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In the first quarter alone, the lobbying group for for-profit hospital chains spent $630,000 on its efforts, reports Forbes. The Federation of American Hospitals lobbied Congress, the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services on a range…

McGuireWoods has announced the addition of three new private equity practice partners in Chicago.

If approved by the FDA, fospropofol disodium injection should only be administered by persons trained in the administration of general anesthesia and not involved in the conduct of the surgical/diagnostic procedure, says Stanford Plavin, MD, an anesthesiologist, managing partner of…

Physician compensation climbed 3.5 percent overall, and orthopedic surgery was the biggest winner among specialties that regularly practice in ASCs with a 6.6 percent compensation increase between the 2006 and 2007 editions of the American Medical Group Association's annual Medical…

During recent earnings conference calls, HCA and LifePoint Hospitals have expressed an interest in pursuing new acquisitions, a deviation from recent trends which saw chains absorbing past acquisitions and selling off locations, according to Tennessean.com.

The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC) to “correct the wrongs” of its physician ranking program, according to a statement from the MMS.

A new campaign initiated by the New Hampshire Commission on Healthcare Quality Assurance aims to achieve 100 percent compliance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for hand hygiene.

The tax tail should never wag the deal dog. But in private equity, tax structures can significantly affect deal price and portfolio company returns. This is especially true in "rollover" transactions, where the private equity fund (PEF) encourages the founders…

Hospitals will get a temporary reprieve from a change in Medicaid regulations that would cut hospital payments by an estimated $5 billion over the next five years, according to published reports.

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