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Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines (Iowa) has restructured its leadership to integrate clinical and administrative functions across the organization.

Medicaid prescription drug provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are expected to save $17.7 billion over five years, according to a CMS news release.

The board of trustees at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center ratified a new three-year contract for CEO John Lucas, MD, which includes an annual salary of $430,000, according to a Wyoming Tribune Eagle report.

Tom Dandridge, president and CEO of Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, S.C., has turned down a board-approved pay increase, according to a Times and Democrat report.

Three major health systems have dropped out of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association, according to an AzHHA news release.

Several New Hampshire hospitals will be adjusting their Medicaid Enhancement Tax filings after CMS clarified what outpatient services are taxable, according to a Seacoast Online report.

Although MaineGeneral Health's operating income is half of what it expected so far this fiscal year, the Augusta-based health system still expects to complete construction plans for a new regional inpatient hospital in north Augusta, according to a Kennebec Journal…

Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center is now out-of-network with health insurer Aetna, making it the third Hudson County hospital to drop Aetna in the past week, according to a report from the Hudson Reporter.

The Department of Health and Human Services denied a request from Texas for an adjustment to the medical loss ratio for its health insurers, according to a report from The Hill.

Hospital operator Iasis has filed suit against Utah Medicaid's Office of Inspector General arguing the office has no authority to recoup the state's overpayment for emergency department services provided by its hospitals in the state, according to a Salt Lake…