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Researchers found that Massachusetts' pay-for-performance program did not improve quality one year after its implementation in 2008, according to research findings published by the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality.

The Measures Application Partnership has submitted to HHS recommendations on the improvement and coordination of care by post-acute care and long-term care providers.

HCA Virginia is planning to build a $10 million emergency department more than two years ahead of the rest of the hospital facility in Sterling, Va., according to a Washington Business Journal report.

Henry Ford Health System in Detroit has settled a complaint with the Department of Justice, resolving allegations that the hospital system failed to provide sign language interpreters to a deaf patient, according to a DOJ news release.

More hospitals are using marketing data to promote services — such as cancer screenings and cholesterol tests — to certain patients with private insurance, according to a USA Today report.

The results of a recent survey of more than 200 healthcare leaders by Jarrard, Phillips, Cate and Hancock published in the firm's Inside Baseball newsletter lists nine issues keeping healthcare leaders up at night, with massive state deficits as the…

The results of a recent survey of more than 200 healthcare leaders by Jarrard, Phillips, Cate and Hancock published in the firm's Inside Baseball newsletter suggests that joint venturing with physicians is the most popular current physician alignment strategy (49.8…

Hospital employment has increased approximately 0.27 percent since December, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report (pdf).

Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Fla., has begun a $50 million expansion and renovation project, according to a Tampa Bay Business Journal report.

Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg, Pa., is scheduled to complete a $31.5 million cancer center early this summer, according to a Pocono Record report.