Citing a recent Boston Globe investigation, officials from some large academic medical centers and community hospitals in Massachusetts this week sent a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick (D) requesting an investigation into how some hospitals in the state receive higher payments from insurers, even though there are no obvious differences in the quality of care that those hospitals provide — especially for the most common procedures, the

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