Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has proposed a plan that would allow health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to maintain its non-profit status but would require the insurer to pay an estimated $100 million per year in state and…

Five hospital groups sent a letter (pdf) to Congress opposing any legislation that would cap total payments for non-emergency department evaluation and management in hospital outpatient departments.

Between 2013 and 2022, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will call for $716 billion in Medicare payment reductions, and a handful of states will bear the brunt of those cuts, according to a report from the Carlson School…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems and Arizona's Medicaid program, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, have agreed to a one-year contract extension with Vanguard's Medicaid managed care plan, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Quick hypothetical: Your hospital or health system just completed its major capital initiative, raising hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps even billions. The plan is to spend those funds strategically over the next five years across a spectrum of needed…

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, said he would support the expansion of Medicaid in his state after he received assurance the state could opt out later if it wanted, according to an Arkansas Business/Associated Press report.

For Thomas Johnson, CFO of Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton, N.C., and the rest of the hospital's executive team, financial difficulties appear to be few and far between, which cannot be said for many hospitals in today's environment of…

In 2011, the number of uninsured people in the United States totaled 48.6 million — a 2.8 percent drop from the 50 million uninsured Americans in 2010, according to the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau (pdf).

Fitch Ratings recently affirmed its "B+" rating on Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America's debt, saying that while the for-profit hospital chain has solid liquidity metrics, there are some concerns about its debt that will mature over the next 18…

Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage rose a modest 4 percent from 2011, reaching an average of $15,745, and employees paid an additional $4,300 more toward their coverage, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Education…