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HMS Holdings, a major player in CMS' Recovery Audit Program for both Medicaid and Medicare, reported net income of $11.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2011, a decrease of roughly 10 percent from the same period a…

Two executives who used to work at Quincy (Mass.) Medical Center and were fired after Boston-based Steward Health Care bought the hospital now seek severance payments for a combined $603,000, according to a Patriot Ledger report.

Cerberus Capital Management — the owner of Boston-based Steward Health Care — is being portrayed as money-hungry for investing in fracking, a controversial oil and gas extraction method, according to a Boston Globe report.

Instead of cutting a proposed $2 billion from the state Medicaid program, the Illinois Hospital Association has urged the state to raise taxes on junk food, soda and cigarettes to bring in extra revenue, according to a WQAD report.

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