Health insurer WellPoint's fourth quarter net income increased 38.4 percent, jumping to $464.2 million, nearly $130 million more than previous fourth quarter net income.

In 2011, hospitals in Kansas generated nearly $9.4 billion in total economic activity and employed more than 143,000 people, according to a report from the Kansas Hospital Association (pdf).

The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center, a 464-bed safety-net hospital affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System, has closed on a $45 million senior secured credit facility.

In order to keep up with the continuum of care emphasized in the healthcare reform law, many hospitals have started their own health plans, and New Mexico's oldest hospital may be joining that mix, according to an Albuquerque Journal report.

Although non-profit hospitals and health systems experienced positive growth in their revenues last year, the rate of growth is diminishing, which spurred Moody's Investors Service to keep its negative outlook on the sector for this year.

Hospitals face a steep wall in improving their finances today, and over the past three years, the most common step hospital executives took to improve financial performance was the investment of chargemaster tools, according to Craneware's annual hospital executive survey…

Michigan legislators are starting fresh after a veto by Gov. Rick Snyder with a new bill that would allow Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to change its corporate structure and pay taxes, according to a report by Crain's Detroit…

After allowing its contract to expire in November, BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Fla., announced it has reached a five-year agreement with UnitedHealthcare.

Last year, PwC released a report that delved into the future of academic medical centers and what they needed to do to "avoid a margin meltdown."

HHS officials are ditching the "exchange" moniker within the healthcare reform law's health insurance exchanges and substituting "marketplace," according to a report by The Hill.