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11/20/11--21:01: Regional News/West: Presbyterian Rust Medical Center opens in New Mexico, and other news (chan 2539310)

RIO RANCHO, N.M. -- Presbyterian Rust Medical Center opened Oct. 22 with Gov. Susana Martinez, Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and Rio Rancho Mayor Thomas Swisstack in attendance at a ribbon-cutting ceremony, according to a news release from...


11/20/11--21:01: Regional News/West: Prime strikes back (chan 2539310)

Prime Healthcare Services has long responded to the Service Employees International Union in much stronger and more public ways than its fellow hospital operators in California. The hospital chain now has moved the feud to federal court, filing an...


11/27/11--21:01: Regional News/West: Garfield Medical Center settles lawsuit, and other news (chan 2539310)

PHOENIX -- Banner Health and insurer Aetna, Hartford, Conn., will begin in January to enroll small employers into a health plan for a newly created accountable care organization.


12/04/11--21:01: Regional News/West: Arizona hospitals sue to block state Medicaid payment rate reductions, and other news (chan 2539310)

PHOENIX -- Arizona hospitals are suing to block the latest rate reduction for the state's Medicaid program's payments.


12/11/11--21:01: Regional News/West: IPC the Hospitalist Company acquires Hospital Specialists of Spokane, and other news (chan 2539310)

SPOKANE, Wash. -- IPC the Hospitalist Co., the hospitalist physician group based in North Hollywood, Calif., has acquired Hospital Specialists of Spokane, Wash.


12/18/11--21:01: Regional News/West: Scripps Health hires Lei Dong as chief medical physicist, and other news (chan 2539310)

MIRA MESA, Calif. -- Scripps Health hired Lei Dong as chief medical physicist for a proton therapy center under construction and on track to begin treating patients in spring 2013.


01/01/12--21:01: Regional News/West: Federal block (chan 2539310)

A federal judge in California has taken the extraordinary step of blocking sizable reductions in Medicaid rates to the state's hospital-based skilled-nursing units, concluding that state and federal officials likely relied on unreasonable...


01/08/12--21:01: Regional News/West: UC Davis Health system signs agreement with Mexican state of Sinaloa, and other news (chan 2539310)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The UC Davis Health System recently signed a telehealth research collaboration agreement with the Mexican state of Sinaloa.


01/13/12--21:01: Regional News/West: Community Health Systems withdraws bid for hospital after planned FTC review (chan 2539310)

ROSWELL, N.M. -- Community Health Systems, Franklin, Tenn., withdrew its interest in buying the hospital in Roswell that it doesn't already own after receiving word that the increasingly vigilant Federal Trade Commission planned an...


01/20/12--21:01: Regional News/West: Lovelace Health System signs letter of intent to purchase Roswell Regional Hospital, and other news (chan 2539310)

ROSWELL, N.M. -- Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque, N.M., part of for-profit chain Ardent Health Services, Nashville, announced it signed a letter of intent to purchase 26-bed, for-profit Roswell Regional Hospital.