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The Specialty Hospital of Washington at United Medical Center, a new 50-bed, short-term critical care facility has opened in Southeast Washington, D.C., according to a Specialty Hospitals of America news release.

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health Systems filed a certificate of public need with the state of Virginia to build a new full-service hospital in Loudoun County, according to a report in the Washington Business Journal.

Manassas, Va.-based Prince William Health System and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health received approval from the Federal Trade Commission and the Virginia Attorney General to complete a merger between the two health systems, according to a PWHS news release.

The Upper Chesapeake Health System, which operates hospitals in Bel Air, Md., and Havre de Grace, Md., has announced plans to merge with the University of Maryland Medical System, according to a report by the Baltimore Sun.

Nassawadox, Va.-based Shore Health Services is joining Riverside Health System, based in Newport News, Va., according to a report in the Daily Press.

Plans to build a new, smaller Western State Hospital in Staunton, Va., have been approved by the city council, according to a report in the News Virginian.

CMS announced that hospitals participating in the Medicare pay-for-reporting program have from July 1 to Aug. 15 to report whether they participate in a systematic database for cardiac surgery, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association.

Patty Gabow, MD, CEO and medical director of Denver Health, will testify to the U.S. House of Representatives committee on healthcare reform, according to a report in the Denver Business Journal.

Cardiology services remain among the most profitable hospital services and even marginally successful hospitals tend to make money on this business line. But the upper tier of American hospitals — those achieving top HealthGrades rankings and who crack the U.S.…

J. James Rohack, MD, was inaugurated as the new president of the American Medical Association, according to an AMA news release.