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The Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn., has announced plans to build an $84 million, four-story inpatient tower, according to a Tennessean report.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi and Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates have reached an agreement under which all of Health Management's hospitals in the state will be included in the insurer's network again starting Jan. 1, according to…

Becker's Hospital Review has partnered with the Coalition to Protect America's Health Care to help support the coalition's marketing efforts.

The Senate has voted to end debate on the Bipartisan Budget Act, a two-year plan that would extend sequestration cuts through 2023, according to a report from The Hill.

Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, has announced a $349 million project to build a new six-story patient tower, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.

Danville, Penn.-based Geisinger Health System is investing an additional $17.1 million to the expansion project of Geisinger Community Medical Center, according to a report by The Scranton-Times Tribune.

Florida consumers buying health plans through the state exchange have a large number of policies available to them for lower-than-expected monthly premiums, according to HHS.

On Monday, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appeared on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show." It's a nightly ritual for me to catch Mr. Stewart's program, and it's even better when his segments and guests overlap with topics I'm actually involved in.…

A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect the uninsured population state-by-state.

Health insurer WellPoint is turning to narrow provider networks to prepare for industry changes in 2014, according to an analysis conducted by market intelligence provider HealthLeaders-InterStudy.