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University of Florida Health at Gainesville has unveiled plans to build a neurologic and cardiovascular specialty tower on its UF Health Shands Hospital campus, also in Gainesville.

Transitioning patients from an acute-care setting to their homes or a post-acute care setting has become a priority for hospitals and accountable care organizations alike, as controlling the transition process can help lower unnecessary readmission rates — and therefore avoidable…

Norman (Okla.) Regional Hospital Authority announced that a temporary hospital facility will open in Moore, Okla., in November while a permanent replacement facility for Moore Medical Center is being built, according to a report by The Moore American.

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When a provider group inks an accountable care organization contract with a commercial payer, the associated benefits can spill over to other insurers' beneficiaries, including Medicare enrollees, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical…

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