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Sun Healthcare Group, based in Irvine, Calif., announced its 2010 full-year guidance, according to a Sun news release.

All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., is about to open a $403 million replacement hospital with a 97-bed neonatal intensive care unit, one of the largest in the Southeast, according to Tampa Bay Newspapers.

Texas Health Resources, a 14-hospital system based in Arlington, Texas, has bought 40 acres to build a new hospital, according to a release by Texas Health Resources.

President Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress have agreed on a fast-track alternative to the traditional House-Senate conference committee to reconcile the Senate and House health reform bills, according to a report by the Washington Post.

While revenues for nationwide group purchasing organizations are expected to exceed $2 billion for the first time in 2010, the GPOs' growth is slowing, according to a release from Peasner Healthcare Research and Advisory.

Chadron (Neb.) Community Hospital will open a new $16.8 million replacement hospital in March, according to a report by the Chadron Record.

More than 26 percent of claims from Missouri hospitals, valued at $153 million, are past due by 90 days or more, according to a release by Missouri Department of Insurance.

Northwest Hospital & Medical Center in Seattle will become part of three-hospital UW Medicine, whose flagship is Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to a report by MSN Money.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has announced the appointment of 17 members to the new Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, according to a GAO news release.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that a number of payment provisions, including the Therapy Cap Exceptions Process and Allowing Independent Laboratories to Bill for the Technical Component of Physician Pathology Services Furnished to Hospital Patients, expired…