WASHINGTON, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nine hospitals located in Alabama, Indiana, Florida, Michigan, South Carolina, New York and Minnesota have agreed to pay the United States more than $9.4 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. and HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Care Systems, Inc.

By Deangelo McDaniel, The Decatur Daily, Ala. Jun. 26--Decatur General Hospital will have an operating deficit when the fiscal year ends June 30, President and Chief Executive Officer James Hahn said.

A new era in healthcare begins today in the San Fernando Valley as Kaiser Permanente opens the doors to its new $280 million hospital in Panorama City.

A leading private medical group has applied for planning permission to build facilities on the grounds of three public hospitals in Dublin, Cork and Limerick.