In 2012, hospitals' reimbursements rates rose 2.2 percent year-over-year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has announced the state will repay roughly $186 million in Medicaid payments owed to 39 hospitals through a revenue bond, according to a Portland Press Herald report.

Georgia's hospital provider fee expires in July, but Gov. Nathan Deal (R) is working with anti-tax state legislatures to extend the measure to 2018, according to a Georgia Health News report.

When non-profit University Hospitals in Cleveland began its fundraising campaign in 2005, the economy had not yet fallen into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Boston-based hospital system Partners HealthCare and its health insurer Neighborhood Health Plan announced they had granted $4.25 million to community health centers to purchase electronic medical records systems, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said she'll extend or waive the Jan. 1, 2013 deadline for states planning to operate their own health insurance exchanges to show they're prepared to comply with the federal health law, according to a report by…

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer recommended state lawmakers to expand the Medicaid program in her state of the state address Monday, becoming only the third Republican governor to do so.

Dan Moncher, CFO of Firelands Regional Medical Center in Sandusky, Ohio, has seen a lot of change in the hospital world since the 1990s — capitation, early-era physician practice acquisitions, the overall privatization of healthcare. Overall, he has more than…

Four acute-care hospitals and health systems issued tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds from Dec. 16, 2012, to Jan. 15, 2013, according to a report by HFA Partners.

The holidays slowed credit pressures for most hospitals, as only two acute-care health systems received credit downgrades in the past 30 days compared with five credit upgrades, according to a report by HFA Partners.