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Occupancy rates fell for independent living and rose for assisted living in the second quarter of 2010, while the pace of rent growth slowed markedly, according to a recent analysis.

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of  Inspector General is recommending that the federal government crack down on physicians who have incorrectly coded their Medicare claims for the wrong place of service.

The world market for preventative vaccines totaled $22.1 billion in 2009, up from $19 billion in 2008, and is projected to increase at a compound annual rate of 9.7 percent over the next five years.

The Visiting Nurse Service of New York, the nation's largest not-for-profit home healthcare organization, is set to acquire the Long Term Home Health Care (Lombardi) Program from St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center.

Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Media and Democracy say recent reductions in medical spending by seven public insurers is a thinly-veiled attempt to keep expenses high and profits intact once new ACA medical loss ratio requirements kick in.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is readying a set of electronic accounting and processing tools that will help authenticate, track and manage payments to healthcare providers participating in the federal meaningful use financial incentive program.

St. Vincent's HealthCare in Jacksonville, Fla., has announced it will help the city's major employers set up onsite health centers.

The American Medical Association Foundation has awarded Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarships to 20 fourth-year medical students.

Nearly two-thirds of emergency departments were classified as safety net hospitals in 2007 – nearly double the number classified as such in 1997, according to a recent study.

As the demand for hospitalist physicians increases nationwide, Allegiance Health has decided to expand its own program by entering into an agreement with a hospitalist management company.