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The mixed first-year results for the CMS Pioneer Accountable Care Organization model were inevitable and provide a reason to hope, wrote National Partnership for Women & Families President Debra Ness and Bill Kramer of the Pacific Business Group on Health…

Columbus-based OhioHealth is renaming its seven hospitals and 103 physician practices to reflect the system's efforts to improve care coordination and to help patients identify and access OhioHealth services, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.

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The medical school at Memphis-based University of Tennessee announced plans to build a women's and children's hospital with Memphis-based Regional Medical Center, according to a report from The Commercial Appeal.

Sanford, Maine-based Goodall Hospital is now offering cardiology services in advance of a planned Jan. 1, 2014, merger with Biddeford-based Southern Maine Medical Center, according to a report from Sanford News.

Provo-based Utah Valley Regional Medical Center has opened a new electrophysiology lab for cardiac imaging, the third of its kind in the United States, according to a report from the local Utah County Fox News channel.

Medical trade groups are concerned that potential changes to laws on medical imaging and radiation therapy technology will create insufficient equipment standards, according a report by The Hill.

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