharmacy chain over rules violations that allowed tens of thousands of units of powerful painkillers such as oxycodone to illegally wind up in the hands of drug addicts and dealers, officials said Tuesday.
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In an era of transparency, government agencies and not-for-profit advocacy groups are publishing a growing amount of data about providers' performance on outcomes, quality measures, pricing and patient satisfaction.
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Multistate chains may do a better job than local or regional systems at improving the financial performance of the hospitals they buy.
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Health Management Associates is under fire from an activist investor, but a change of ownership at the company may be little more than wishful thinking.
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Multistate chains do a better job at improving the financial performance of acquired hospitals than local or regional systems, according to a Deloitte analysis.
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HCA, Nashville, today reported its final first-quarter results, adding a little more color on a performance it already previewed last month.
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Investor-owned hospital chains continued to report unexceptional first-quarter earnings this week, but good news from the CMS on 2014 Medicare payments renewed investor confidence in the sector.
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The first quarter of 2013 looked like it might be a big one for hospitals as the New Year opened with an early, severe flu season that led to a rush for services.
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Some of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chains are sitting on mounting cash piles, suggesting to analysts that a wave of dealmaking may be in the offing.
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