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Under a new national agreement between Cigna and Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Cigna customers have in-network access to all four CTCA regional cancer care hospitals and affiliated physicians in Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Tulsa, Okla., according to a CTCA…

In a recent keynote address at TeleTracking Technologies 2011 Annual Client Conference, international quality and productivity expert Blanton Godfrey predicts healthcare reform will produce "big winners and big losers" among the country's 5,000-plus hospitals.

Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville, Ga., has opened the Strickland Heart Center after 18 months of construction, according to a hospital news release.

TeraMedica has relaunched its VNA Institute of Technology.

Healthcare public affairs firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock announced that it has opened a Chicago office and hired veteran industry journalist Vince Galloro, according to a news release.

Allowing physicians to choose a cardiac stress imaging modality for patients with lower-risk chest pain can save more than $300 compared to mandating a cardiac magnetic resonance test, according to a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Marlborough (Mass.) Hospital is planning a new cancer pavilion to expand its services, according to a Boston Globe report.

U.S. Representative Lois Capps (D-Calif.) has reintroduced legislation calling for annual reporting on care for women with cardiovascular disease, according to an American Heart Association news release.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The American College of Cardiology have teamed up to launch a registry for transcatheter valve therapy for aortic stenosis, according to an ACC news release.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City is preparing to open a new $12 million cancer clinic, according to a health system news release.