http://www.modernhealthcare.com In the News for the West en-us 144 21 http://www.modernhealthcare.com http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST RENTON, Wash. -- Providence Health & Services will combine its western Washington operations with Swedish Health Services, Seattle. Under an affiliation agreement executed Jan. 26, the names for the two groups will remain the same, and... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120204/MAGAZINE/302049961 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST Negotiations are just getting started on one multisystem business arrangement in Colorado, while an announcement about another deal involving the same players is expected shortly. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120128/MAGAZINE/301289962 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST LAS VEGAS -- The UC San Diego Health System's board of regents approved its plans to acquire the Las Vegas-based Nevada Cancer Institute. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120128/MAGAZINE/120129987 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST ROSWELL, N.M. -- Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque, N.M., part of for-profit chain Ardent Health Services, Nashville, announced it signed a letter of intent to purchase 26-bed, for-profit Roswell Regional Hospital. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120121/MAGAZINE/301219942 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST ROSWELL, N.M. -- Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., withdrew its interest in buying the hospital in Roswell that it doesn't already own after receiving word that the increasingly vigilant Federal Trade Commission planned an... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120114/MAGAZINE/301149962 Mon, 9 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The UC Davis Health System recently signed a telehealth research collaboration agreement with the Mexican state of Sinaloa. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120109/MAGAZINE/301099941 Mon, 2 Jan 2012 00:01:00 EST A federal judge in California has taken the extraordinary step of blocking sizable reductions in Medicaid rates to the state's hospital-based skilled-nursing units, concluding that state and federal officials likely relied on unreasonable... http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20120102/MAGAZINE/301029937 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:01:00 EST MIRA MESA, Calif. -- Scripps Health hired Lei Dong as chief medical physicist for a proton therapy center under construction and on track to begin treating patients in spring 2013. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111219/MAGAZINE/312199941 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:01:00 EST SPOKANE, Wash. -- IPC the Hospitalist Co., the hospitalist physician group based in North Hollywood, Calif., has acquired Hospital Specialists of Spokane, Wash. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111212/MAGAZINE/312129941 Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:01:00 EST PHOENIX -- Arizona hospitals are suing to block the latest rate reduction for the state's Medicaid program's payments. http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20111205/MAGAZINE/312059941