The average amount of healthcare spending for people with employer-sponsored insurance rose 4.6 percent in 2011, a significant step up from the 3.8 percent growth rate in 2010, according to a report from the Health Care Cost Institute (pdf).

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Raj Chopra, CFO of The C/N Group, will be giving a presentation titled "Benchmarking the Financial Solvency of an ASC."

Deborah Grider, senior manager with Blue and Company, offers 10 steps to prepare for full implementation of ICD-10.

Medicare is a major sticking point for both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, and the details of each candidate's Medicare plan, as well as the potential impact on costs and benefits, can be lost in translation.

Naya Kehayes, managing principal and CEO of Eveia Health Consulting and Management, recommends hospitals and other providers ask payors these three questions regarding confidentiality within managed care contracts during negotiations.

Revenue cycle firm Craneware released its fiscal year 2012 results, and its revenue swelled 8 percent from FY 2011.

Every week, Becker's Hospital Review will begin monitoring the stock prices of the largest for-profit hospital operators in the country.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has named its top 20 private health insurance plans of 2012, and Boston-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care was rated as the top overall plan based on clinical performance, member satisfaction and NCQA accreditation.

Anthem Blue Cross in California is shutting out two of the largest healthcare providers in the Los Angeles area — Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA Health System — from one of its health plans because the health systems are "too…

Here are 10 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.