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CMS has announced it will increase Medicare payments to inpatient psychiatric facilities by 1.9 percent for fiscal year 2013, which begins Oct. 1 of this year.

The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu is the leading medical referral center in the Pacific Basin and has a long, storied history of care in Hawaii.

A recent study released by the Generic Pharmaceutical Association claims that generic drugs have saved the healthcare system more than $1 trillion over the last ten years, according to a Hill report.

HHS has announced it will devote $2.3 million to train veterans interested in becoming primary care physician assistants.

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health announced its Spectrum Health Reed City (Mich.) Hospital is planning an $8.9 million cancer center.

John Spearman, the new president and COO of Laurel (Md.) Regional Hospital, is seeking to boost the hospital's image in the community to increase patient volume and quality of care, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

St. Andrew's Hospital in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, will close its emergency department, effective April 2013, according to a San Francisco Gate report.

Gastroenterologist Ahsan Bhatti, MD, has been appointed to the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice, according to a news release.

TYRX CEO Robert White said the company is "working diligently" to ensure it researches, develops and commercializes technologies that maintain focus on positive patient outcomes.

Despite significant overlap in workflow and processes, emergency and hospital medicine programs often share a silo mentality. Operating as separate entities can lead to confusion and frustration for physicians, clinical staff and patients. By combining both programs under a single…