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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is expanding its residency programs in Florida to combat the physician shortage, according to a report by American Medical News.

Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System and Jacksonville-based Florida Blue have signed an accountable care organization agreement that shifts from fee-for-service reimbursement to value-based reimbursement.

Ascension Health Michigan, a 12-hospital system based in Warren, is reorganizing its corporate structure to cut costs and streamline operations, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a conservative economist and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, said states failing to establish their own health insurance exchanges could be one of the first steps toward "European-style, single-payor healthcare," according to his op-ed in the…

Employment at hospitals across the country grew by 0.17 percent last month, which reflects 8,300 more people than in October and 82,200 more compared to a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Adirondack Health in Saranac Lake, N.Y., has laid off 17 employees in an attempt to narrow a $3 million budget gap, according to a North Country Public Radio report.

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