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National healthcare spending grew at an annual rate of 4 percent during the first 11 months of 2013, just above the revised all-time low rate of 3.6 percent for 2011, according to a report from the Altarum Institute's Center for…

Denver-based Physician Health Partners, a management services organization owned and operated by primary care physicians, has partnered with Cigna for a collaborative accountable care initiative, the payer's version of an accountable care organization.

Steve Traina, MD, recently performed knee surgery on Denver Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari, according to a NBA report.

Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Orthopaedic Surgeons has opened a new 16,000-square-foot orthopedics and sports medicine facility in Montgomery, according to a Montgomery Advisor report.

The producer price index for acute-care hospitals increased 1.5 percent between December 2012 and December 2013, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provision stopping employers from providing better health benefits to "highly compensated individuals" won't be enforced this year, according to a report from The New York Times.

Hospitals are purchasing physician practices and employing physicians at some of the highest levels in roughly two decades. Here are the top 25 highest-paid physician specialties, with average salary figures, that were in hospital-owned practices based on the most recent…

Financial challenges have ranked as hospital CEOs' number one concern for the past decade, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives' most recent annual survey on issues facing hospitals.

Baptist Health Madisonville (Ky.) announced the addition of James M. Donley, MD, and James C. Dodds, MD, to its medical staff.

Robert Watkins, III, MD, recently performed season-ending spine surgery on Winnipeg Jets defenseman Grant Clitsome, according to an NHL report.