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Fourth-quarter profit at device manufacturer Zimmer Holdings dropped 2.4 percent in its 2012 fiscal year, from $156.6 million last year to $152.8 million this year.

Although U.S. healthcare spending is in a multiyear slowdown, growing just 4 percent in 2011, state and local government healthcare spending is growing much faster, up 10 percent in the same year, according to a report by the Pew Center…

Spine surgery is increasingly moving into outpatient ambulatory surgery centers, which operate on a highly efficient and cost-effective basis. However, with regulatory changes and downward pressure on reimbursements, ASCs may need to dig deeper in cost-cutting measures.

As the healthcare environment changes over the next year, there are several steps ambulatory surgery centers can take to position themselves for success in the future. Traditionally, a few simple tweaks could make a big difference for ASCs, but not…

For every commercial member gained by the top seven health insurers since December 2011, five government-sponsored members were added, according to a report by Mark Farrah Associates, a healthcare market research firm based in Kennebunk, Maine.

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