The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized drug maker APP to reintroduce Fresenius Propoven 1% (1 percent propofol) to the U.S. market in order to help ease the ongoing propofol injection shortage, according to a letter from APP.
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Tucson, Ariz.-based Carondelet Health Network has signed an "integrative network agreement" with 88-bed Sierra Vista (Ariz.) Regional Health Center, according to a Carondelet news release.
Hill Physicians Medical Group, based in San Ramon, Calif., is in talks to merge with Physicians Integrated Medical Group, according to a story in the San Francisco Business Times.
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After weeks of contentious negotiations, UnitedHealthcare and New York City's Continuum Health Partners reached an agreement that will keep care for tens of thousands of New York patients from being disrupted, according to a story in The New York Times.
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Adam Hauser, MD, an anesthesiologist who is medical director of the Surgery Center at Brinton Lake in Glen Mills, Pa., is always on the lookout for a new surgeon to work at his five-OR ASC.
New Milford (Conn.) Hospital and Danbury (Conn.) Hospital have announced that they are moving forward with plans for a formal affiliation, according to Danbury Hospital news release.
Catholic Health Initiatives' Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo., has joined Centura Health, making it the thirteenth CHI facility in Colorado to join Centura, according to a report by the Durango Herald.
Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., is currently exploring a possible affiliation with Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health System, according to a report by the Times-News.
Piedmont Healthcare, which operates four hospitals in the metro Atlanta area, has signed a confidentiality agreement to explore a partnership with Henry Medical Center, a 215-bed nonprofit community hospital in Stockbridge, Ga., south of Atlanta, according to a story in…