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The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released a white paper Wednesday on how physician practices can evaluate safety within their office setting.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Northwest Health Foundation have awarded 10 new grants to begin the fourth phase of Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future, a national initiative to help address the long-term shortage of nurses in the U.S.

A majority of Americans continue to favor healthcare reform despite advertisements and a volatile political climate, according to the August Kaiser Health tracking poll.

Family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008 and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020, according to a Commonwealth Fund report.

Healthcare executives Nancy Howell Agee and R. Timothy Rice have been appointed by the American Hospital Association to The Joint Commission's Board of Commissioners for three-year terms beginning January 2010.

A new study finds that by February 2008, 45 percent of U.S. hospitals had adopted "smoke-free campus" policies, meaning that all the property owned or leased by the hospital, both indoors and outdoors, was smoke-free and there were no designated smoking areas on those properties.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $17 million community facilities guaranteed loan to Community Memorial Healthcare, Inc., of Marysville, Kan., to construct a 25-bed critical access hospital.

Even while Congress is on summer recess until after Labor Day, the debate over a public health option continues.

Overall hospital prices increased 0.1 percent in July and were 2.5 percent higher than a year ago, according to data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Twelve New Jersey hospitals and their participating physicians have received approval from the federal government to test a new incentive method that aims to reduce healthcare costs while improving quality of care.