Healthcare spending for children grew faster than spending for adults between 2007 and 2010, and more than tripled the inflation rate from that time, according to a report (pdf) from the Health Care Cost Institute.
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The hospital sector had 11 mass layoffs in May, up from the five reported in April but steady from the 12 that occurred last May.
Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn., has agreed to a settlement of roughly $3.6 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations, which it voluntarily reported.
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The New Jersey state legislature approved a bill last week that would merge Rutgers' campus in Camden, N.J., with Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., and divide the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey among the two campuses, according…
Cardiology Consultants, a 21-physician practice with offices throughout the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, will soon join Sentara Medical Group, the physician arm of Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare, according to a Virginian-Pilot report.
Fitch Ratings has released an analysis of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its impact on hospitals, according to a Reuters report.
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Backus Corp. in Norwich, Conn., parent of Backus Healthcare System, and Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare signed a memorandum of understanding to move forward with their proposed affiliation. Emory Healthcare in Atlanta and Southern Regional Health System in Riverdale, Ga., signed a…
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