In 2011, hospitals in Missouri provided more than $1.1 billion in uncompensated care — a 267 percent increase from 2004, according to a report from the Missouri Hospital Association (pdf).

SK&A released its report titled, "Physician Office Acceptance Government Insurance Programs," which showed 83.6 percent of medical providers accept Medicare and 67 percent accept Medicaid, though a decline may be imminent.

Generally, non-profit hospital and health systems should expect stable finances next year, but maintaining profitability and reasonable expenses will be harder to do beyond 2013, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.

Five major physician lobbying groups expect to push Congress today to avert the upcoming Medicare reimbursement cuts to physicians and repeal the SGR formula altogether, according to a CQ Healthbeat News report.

University Hospitals in Cleveland has announced it has reached the $1 billion fundraising goal of its Discover the Difference capital campaign a year earlier than expected. 

SSM St. Mary's Health Center and SSM DePaul Health Center in St. Louis have both been accepted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid innovation pilot programs to improve the bundled payment process.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett declined the option to build and run a state-controlled health insurance exchange in a statement Wednesday, adding his name to the growing list of Republican governors who have opted to let the federal government take on…

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) wrote the White House requesting that his state's existing health insurance exchange be approved under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and held as a model for other states' exchanges, according to a Salt…

Hikes on health insurance premiums and deductibles have been accelerating for the privately insured since 2003, far outpacing middle- and low-income growth, according to a report by The Commonwealth Foundation.

Breaking from other Republican governors, Nev. Gov. Brian Sandoval will support expanding Medicaid eligibility in his state to collect federal funding available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report.