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Gross outpatient revenue at hospitals has been on a steady rise over the past several years and is outpacing inpatient revenue. In 2010, gross revenue from outpatient procedures totaled $887.4 billion, which was up 10.5 percent from 2009.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare recently signed a new multi-year agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois that will include health coverage at two of Tenet's St. Louis-based hospitals — Des Peres Hospital and Saint Louis University Hospital, according to a…

In a 6-2 vote, the California Senate Appropriations Committee passed the California Universal Health Care Act, which would establish a single-payor healthcare system, and sent it to the Senate floor for approval, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

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