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Pennsylvania's hospitals annually contribute approximately $84 billion and 625,000 jobs to the state's economy, according to a new report by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

The Government Accountability Office is calling for greater federal efforts to gather data on the risk of healthcare-associated infections in ambulatory surgical centers.

Medicare is launching a four-state demonstration to determine if cash incentives will improve the quality of care and efficiency of operations in nursing homes.

Methodist Hospital in Houston has agreed to pay the U.S. government $9.99 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released $338 million in grants to expand services offered at the nation’s community health centers.

Approximately 29 percent of Hispanic adults decided against filling a prescription for cost reasons, according to a national poll conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would create a federal single-payer healthcare system.

The stem cell industry is expected to thrive in the United States now that President Barack Obama has lifted the federal funding restrictions on stem cell research, according to a new report.

The emergence of new payment types, the growth of electronic payments and the declining economy in 2008 have created new opportunities for payment fraud, according to a survey by the Association of Financial Professionals.

The American Medical Association is among several medical societies that have filed a class action lawsuit against WellPoint, Inc., the largest health insurer in the United States.