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Returning from a 10-day break today, Congress will have a difficult time passing a physician fee-fix and other pressing spending measures because of the public's growing uneasiness about the federal deficit, according to a report by the Spokane Spokesman-Review.

The healthcare sector added 8,000 jobs in May for total seasonally adjusted employment of 13.73 million, but some areas saw slight declines during the month, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

St. Cloud Orthopedic Associates has opened a new facility in Sartell, Minn., according to St. Cloud Orthopedics and the St. Cloud Times.

Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is in discussions with Harrison Outpatient Surgery Center in downtown Syracuse for a possible takeover, according to The Post-Standard.

Beth A. Johnson is vice president of clinical systems for Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners.

The Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the health reform law is a promising way to preserve the Medicare program and halt skyrocketing medical inflation, but it may not elicit its expected savings and may drive physicians away from Medicare,…

Healthcare consumers' attitudes about medical care are at odds with "evidence-based medicine," the use of clinical evidence to create standards of care, according to a report by Health Affairs.

The average cots and lengths of hospital stay for patients undergoing spinal fusion for idiopathic scoliosis patients vary widely across the United States, according to a report in HealthDay.

A new AMA survey has found that 17 percent of physicians are limiting the number of Medicare patients in their practices, partly due to the on-and-off-again possibility that their Medicare fees would drop by 21.3 percent, according to a release…

States may be forced to slash Medicaid reimbursements yet more next year, after generous federal enhancements are due to end, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.