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The Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minn., and the Altru Health System of North Dakota have announced a new alliance.
A new survey indicates 82 percent of the leaders in health and healthcare policy believe states should be allowed to implement key provisions of the Affordable Care Act with full federal support ahead of the timeline outlined in the law.
Emergency Medical Services, a Colorado-based ambulance operator and physician services company, has completed its merger with private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. The $3.2 billion sale, announced in February, is expected to close on May 25.
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has announced a $241 million settlement - the largest recovery in the history of the state's False Claims Act - with Quest Diagnostics to recover illegal overcharges to the state's medical program for the poor.
After reviewing more than 100 design concepts from architects, design firms, students, healthcare companies and engineering and construction firms, Kaiser Permanente has selected nine finalists in its "Small Hospital, Big Idea" competition.
MedAssets, based in Atlanta, has announced that the Kettering Health Network, a Dayton, Ohio-based health network comprised of seven hospitals and more than 60 healthcare facilities, has selected key components of the company's Spend and Clinical Resource Management solutions to help optimize overall financial performance.
Quest Diagnostics announced a $241 million settlement with California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, to settle a civil lawsuit that alleged overbilling of the program.
The Department of Health & Human Services has unveiled a regulation that will require independent review of most health insurance annual premium increases of 10 percent or higher.
Progress toward ICD-10 implementation is revving up, according to a survey commissioned by the TriZetto Group, a provider of healthcare IT software and service solutions.
HealthGrades has identified what it calls three major flaws in a recent study published in the Archives of Surgery that says the so-called '50 best hospital' list "falls short."