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A new Web site, www.pa-hospital-search.com, will allow consumers to make more informed decisions when choosing a hospital, according to a news release by Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., the law firm that compiled the data.

A report by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured has found that community health centers in Massachusetts saw a significant increase in patient volume from 2005 to 2007, as that state began implementing its health reform…

A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust case against Zimmer and Striker, according to a report in The AM Law Litigation Daily.

Amerinet, a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization, announced its enhanced Surgery Center Solutions program, according to an Amerinet news release.

An advisory panel recommended that the FDA approve rivaroxaban, a challenger to the current industry leader in the prevention of blood clots in veins, warfarin, according to a report in the New York Times.

Pacific Medical Buildings has announced that it is developing an outpatient care center for the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, Calif., according to a Pacific Medical Buildings news release.

The Indian Health Service will receive $500 million in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services news release.

A Massachusetts federal judge dropped a whistle-blower lawsuit that alleged that some of the nation's top spine surgeons took kickbacks for promoting a Medtronic product, according to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune.

Somerset's Health Care Team has published informative service sheets offering legal, operational and IT guidance addressing the impact of the recent HITECH Act on hospitals and physicians' groups.

Caryl Serbin, president of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, shares her thoughts on three critical issues facing ASCs during this struggling economy.