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The Council of Accountable Physician Practices, an affiliate of the American Medical Group Association, has announced a new public education program aimed at providing resources and information about the value of care coordination and accountable care to national healthcare reform.

A series of new reports from the RAND Corporation outlines the impact that national healthcare reform will have on individual states, estimating the increased costs and coverage that are expected in five diverse states once reform is fully implemented in 2016.

CHANDLER, AZ - The Managed Care Executive Group, a national organization of U.S. senior health plan executives, met last week in Arizona to discuss the top issues that health plans face in 2011.

Kindred Healthcare has acquired the California operations of CareSouth HHA Holdings.

Health Care REIT, a Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust, has completed the $2.4 billion acquisition of privately-owned Genesis HealthCare, which was originally announced in February.

A Republican budget proposal for 2012, to be presented to Congress this week, seeks to save more than $4 trillion over the next 10 years and would dramatically alter how the government funds both Medicare and Medicaid.

The Iowa Health System, a seven-hospital system based in Des Moines, is considering a strategic partnership with Methodist Health Services of Peoria, Ill.

Humana Cares recently launched a pilot project aimed at better care for members with congestive heart failure.

Universal Hospital Services, a provider of medical equipment management and service solutions, has completed its acquisition of the Emergent Group and its wholly owned subsidiary, PRI Medical Technologies, a provider of mobile medical lasers and surgical equipment.

As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act celebrates its one-year anniversary, a controversial medical devices tax included in the law hasn't been forgotten by those most likely to be affected by it.