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When Wall Street's biggest M&A dealmaker is hired, it would seem that a takeover is in the making, or at least a possibility being mulled.

The top 100 inpatient stays are associated with approximately $62 billion in Medicare payments and over 7 million hospital discharges, according to data the department just made public as part of its transparency push.

Top services include upper airway endoscopy and nerve injections.

Infections treatments lead to millions in medical charges.

Inspired by the links between activity, meditation and wellbeing, the country's largest mutual insurer is sponsoring an app to help its members and the public take on stress.

Prudential Real Estate Investors has raised $629 million to be used to buy senior housing.

Mercy plans to invest $7 million in the hospital during the next seven years, enhancing the hospital's cardiology, orthopedics and cancer treatment capabilities.

Piedmont, with five hospitals in its network, is gaining a 97-bed nonprofit hospital that has plans underway to expand its emergency department.

The 2014 revenue growth for nonprofit and public health systems is a steep jump from the sector's all-time low in 2013.

The deal would add two new affiliated hospitals to Northwestern, one of the largest systems in the region.