One of the primary healthcare providers in the Albany, N.Y., region, St. Peter's Health Partners, officially became the health system it is today earlier this month, and CFO Thomas Schuhle oversees its growing finances.

Similar to 2011, financial results varied widely among community hospitals this year, as 23 percent said they had negative operating margins while 29 percent reported operating margins higher than 4 percent, according to the second annual Community Hospital Survey from…

West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh has $737 million in outstanding debt obligations, and the financially flailing health system's investors are urging for more transparency, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report.

The past three years have been disastrous for Jackson Health System, the public-owned health system in Miami, but the system's fiscal year ended Sept. 30 with a surplus, according to a Miami Herald report.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will host a Medicare Fee-for-Service National Provider Call on preparing physicians for ICD-10 implementation on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. EST.

The American Hospital Association will host a two webinars for its members on recovery auditor issues, with the first scheduled for Oct. 31, according to an AHA News Now report.

The Michigan Senate has passed bills that would convert Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan into a non-profit mutual insurer, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Benjamin Carter, senior vice president and CFO of Trinity Health in Novi, Mich., oversees the finances of one of the largest Catholic-based health systems in the country, and his role is about to become a lot bigger.

Although Mississippi is one of the poorest and sickest states in the country, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has said the state will not take part in the federal healthcare reform law's Medicaid expansion, according to an Associated Press report.

St. Louis-based Centene Corp., one of the most prominent Medicaid HMOs in the country, said it plans to terminate its managed care contract with Kentucky's Medicaid program by next July due to its concerns with the state's high-cost Medicaid issues.