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UnitedHealthcare and the American Gastroenterological Association have announced a collaboration that will see UnitedHealthcare incorporate gastroenterologist physician data from the AGA Digestive Health Outcomes Registry into its physician performance measurement programs, according to a news release.

This past February, healthcare prices rose only 1.8 percent from the month before, the lowest rate of healthcare inflation since April 1998, according to a report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending (pdf).

Brett Gosney is a founder and CEO of the Animas Surgical Hospital in Durango, Colo., the first physician-owned hospital in the state. Animas, which opened in December 2004, features 12 private patient suites, five operating rooms, state-of-the-art radiological and diagnostic…

Physicians must pay attention to a new American Board of Medical Specialties policy in effect this year, according to a Physician News editorial, which targets the amount of time a physician has to attain board certification following residency.

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