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Northwest Hospital & Medical Center in Seattle will become part of three-hospital UW Medicine, whose flagship is Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to a report by MSN Money.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has announced the appointment of 17 members to the new Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, according to a GAO news release.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that a number of payment provisions, including the Therapy Cap Exceptions Process and Allowing Independent Laboratories to Bill for the Technical Component of Physician Pathology Services Furnished to Hospital Patients, expired…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued Transmittal 1875 (pdf) to clarify which consultation codes were no longer accepted as of Jan. 1, 2010, according to a report in MLN Matters.

New York, N.Y.-based Continuum Health Partners, which includes Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center among other facilities, has ended its contract with UnitedHealthcare, effective Jan. 1, according to a report by Crain's New York Business.

Nine U.S. senators are urging the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission to develop guidance for hospitals, physicians and others developing collaborative care models that could avert antitrust perils, according to a report by AHA News Now.

Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare and Sovereign Healthcare, based in Newport Beach, Calf., have partnered in a joint venture to acquire majority ownership of North Valley Surgery Center in Scottsdale, according to a Scottsdale Healthcare news release.

The Ohio Department of Health has launched the Ohio Hospital Compare Web site, which will allow patients across Ohio to make side-by-side comparisons of hospitals on more than 100 different criteria, according to an ODH news release.

St. Vincent's St. Clair Hospital in Pell City, Ala., plans to break ground on a $31.4 million replacement hospital on Jan. 19, according to a report by the St. Clair Times.

Citing improved finances, St. Louis-based SSM Health Care is moving forward with building two replacement hospitals that had been put on hold last spring, according to a release from SSM Health Care.