The following hospital mergers and acquisitions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
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The California Department of Public Health announced it has assessed administrative penalties totaling $825,000 against 13 California hospitals for not complying with licensing requirements, resulting in injury or death to patients.
An Alabama decision to cut $68 million in Medicaid funding will impact not only the nearly one million beneficiaries who rely on state-funded healthcare, but also physicians and emergency rooms caring for those patients, according to a Times Daily report.
Barnabas Health Care in West Orange, N.J., and Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health have announced that discussions for a partnership have terminated, according to a New Jersey Real-Time News report.
HHS has issued a proposed rule to establish data collection standards necessary for defining essential health benefits in small-group and individual insurance market plans, called for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Virginia (Minn.) Regional Medical Center's Hospital Commission and the city council will vote in the next few weeks on whether the medical center should affiliate with Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health, according to a Duluth News Tribune report.
Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island, N.Y., has formed a clinical affiliation with Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to improve cardiac care, according to a Staten Island Advance report.
Oregon's health information exchange, CareAccord, now offers direct secure messaging to participating Oregon providers at no cost, according to a HIMSS News report.
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has acquired Pampa (Texas) Regional Medical Center from Signature Hospital Corp. in Houston, according to a Sacramento Bee report.
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