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The sale of Tenet Healthcare Corporation's five Atlanta-area hospitals and related operations to WellStar Health System in exchange for $575 million in cash is complete, the company announced Friday. The sale is effective as of March 31, 2016.

Employment in healthcare increased by 37,000 during March, keeping to about the same increase for each of the past 12 months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Add the last 12 months together and the growth in healthcare employment totals 503,000 new jobs.

For primary care physicians, the difference is $225,000 a year for men versus $192,000 for women. For specialists, it's $242,000 versus $173,000. However, the salaries of women increased by a greater percentage than their male counterparts.

San Diego-based Alvarado Hospital Medical Center and King's Daughters' Health report being hit with malware that compromised their computer systems.

A Community Health Systems subsidiary has gained 80 percent ownership interest in Physicians' Specialty Hospital, a 20-bed facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas, CHS announced Friday.

A majority of Americans, between 58 and 71 percent, don't see price and care as intricately linked, according to findings published in Health Affairs. However, a substantial minority, 21 to 24 percent, believe there is some correlation. Eight to 16 percent said they didn't know.

In a few months, California will begin providing full Medi-Cal coverage to all low-income children -- regardless of their immigration status.

UnitedHealthcare is betting $65 million that it can profit by making primary care more attractive.

While healthcare provider directories have always been hard to maintain, new regulations can mean costly fines if insurers fail to keep accurate, up-to-date information on the physicians who are in their health plans.

Starting April 1, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will pay an estimated 800 hospitals across 67 metro areas bundled payments for inpatient knee and hip surgeries.