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Beryl has undergone a name change to BerylHealth to better reflect expanding product offerings and technological upgrades designed to help hospitals enhance the patient experience.

Utah Rep. Paul Ray (R-Clearfield) has introduced legislation that would require smokers on Medicaid to pay higher co-payments, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.

Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has opened a new cardiac intensive care unit, according to a hospital news release.

Interventional radiologists performing endovascular lower-extremity revascularization saved Medicare more than $1,000 per case compared to vascular surgeons and interventional cardiologists performing the procedure, according to a study in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

The United States has the highest rate of 30-day readmissions for heart attack patients with ST-segment elevation compared to other countries, according to a study in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Payor executives recently ranked ICD-10 and the need to reduce administrative costs as the most important and significant obstacles currently facing their organizations, according to HealthEdge's Dec. 2011 Payor Market Survey.

West Valley Hospital in Dallas, Ore., will undergo a $6.2 million renovation that will likely take 16 months to complete, according to a Statesman Journal report.

Saint John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., is expected to begin building a new facility at the end of this month, according to a KOAMTV report.

Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health has partnered with Arkansas Cardiology to create the Baptist Health Heart Institute, according to a news release.

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