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Sequestration, Medicaid funding cuts, readmissions penalties, this past fall's flu epidemic, health insurer negotiations and other healthcare issues are enough to drive any hospital and health system executive into madness, but a more soothing "madness" is on the horizon.

This Thursday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT, Craneware will host a webinar on how hospital revenue cycle professionals can apply best practices in the industry to improve revenue integrity and charge capture.

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy announced that Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Festus, Mo., is changing its name to Mercy Hospital Jefferson, effective April 1, to reflect its connection to the health system.

Hospitals and health systems across the nation are constructing new centers and expanding existing ones for key specialties.

Iowa Health Cardiology in Des Moines, Iowa, will open a new clinic at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, also in Des Moines, on April 1, according to a Business Record report.

Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, Mass., has signed an oncology agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, according to a report by The Martha's Vineyard Times.  

St. Luke's The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital has announced the opening of the St. Luke's Cardiac Rehabilitation Clinic.

Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners is planning a $4.2 million expansion of the cancer center at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., according to a Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal report.

Adventist Hinsdale (Ill.) Hospital and Adventist La Grange (Ill.) Hospital are planning the Adventist Cancer Institute in Hinsdale, according to a Chicago Tribune report.  

The University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute in Mobile has announced that it is entering into a consortium partnership with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center to achieve its long-standing goal of attaining designation as a…