Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5B deal Cost sustainability | If payment reform fails, tie spending per beneficiary to GDP Reform Update: IRS controversy reaches ACA Drug firms stalk Actavis deal CBO projects less growth in healthcare spending Health law costs slow some fast food chains Drop in hospital PPI biggest since '04 Not-for-profit Billings Clinic forms joint venture with RegionalCare HHS issues rules cutting Medicaid DSH Mich. hospital seeks to join Spectrum Health Peer pressures | Use of CEO compensation comparisons draws heightened scrutiny Growing scrutiny | Variance in hospital charges raises questions Pushing for payment | Doctors group aims to get payers to cover lung cancer screenings 'High-stakes' decision | Tuomey's adverse verdict may have lingering effects Home health, hospice firms see earnings slide ICU Medical said to explore sale that may fetch $1 billion DaVita gains as Berkshire pact seen as possible deal path Rx spending drops as use of generics rises Quest Diagnostics to consider job seekers with criminal histories Primary-care docs generating more hospital revenue: survey Many medical guidelines don't consider costs CMS data show wide variation in hospital billing How 'political intelligence' can come from Congress itself Pagers cost hospitals billions: study Unusual billing patterns spur probe of inpatient hospice care Roper Industries completes $1B acquisition of Managed Health Care Associates Reform Update: CMS' plan for DSH payments gets close review NUHW chief vows to keep focus on Kaiser SEIU keeps Kaiser workers in second showdown with Calif. rival HCA sees decline in first-quarter net income Steward sues R.I. Blue Cross over failed Landmark deal Trinity Health, Catholic Health East complete merger deal Healthcare owners shun nursing homes Low interest rates hitting healthcare systems' pension plans: S&P Vanguard Health Systems scales back earnings estimate CMS move boosts for-profit hospital sector Valeant Pharmaceuticals in talks to buy Actavis CMS proposes 1.1% payment bump for hospices Integrated care, payment reform could save $300 billion in a decade: Brookings report Highmark completes West Penn deal, announces new system Competing for consumers | Coming coordinated-care squeeze prompts providers to push into insurance market Feeling the outpatient pinch | Lower demand squeezes chains' quarterly earnings Beyond hospice | New models of care focus on advanced illnesses Focus on value | Hospitals, patients benefit when providers treat quality like a financial report CareFusion plans to pay $41M settlement Small hospitals get more bad news from Moody's Aging U.S. to drive up heart-related health costs: study Physicians file motion to try to stop St. Luke's sale Zuckerman takes financial planning post at St. John Providence Healthcare industry asks feds for clearer guidance on fraud, fewer audits