Capital Finance
The seasonally adjusted annual rate of healthcare spending was $3.16 trillion last month compared to a rate of $3.15 trillion in December 2014.
Allergen said it will use the money to fund its upcoming clinical trial of a treatment that uses peanut protein to treat people with peanut allergies.
In total, the Census said healthcare spending was $2.23 trillion in 2014, the first full year that the Affordable Care Act health exchanges were open.
University Medical Center of El Paso will have more oversight of El Paso Children's in exchange for forgiving about $40 million in debt.
Merck & Co. received $1.4 billion from HHS in 2014, while Pfizer scored $856 million, according to report by analytics firm Govini.
Mental health clinics, psychologists and psychiatric hospitals were left out of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Program, and it's cost them.
Daughters of Charity says it has "difficult decisions" ahead as terms placed by attorney general on the deal sink acquisition plans.
The Advisory Board study found smaller campaigns have the added benefit of retaining staff, due to less burnout and lower turnover rates.
The acquisition includes existing therapy provider TheraTrust and a corporate office located in Ohio that will be maintained as a regional headquarters.
Under current conditions, operating loss for the five hospitals studied would be $190 million in 2019, according to Navigant Consulting.