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Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based self-managed, non-traded real estate investment trust, has closed on a $275 million unsecured revolving credit facility.
Tenet Healthcare has rejected an unsolicited $3.3 billion dollar stock and cash buyout offer from Community Health Systems, saying the offer was opportunistic, undervalued the Dallas-based healthcare network and didn't adequately reflect the company's prospect for future growth.
The Marshfield Clinic is among 10 large physician groups participating in a Medicare demonstration project that reportedly indicates they can provide quality patient care while saving Medicare millions of dollars.
The fate of a bill that would exempt doctors and other providers from complying with the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule now rests in the hands of President Barack Obama.
Voters would rather see Medicaid spending reduced by better managing pharmacy benefits than cutting benefits for patients or payments to providers, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.
The Premier healthcare alliance reports that its new failure-to-supply program has helped more than 1,400 members save more than $3.5 million in the past year.
Barely a month after buying the Massachusetts-based six-hospital Caritas Christi Health Care system for $895 million, Steward Health Care System LLC has agreed to buy two more hospitals - 124-bed Merrimack Valley Hospital in Haverhill and 57-bed Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.
As expected, the Senate has unanimously approved a 12-month postponement of Medicare payment cuts to physicians that were set to kick in January 1, a move widely applauded by physicians' groups and senior advocates that have desperately lobbied Capitol Hill in recent weeks.
While many physicians are abandoning their independence in favor of alliances with hospitals or large healthcare providers, one Midwest health system is launching a new organization designed to preserve doctors' autonomy while helping them adapt to the new healthcare landscape.
The Senate has reached a tentative deal to delay scheduled 25 percent Medicare pay cuts to physicians for one year, a deal that is expected to cost more than $19 billion. A vote on the measure could happen as early as today.