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.

Last week, the National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs, the trade association for Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans, sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, urging that all CO-OP funding be restored in light of this month's fiscal cliff…

President Barack Obama gave airtime to the need to reform healthcare entitlements in his second inaugural address Monday, but he defended their existence and pushed back on calls to make drastic cuts to the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Hospital executives in a red state are on board with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's plan to impose a provider fee to expand the state's Medicaid program, according to a report from the Ahwatukee Foothills News.

In order to finalize a separate transaction, health insurer Aetna agreed to sell its Medicaid plan, Missouri Care, to WellCare Health Plans.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare plans to sell $850 million in senior secured notes through a private offering.

Stock prices of for-profit hospital companies shot through the roof last week, as all seven operators gained at least 2 percent, and three gained more than 10 percent.

John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, Calif., is an acute-care facility. John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek is a part of John Muir Health, based in Walnut Creek.

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

A bill that would extend a 1.45 percent fee on Georgia's hospitals to help fund a deficit in the Medicaid program passed the state's Senate Thursday and is expected to go before the state House Jan. 28.