Ohio State University's private physician practice, OSU Physicians, will join OSU Medical Center, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch.

A survey of safety-net health systems finds their costs for uncompensated care now average more than $2.3 million per hospital, according to a release from the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.

The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association has said that proposed cuts to the state's 2011 budget would "devastate" Arizona healthcare, according to an AzHHA news release.

1. Its very unlikely that President Obama gained any Republican votes through his most recent healthcare summit and efforts on healthcare reform. President Obama's more than seven hour healthcare summit yesterday most likely did not win over any Republicans in…

Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates is curtailing patient referrals to Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in an attempt to better coordinate care, opting to handle most patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to a report in the Boston Globe.

There is no definitive link showing that hospitals with lower costs and expenditures offer lower quality of care, according to the findings of a new study of Medicare patients conducted by The Commonwealth Fund and published in the Feb. 22…

Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (Mo.) and North Kansas City (Mo.) Hospital have signed a contract with Mid America Heart and Lung Surgeons that will create a new hospital-physician practice to serve both hospitals, according to a report by…

Surgeons who perform high volumes of minimally invasive procedures report suffering various types of pain, from eye strain to hand, leg, shoulder and back pain, according to a survey of surgeons conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine…

President Obama has released his proposal for a health reform bill, which he will carry into a televised meeting on health reform with Democrat and Republican Congressional leaders on Thursday.

The chief impetus of Medicare spending from 1987-2006 moved from inpatient hospital services to outpatient treatment of chronic conditions, according to a study published in Health Affairs.