Healthcare business news and information

The latest legislative attempt to reduce the shortage of primary-care physicians would retrain inactive or retiring physicians to provide such care.
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A proposed HHS rule outlines a data-collection process for determining the minimum scope of many future health insurance plans.
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HealthSouth Corp., Birmingham, Ala., has received the go-ahead from the state of Florida to proceed with plans for a rehabilitation hospital serving the greater Orlando area.
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Yale-New Haven (Conn.) Hospital's bid to buy the Hospital of St. Raphael won clearance Connecticut's attorney general. The 959-bed Yale-New Haven Hospital reached a definitive agreement to purchase the 406-bed Hospital of St. Raphael in September 2011.
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Centura Health, Englewood, Colo., said it will explore options for “collaboration and integration” of children's healthcare between its St. Francis Medical Center and the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, which is the pediatric acute-care service line of HealthOne.
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An anesthesia-services provider's proposals to enter into contracts with physician-owned outpatient surgery and endoscopy centers could lead to liability under the anti-kickback statute and possible administrative sanctions, the HHS' inspector general's office said.
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Prime Healthcare Services, Ontario, Calif., has completed its acquisition of Pampa (Texas) Regional Medical Center in another move that expands its presence beyond California.
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Healthcare added 32,800 jobs last month, an increase of 0.2%, to bring the industry's total employment to 1.43 million workers, new seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show.
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Two free disaster-preparedness Facebook apps went live after winning a challenge sponsored by HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response earlier this year.
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HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is calling for nominations for experts who will help the agency revise its quality indicators for the ICD-10 conversion.
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