Hospitals and hospital employees in North Dakota contributed roughly $4.7 billion to the state's economy last year, according to a report from the North Dakota Hospital Association.

California Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed a bill into law that will help the healthcare reform law's Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans get up and moving in January, and the state's insurance commissioner believes they can immediately help low-income residents,…

Facility fees are bringing in growing streams revenue for hospitals and health systems thanks in large part to the push toward full physician employment, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.

Rising expenses continued to hammer away at Health Management Associates' earnings, as the Naples, Fla.-based for-profit hospital operator reported its third straight quarter of lower profit in 2012.

Trustees of non-profit hospitals and health systems have a lot of responsibility when it comes to the organization's investments, and making a common mistake could be costly in the long run, according to an article from investment management firm Lancaster…

The sustainable growth rate formula for Medicare physician payment rates has brought the U.S. healthcare system to its knees for the past several years. As physicians face yet another rate reduction this January, the formula is causing many within the…

Doug Arvin, CPA, is not just any CFO within the Cincinnati area. He is considered one of the best.

Urological surgeries performed in ambulatory surgery centers and physician offices instead of hospital outpatient departments are significantly less expensive, and shifting the cases from hospitals to ASCs could save millions of Medicare dollars annually, according to a study published in…

Stocks at for-profit hospital operators have taken a beating for the third consecutive week, as the seven largest on the market all lost at least 2 percent in their shares last week.

Here are 11 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.