Capital

As the advance of healthcare reform efforts has slowed, Congressional Democrats are considering using budget reconciliation to push healthcare legislation through to Pres. Obama's desk without a 60-vote approval in the Senate, according to a report by the New York…

Facing a $608 million shortfall in Medicaid funds for the next fiscal year, Georgia Gov. Sonny Purdue is urging state legislators to adopt a new tax on hospitals and health plans, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

A new analysis of both the U.S. House's passed healthcare bill and the bill currently under debate in the U.S. Senate suggests that language in the bills intended to limit physician-owned hospitals could affect nearly 70,000 jobs and reduce state…

Suwanee, Ga.-based EthosPartners Healthcare Management Group has signed an agreement to purchase Albany, N.Y.-based Lutz Healthcare Consultants, according to a report in The Business Review (Albany).

Healthcare Trust of America has acquired three facilities that house hospitals leased to and operated by Community Health Systems, according to a report by the Phoenix Business Journal.

As health reform bills more through both the U.S. House and Senate, Physician Hospitals of America, the industry trade group for physician-owned hospitals, is asking its supporters to engage their local, state and federal officials about physician-owned hospitals and their…

A recent report by Irving Levin Associates found that a total of 233 mergers and acquisitions were announced in the healthcare industry during the third quarter of 2009, and the dollars spent on these deals surged 38 percent since the…

Capella Healthcare, based in Franklin, Tenn., is currently looking to acquire more hospitals to expand its portfolio, according to a report by the Nashville Business Journal.

The current investigation of Hospital Corporation of America by the Securities and Exchange Commission could affect the company's private equity owner's plans for taking the company public, according to a report by The Tennessean.

The latest Senate healthcare reform bill will create $121 billion in fees on healthcare companies, which is $29 billion more than originally estimated, according to estimates by the Joint Committee on Taxation reported by Reuters.