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A Tennessee agency that is supposed to hold accountable and grade the nations largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly awards full credit on dozens of quality-of-care measurements as long as it reports any value regardless of how its hospitals actually perform. This story also ran on States Newsroom. It can be republished for free. Ballad Health, a

Stop & Shop is planning to shutter an unspecified number of its grocery stores across the Northeast that the company said are “underperforming.” “Stop & Shop will make some difficult decisions to close select underperforming store locations to help ensure the long-term health and future growth for our business,” a spokesperson for the supermarket chain

The Cleveland branch of the Federal Reserve said Wednesday that Beth Hammack, a former executive at investment bank Goldman Sachs, would be its next president effective Aug. 21. Hammack, 52, worked at Goldman Sachs from 1993 until stepping down earlier this year. She was most recently the co-head of global finance, and has also served

McDonald’s top US executive denounced viral reports of runaway Big Mac prices as painting an inaccurate picture of the company, which has seen its profits surge by roughly a third since 2019 and is now preparing to roll out $5 combo meals. “I can tell you that it frustrates and worries me, and many of our

Facing ongoing concerns about rural hospital closures, Capitol Hill lawmakers have introduced a spate of proposals to fix a federal program created to keep lifesaving services in small towns nationwide. This story also ran on States Newsroom. It can be republished for free. In Anamosa, Iowa a town of fewer than 6,000 residents located more