Hospitals and health systems engaged in clinical trials enjoy several benefits — the ability to provide the latest treatment options to patients, the prestige of being a research organization, as well as possible opportunities for additional revenue streams.

Third-quarter profit for Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America hit earlier estimates of $360 million, which is significantly higher than last year but lower than expectations from the beginning of the quarter.

A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that per capita Medicare spending is growing three times faster for seniors in the United States compared with seniors in Canada.

A consortium of major employers and unions has partnered with non-profit group Catalyst for Payment Reform (pdf), demanding that hospitals and health insurers make healthcare price information more readily available for their employees by 2014.

The Medicaid expansion provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will start in 2014, adding millions of people to Medicaid rolls, but hospitals and other providers may not understand how to best tailor their medical and business practices…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare (pdf) announced it extended the cash tender offer of its senior notes due in 2013.

Last year, Vanguard Health Systems in Nashville, Tenn., got off to a rough start in its first quarter, posting a $21.7 million loss. However, the tides turned for the for-profit hospital chain's first quarter of fiscal year 2013, as Vanguard…

Blue Shield of California will return $50 million to its 3.3 million customers by Dec. 31 based on its pledge to limit profit to 2 percent of revenue.

As federal and state agencies attempt to reduce the growth of spending for people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, new research shows that it may be hard to find large savings in new demonstration programs, according to a report…

Profit at Community Health Systems took a nosedive in the most recent third quarter, as the Franklin, Tenn.-based for-profit hospital chain recorded net income of $44.2 million — a 40.5 percent drop from the $74.3 million posted in the third…