A federal judge has rejected New Hampshire's motion to dismiss a lawsuit against 10 state hospitals, saying the hospitals have legal ground to sue over the state's Medicaid cuts, according to a New Hampshire Watchdog report.

What defines greatness? This question is asked frequently in the realm of sports and usually encompasses mass quantities of home runs, touchdowns, goals or 3-pointers.

The Jefferson County Commission approved a budget for fiscal year 2013, and the county-owned Cooper Green Mercy Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., is expected to face major cuts, according to a WBRC report.

As Maryland hospitals and payors try to hammer a deal to control the state's rising Medicare expenditures, the CEO of the state's largest health insurer scolded hospitals on a recent proposal, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

Two major employers — Sears Holdings and Darden Restaurants, which oversees Olive Garden and Red Lobster, among other restaurant chains — have announced that beginning Jan. 1 they will provide a fixed-sum payment to employees for health insurance, and the…

For the past three-plus years, CFO Jeffrey Sherman has led the financial operations of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals — the fourth-largest for-profit hospital operator in the country.

Here are 11 recent issues that occurred between hospitals, health systems and payors within the past month, starting with the most recent.

Hospitals and health systems reported an average return on investable assets of 10.9 percent in fiscal year 2010 — a considerable drop from 2009, but still much improved from the economic debacle of 2008, according to a study from the…

ICD-10 doomsday is Oct. 1, 2014, for physicians, hospitals and all other providers, and CMS is ramping up its guidance on how providers should prepare for the transition.

The uninsured rate went down in 2011, and more individuals with health insurance makes for a "modest credit positive" for the non-profit hospital sector, according to a recent report from Moody's Investors Service.