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Agnesian HealthCare, Monroe Clinic and their affiliates will adopt the SSM Health brand, while still honoring their legacy names.

ERs are filling up nationwide, triggering ambulance diversions and bed shortages. Here's a roundup of reports from various geographical regions of the U.S.

In the fourth quarter alone, HTA completed $32.7 million of investments in the Dallas area, $80.2 million in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Long Beach, California, and one development project in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The Missouri-based health system will expand with more than 30 new co-branded facilities containing with smart glass rooms, transparent charting, mobile x-ray equipment.

The provider and insurer forged a multi-year partnership to serve United and Medicare Advantage members in southwest Ohio.

CFOs rank identifying cost reduction opportunities as their most important for the year ahead, though most expressed limited confidence in their organization's ability to do so, survey says.

After failed merger with Humana, Aetna would need to convince feds that the merger is more than two industry behemoths coming together.

Cost-reduction plans will largely consist of staff cuts and contract renegotiation with suppliers and vendors, system said.

Insurer did not address rumors of CVS takeover, but said decision on its pharmacy benefits manager would be announced by mid-2018.

AHA says $1.1 billion from that total goes to support violence prevention and preparedness programs.