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50 Things to Know About the Proposed ACO Regulations This article briefly outlines 50 things to know about the Medicare Shared Savings Program proposed rule — which established Medicare accountable care organizations — released by the U.S. Department of Health…

At Johnson & Johnson's annual meeting, shareholders voted down a proposal to end use of animals to train surgeons for the company's high-tech surgical tools, according to a report by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Several patients have become sick after being admitted to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., which was tested positive by authorities from the Centers for Disease Control for legionella bacteria, according to a local KHQ news report.

Physician Hospitals of America has named John Richardson, former director of Government Relations Healthcare Practice Group for SmithBucklin, executive director, according to a news release.

Jacinta Gillis, MD, an internist who operated medical clinics in Lee and Pinellas counties in Florida, has been arrested and charged with allegedly running pill mills and illegally distributing pain prescriptions, according to a local NBC news report.

Law enforcement officials across the state of Florida are volunteering to pay for a proposed drug database that lawmakers have refused so far to pay for, according to a Sun-Sentinel news report.

An innovative new pilot project being launched by Sherry Lansing, a regent of the University of California, and her husband, Academy Award–winning film director William Friedkin, aims to reduce the incidence of surgical site infections, according to a university news…

The Windham Hospital Foundation in Willimantic, Conn., has received a $4,960 grant from the Connecticut Office of Rural Health to improve outcomes for patients served by the hospital, according to a hospital news release.

Leading pain management physicians discuss the latest trends in spine pain management.

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Jon Runyan (R-N.J.) visited local ambulatory surgery centers in April to learn about the ASC industry and the benefits of outpatient surgical care, according to an ASCA release.