A Kaiser Family Foundation report shows many states have increased Medicaid access and eligibility over the past year, though a few have added restrictions to eligibility.

Last August, HHS issued a final rule that officially changed the ICD-10 compliance date for all hospitals and healthcare providers to Oct. 1, 2014, and providers may not have been the only group unprepared for the transition.

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., has signed a seven-year deal with Kaiser Permanente Northwest to treat the insurer's 100,000 local beneficiaries in network, replacing nearby PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center's previous agreement, according to a report by The…

A bill temporarily halting the nation's $16.4 billion debt ceiling through mid-May passed the House 285-144, but automatic cuts to Medicare and other programs are still scheduled to take effect March 1, according to a report by USA Today.

Long Island College Hospital, which is part of the financially beleaguered State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, may close its doors soon as it hemorrhages money and loses patients, according to a New York Times report.

Unless Maryland can suppress its healthcare cost growth, it stands to lose more than $1 billion in Medicare payments by losing its eligibility for a waiver that grants it full reimbursement from CMS, rather than the discounted rates all 49…

Medicare Recovery Auditors, also known as recovery audit contractors, set a new record for most overpayments collected in a quarter, as they recouped $744.8 million from hospitals and other providers in the first quarter of the federal government's 2013 fiscal…

Even though non-profit hospitals have faced rising charity care costs and a generally tough operating atmosphere over the past several years, hospitals are still reporting strong operating and leverage ratios.

Law makers have finally passed the budget agreement that promises to avert the so called "Fiscal Cliff." As President Barack Obama's second term gets underway, just after the start of the new budget year, the stage is set for significant…

Limited network plans, which typically offer cheaper premiums for a smaller range of medical providers, may feature heavily on the online health insurance marketplaces, formerly called exchanges, outlined in the federal health law, according to a joint report by Kaiser…