Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer Humana announced that despite a an uptick in revenue and membership, it's net income for fiscal year ended Dec. 31, 2012 was down 13.9 percent over 2011.

The only thing standing between Georgia hospitals and a new provider fee is Gov. Nathan Deal's signature, as both chambers of the state's legislature passed a bill that would renew the fee, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.

For the first time this year, stock prices at the major for-profit hospital companies showed little to no growth during a weeklong stretch.

For hospitals and health systems, the concept of "profitability" is not solely geared toward balance sheets and making money. It's about reinvesting in an organization that is, for many communities, the largest employer and a community bastion for health and…

Here are 10 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.

Roughly 9,600 employees within Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, Fla., will receive one-time payments under an approved profit-sharing plan, according to a News-Press report.

A top economic adviser within the White House has said President Barack Obama will not make any federal Medicaid cuts in his upcoming budget proposal, but that means Medicare may be more vulnerable to upcoming reductions, according to a report…

States are usually the main regulators when it comes to health plans, but 22 state insurance departments have indicated they have no enforcement authority when it comes to the reforms outlined in President Barack Obama's healthcare law, according to a…

Out-of-network physicians and providers have been found to charge patients up to 100 times higher than what Medicare would pay, and a report from America's Health Insurance Plans — the lobbying arm of the health insurance industry — said this…

CMS has announced it will pilot its competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment in 91 additional major metropolitan areas after its initial one-year pilot in nine cities saved the program approximately $202.1 million with no negative health impacts on…