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The Quiet Takeover: Insurers Buying Physicians and Hospitals Payors might provide more than reimbursement in the next few years — they may be signing the check to buy your hospital or the physicians that drive your referrals. Click to continue…

Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., may jointly purchase a $3.7 million linear accelerator for radiation services, according to a News-Journal report.

Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital will undergo renovations, including a 56,000-square-foot expansion, according to a news release.

Behind on what's going on in the hospital industry? Not to worry. Here's a quick update with 10 must-read articles from the week of Sept. 2.

Seven GOP Presidential candidates participated yesterday in a debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., battling over a wide range of hot-button issues, including healthcare. While the candidates, particularly Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, sparred each other on…

Aggressive medical management may be more effective than percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting in treating patients with intracranial arterial stenosis, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

A new proposal for the $1.09 billion Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans would not incur any state debt, according to a Times-Picayune report.

St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga., has broken ground on a $110 million expansion, according to a Macon report.

A recent study by Jackson & Cooker found that 77 percent of physicians surveyed disagreed with the statement "The AMA's stance and actions represents my views."

The Senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions has approved legislation that would reauthorize current-level funding for the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program for five years, according to an AHA News Now report.