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Winfield, Ill.-based Cadence Health announced it has expanded its relationship with Cleveland Clinic to include cardiology services.

In a response to a congressional call for Sustainable Growth Rate reform, the American Society of Anesthesiologists this week suggested anesthesia-led efforts to improve patient care and lower costs.

The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.

HealthInfoNet, Maine's health information exchange, has announced one of the nation's first statewide medical image archive pilots.

Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, Conn., has submitted a $69 million bid to purchase Westerly (R.I.) Hospital, according to a Boston Globe report.

Last week, the American Medical Association and the MGMA-ACMPE sent letters to the House Committee on Ways and Means offering alternatives to the sustainable growth rate, which is the cornerstone formula of the current Medicare physician payment system.

Premier Health Partners in Dayton, Ohio, has named Mark Shaker as senior vice president of service integration.

Tom Thompson, CFO of Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, W.Va., has more than 23 years of healthcare financial experience, but managing the finances in rural West Virginia has been his forte.

Growth in healthcare spending is projected to increase 7.5 percent for 2013, the fourth straight year of relatively flat growth compared to inflation, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Research Institute (pdf).

Allina Health in Minneapolis has named Sara Criger as senior vice president of Allina Health and president of its Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Minn.