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Massachusetts hospitals and physician groups with market clout negotiate rates that are twice as high as for other hospitals, and such clout is the main cause of healthcare inflation in the state, according to a release by State Attorney General…

The former director of the cardiovascular center at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., has been charged with embezzling donations to the hospital's fundraising program and from other hospital sources, according to a report by the Enterprise News.

President Obama played down health reform in his State of the Union Address, not bringing it up until halfway through the speech, according to a report by NPR.

Pres. Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for 2011, which was submitted to Congress this morning, includes $25 billion to states for funding Medicaid, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services has rejected a certificate of need application by FirstHealth of the Carolinas to build a $3.5 million surgery center in Hoke County, according to a report by the Fayetteville Observer.

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The U.S. Senate has passed a measure that would be the first step in eliminating yearly Medicare reimbursement cuts for physicians, according to a release from the American Gastroenterological Association.

Attorney General Eric Holder said federal prosecutors charged a record number of people with medical fraud in 2009, but there is still a lot more work to be done, according to a release from the Justice Department.

CMS has approved three national organizations to accredit suppliers of technical components of advanced diagnostic imaging services, according to a notice in the Federal Register.

The California Senate passed a bill to create a single-payor health system, less than a week after a special election in Massachusetts cost Senate Democrats' the 60-vote majority they needed to pass federal health reform legislation.