The New Jersey Hospital Association is launching a one-year collaborative involving 50 hospitals, nursing homes and home health agencies to reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure, according to a report by the New Jersey Hospital Association.

The Senate failed to pass a six-month fee fix as part of its jobless benefits package, which needed 60 votes to pass but received only 56, according to a report by the Washington Post.

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A recent report released by the AHA's Committee on Research synthesizes the research literature on accountable care organizations and identifies several areas organizations should address if considering developing an ACO, according to a report by AHA News Now.

Forty-five percent of surveyed hospital employees consider themselves "distanced from or discontent with their current work," according a release by Press Ganey Associates.

Akron (Ohio) General Health System plans to acquire an outpatient prostate cancer treatment center from Physicians Urology, one of Akron's largest urology practices, according to a report by the Akron Beacon Journal.

Implementation of the 21.3 percent cut in Medicare physician fees is due to kick in on Friday, following a lopsided defeat of the fee fix provision in the Senate Wednesday, as part of a package extending unemployment insurance and aid…

A study by researchers at the University of Michigan Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Health System suggests that the recent recession could negatively impact hospital quality, according to a University of Michigan Health System news release.

Dearborn, Mich.-based Oakwood Healthcare has announced plans to form an accountable care organization consisting of its four hospitals and up to 1,300 physicians, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale, Ariz., has decided not to renew contracts with two physician hospitalist groups for emergency department coverage and has instead opted to directly employ physicians for these services, according to a report by the Arizona…