From 2009 to 2010, the number of people enrolled in a Medicaid managed care program rose 8 percent, reaching a total of 36.4 million people, according to a report from health plan market data analysis firm Mark Farrah Associates.
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A group of Illinois community and safety-net hospitals told Gov. Pat Quinn's administration that the $2.7 billion in proposed Medicaid cuts would be fiscally fatal, and an alternative Medicaid reduction plan needs to be considered, according to a Progress Illinois…
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A two-year-old whistleblower lawsuit claiming Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Medical Center submitted false Medicare claims has been dropped, according to a Times Free Press report.
Panorama City, Calif.-based Mission Community Hospital is converting its San Fernando campus into a primary and specialty care clinic that will serve as a medical home, according to a Daily News report.
A physician has sued Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and its parent, Partners HealthCare System, over who owns the rights to inventions developed in the physician's home workshop, according to a Boston Globe report.
Indianapolis-based Franciscan St. Francis Health announced plans to open a short-stay medical center in Carmel, Ind., later this month.
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