Oklahoma is the latest state to reject the Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchange, which are part of President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The American Hospital Association has sent a letter (pdf) to the Internal Revenue Service asking for updates to procedures involving provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Atlanta-based SunLink Health Systems (pdf) reported a net loss of $1.42 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, which was slightly less than its loss of $1.56 million in the first quarter last year.

The city of Tacoma, Wash., the headquarters of both MultiCare and Franciscan Health System, is proposing the restoration of business and occupation taxes to the two major non-profit systems to help assuage the city's budget deficit, according to a News…

Hospital and healthcare revenue growth rates continue to trudge along at glacial rates, as the average per capita cost of healthcare services covered by commercial payors and Medicare increased only 5.06 percent, according to Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Indices…

Fifteen acute-care hospitals and health systems issued tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds from Oct. 16 to Nov. 15, according to a report by HFA Partners.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have said they will not set up state-based insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, meaning the federal government will have to step in to run the exchanges…

Seven acute-care hospitals and health systems have received credit downgrades in the past 30 days compared with only two credit upgrades, according to a report by HFA Partners.

Here are 13 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.

For-profit hospital operators were stuck in a post-election hangover last week, as six of the seven major publicly traded companies lost share value.