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South County Surgical Center in St. Louis announced that it has partnered with Surgical Care Affiliates, according to an SCA news release.

Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans agreed to pay $80 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Florida's Medicaid program, according to a report in Forbes.

Here are six salary statistics about radiologic technologists.

A recent study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has found that cementless hip implants last longer the previously thought, with durability up to 20 years, according to a Rush University news release.

A new initiative by the Department of Health and Human Service's Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality encourages patients to ask their physicians questions regarding surgery and other aspects of healthcare in an effort to reduce preventable medical errors, according…

A study by the Commonwealth Fund has found that private Medicare Advantage plans will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009, and have been paid $43 billion more since 2004, than what the same beneficiaries would have cost the traditional…

CMS has announced new inpatient payment rates for fiscal year 2010 for both acute care and long-term care hospitals, according to a CMS news release.  

A new study published in the Archives of Surgery showed that complication and morality rates were similar at centers designated as bariatric centers of excellence as compared with other hospitals, according to a report in Science Daily.

The Nevada Assembly and Senate joint subcommittee has agreed to increase the frequency of inspections at ambulatory surgical centers, according to a report in the Las Vegas Sun.

Here are statistics about the earnings and growth of registered nurses from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2008-2009 Edition.