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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.

Bethesda, Md.-based Coventry Health Care announced that it has agreed to acquire Preferred Health Systems of Wichita (Kan.), according to a report in The Washington Post.

Cain Brothers, an investment banking and capital advisory firm to the healthcare industry, has released a white paper entitled, "Coping with the New Normal: Capitalizing Hidden Value in Non-Core Hospital Assets."

Members of the governing board of Miami-based Jackson Health System recently voted to request that the Miami-Dade County commission add a referendum to the Nov. 2010 ballot to establish a hospital tax district for the public health system, according to…

Plans for a replacement hospital for the University of Connecticut Health Center have been put on hold for at least another year, apparently due to state budgetary problems, according to a report by the Bristol Press.

Rockledge, Fla.-based Wuesthoff Health System is considering looking into a partnership with another regional hospital, according to a report in Florida Today.