The Texas A&M School of Public Health in College Station will collaborate with the Houston Methodist Research Institute and the Center for Outcomes Research to improve health outcomes of patients in acute care settings, according to the Vital Record.
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LSU Health Shreveport Chancellor and Dean G. E. Ghali, MD, and Rep. Ralph Abraham, MD, R-La., met with top officials from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Tuesday to discuss how the university can improve veterans' healthcare access.
A county commissioner in Tennessee floated the idea of putting Franklin, Tenn.-based Williamson Medical Center up for sale, according to Spring Hill Home Page.
A Louisiana real estate company purchased the former Louisiana Medical Center and Heart Hospital in Lacombe for $22 million, according to The Times-Picayune.
Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Main Line Health in Bryn Mawr, Pa., teamed up to purchase a majority stake in Royersford, Pa.-based Physicians Care Surgical Hospital, according to philly.com.
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Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group, one of the largest multispecialty physician groups in Illinois, added five physicians through its recent acquisition of Female Healthcare in Bloomingdale, Ill.
Rite Aid Chairman and CEO John Standley told employees the Federal Trade Commission's review of Rite Aid's pending merger with Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreens Boots Alliance "has taken longer than expected" and "has had a negative impact" on the company's results,…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health, the 35-hospital spinoff of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, has signed a definitive agreement to sell two Pennsylvania hospitals to Williamsport, Pa.-based UPMC Susquehanna.
Cincinnati-based Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio will no longer sell individual coverage on the state's ACA exchange by 2018, leaving residents in at least 18 counties without an exchange option next year, Dayton Daily News reports.
The Court of Federal Claims upheld the U.S. Department of Defense's $58 billion military healthcare contract bids with Louisville, Ky.-based Humana and Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Health Net, rejecting Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group's challenge of the deal, Law360 reports.