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California's Daughters of Charity Health System has chosen BlueMountain Capital Management, a $21 billion, 12-year-old hedge fund, to recapitalize its operations.

In the Pacific Northwest, a new kind of health system, "with insurance built in," is trying to validate its primary care model and disrupt a seemingly competitive regional healthcare market.

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Dignity Health and Ascension have signed an agreement to form a partnership to own and operate Carondelet Health Network in Tucson, Arizona.

Rebounding from a tough couple of years due to lack of availability of generic drugs, many healthcare facilities are weighing their options.

Lawmakers in North Carolina are considering a small reform to healthcare permitting, but one that nonetheless pits hospitals -- especially the rurals -- against advocates for more competition.

Which hospital parents pick to deliver their baby can have serious cost consequences, according to a new study.

It's a situation that occurs all too often: Someone goes to the emergency room and doesn't learn until he gets a hefty bill that one of the doctors who treated him wasn't in his insurance network.

Beyond potential fines are the price of making sure the hospital is in compliance and the unquantifiable cost of the loss of reputation and trust.

One fear is there will be added pressure to increase direct federal subsidies for additional exchange customers, possibly creating a new kind of entitlement program.

Medicare applied the new quality measure to more than 9,000 agencies based on how quickly visits began and how often patients improved while under their care.