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The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center posted record-breaking revenues of nearly $5.6 billion and $100 million in surplus funds last fiscal year, according to a report by the UCLA Daily Bruin.

Jackson Health System in Miami lost $203.8 million last year, four times the projected loss, and this year's loss is now expected to be nearly triple that of earlier projections, according to a report by the Miami Herald.

Coshocton County (Ohio) Memorial Hospital will lay off 44 full-time positions, cut remaining workers' pay and raise employee contributions to its health insurance plan, according to a report by the ZanesvilleTimes-Reader.

As lobbying intensifies, momentum is building to provide a five-year reprieve that would block a 21-percent fee cut to physicians who treat Medicare patients. If no legislative action is taken this month, the physician pay cut is set to go…

President Obama's budget would make non-profit hospitals eligible for a new type of federally subsidized financing called Build America Bonds, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Both major financial ratings services are forecasting a negative outlook for non-profit hospitals in 2010, due to factors such as high debt loads, high numbers of uncovered patients and lower government reimbursements, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial…

As Congressional Democrats hold off on their health reform legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in considering passing a separate bill rescinding the health insurance industry's antitrust exemption, according to a report by CBS News.

Ohio Health Market Review found that Cincinnati-area hospitals saw their combined net income fall from $290.5 million in 2007 to $14.7 million in 2008, according to report by the Business Courier of Cincinnati.

President Obama's proposed $3.8 trillion budget for 2011, released Monday, would allocate $900 billion for HHS, including a six-month extension of enhanced federal Medicaid payments to states.

Massachusetts hospitals and physician groups with market clout negotiate rates that are twice as high as for other hospitals, and such clout is the main cause of healthcare inflation in the state, according to a release by State Attorney General…