To help contain medical spending, Massachusetts government officials seek to cut state funding for long-term home nursing care, reports The Boston Globe.

Riverside Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, has acquired Franklin, Tenn.-based Medical Reimbursement of America, a provider of specialty reimbursement solutions.

Georgia Republican Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a "bed tax" measure into law to avoid a roughly $900 million gap in Medicaid funding, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution blog.

Boston Children's Hospital saw $65.2 million in unpaid collectibles in fiscal year 2016, up 46.5 percent from the same period last year. The increase was reportedly due to the greater use of high-deductible health plans that necessitate patients pay a…

Fitch Ratings affirmed the "BBB" rating on Louisville, Ky.-based Humana's senior notes.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded the rating on Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health's series 1998A multimodal revenue bonds to "Aa2" from "Aa1."

S&P Global Ratings revised Boston-based Massachusetts Ear and Eye's outlook to negative from stable.

Louisiana Heart Hospital in Lacombe closed Feb. 10 after officials announced in late January that it would shut down by the end of this month, according to The Times-Picayune.

S&P Global Ratings downgraded Reading (Pa.) Health System's rating to "A+" from "AA-" on the health system's long-term revenue refunding bonds.

Fitch Ratings affirmed the "AA-" rating on Omaha, Neb.-based Children's Hospital & Medical Center's $100 million of series 2017 revenue bonds.