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The Medical Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust specializing in healthcare facilities, has acquired two long-term acute care hospitals in Texas and expects to acquire a third in Missouri in an $83.4 million deal.
Three U.S. District judges presiding over legal challenges to the landmark federal healthcare law have held financial investments in the healthcare industry, according to a Center for Public Integrity review of their latest available financial disclosure forms.
Americans' confidence in their ability to obtain and afford healthcare continued its decline in November, according to a consumer sentiment index by Thomson Reuters.
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed new rules aimed at delivering new transparency and scrutiny to health insurance rate increases. Under the proposed rules the HHS will work with states to require health insurers to provide information for "unreasonable" rate hikes.
President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that clarifies the term "creditor" in the Red Flags Rule, excluding doctors and other small businesses.
MedAssurant, a provider of data-driven healthcare technology, has been enlisted by Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) to provide advanced analytics to help establish priorities and inform best practices in healthcare delivery for Medicaid patients.
The Geisinger Health System and Highmark have reached agreement on a new four-year contract, effective Jan. 1, 2011. The current agreement had been set to expire on Dec. 31, 2010.
In the latest attempt to take over Tenet Healthcare, Community Health Systems has announced plans to nominate directors for election at Tenet's 2011 annual shareholder meeting.
The LHP Hospital Group and the Seton Family of Hospitals, a major provider of healthcare services in Central Texas, have formed a joint venture to construct Seton Medical Center Harker Heights near Fort Hood, Texas.
A new report by the Government Accountability Office has found that the Federal Communications Commission is falling short on managing the telecommunication needs of rural healthcare providers.