Healthcare revenue growth rates hit a wall in the June 2011 through June 2012 time span, as all nine Standard & Poor's Healthcare Economic Indices (pdf) dropped from May 2012 figures.

Moody's Investors Services has maintained its negative outlook for non-profit hospitals for the remainder of 2012, as most of the challenges outlined in January are expected to persist, according to the rating agency's mid-year outlook report.

The American Hospital Association is urging hospitals to participate in the second year of its Schedule H Project, according to an AHA News Now report.

Eleven acute-care hospitals and health systems have issued tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds from July 16 to August 15, according to a report by HFA Partners.

In 2010, California non-profit hospitals received $1.84 billion more in government subsidies and other tax-exempt benefits than in charity care provided, according to a report from the Institute for Health & Socio-Economic Policy (pdf), which is the research arm of…

Hospital executives recently ranked WellPoint as the worst health insurer in the country in overall favorability, according to a survey from healthcare public relations firm ReviveHealth (pdf).

Two acute-care hospitals and health systems have received credit downgrades in the past 30 days, mirroring the same amount of downgrades from the month before, according to a report by HFA Partners.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems will cut its contracts with Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield at the end of the month after both sides could not reach a new agreement, according to an Arkansas Business report.

Cindy Buck, CFO of Rutherford Regional Health System in Rutherfordton, N.C., oversees the finances of a leading local healthcare facility, and her past successes have helped propel her to her current position.

Non-profit healthcare providers are undergoing more governmental audits than their for-profit counterparts, according to a survey from the Health Care Compliance Association.