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Here are the 15 leading acute-care, for-profit hospital companies operating in the United States. Note: Companies are listed in order of the number of hospitals, according to the company’s website. Healthcare Corp. of America (Nashville, Tenn.)Number of hospitals: 163CEO: Richard…

Here are 40 leading non-profit health systems in the United States, by the number of hospitals in the system. 1. Catholic Health Initiatives (Denver, Colo.) — 75 hospitals 2. Ascension Health (St. Louis) — 65 hospitals 3. Trinity Health (Novi.…

A new study found 28 percent of first-contact care in the United States is handled in the ED, compared with 42 percent of such visits handled by primary care physicians, according to a reporting Health Affairs.

Two months into his job as head of CMS, Don Berwick, MD, is making plans to start doling out billions of dollars to private healthcare sites to test new ways to improve healthcare quality and efficiency under the healthcare reform…

Several top executives, a board member, managers and administrative assistants at Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, N.J., are suing unknown parties for a year-long campaign of defamatory e-mail messages, blogs and videos, according to a report by the Express-Times.

HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration will distribute $17 million for patient-centered outcomes research, comparing treatments and strategies to improve health outcomes for patients, according to an HHS release.

Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota's Republican governor, has issued an executive order rejecting all funds from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Minnesota Public Radio.

After bumping up in a July poll, public support for the healthcare reform law in a new poll is back to its May levels, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.

CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, has declined a request from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to provide a list people who donated to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which Dr. Berwick headed before his CMS appointment, according to the Hill.

A political group affiliated with former top GOP officials is airing more than $2 million in TV ads against politicians such as Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), who is running for Arlen Spector's Senate seat, according…