Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America, the largest for-profit hospital operator in the country, reported net income of $391 million in the second quarter of 2012 — a 70.7 percent upsurge from last year's second quarter profit of $229 million.

A recent report from the Massachusetts Office of Inspector General (pdf) found that Medicaid managed care plans paid hospitals and physicians up to 38 percent more than Medicaid fee-for-service plans, which raised "serious questions about the viability" of a managed…

Health insurer Humana reported second quarter net income of $356 million, a 22.6 percent plunge from last year's total of $460 million.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is expected to sign the healthcare cost containment bill this morning, according to a Boston Globe report.

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

When the hospital C-suite talks about the organization's largest expense items, labor and supplies usually dominate the conversation — and rightfully so. People and supplies usually represent the highest expenditures. However, a third area, real estate and overall facilities management,…

With 803 beds and an operating budget hovering around $1 billion, Chris Ellington has a lot to handle as CFO of UNC Health Care in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Healthcare spending is one of the biggest issues in the country today as national healthcare expenditures grew 3.9 percent in 2011 to a total of $2.7 trillion. Two articles in the August 2012 New England Journal of Medicine try to…

Vermont's Green Mountain Care Board has established a 3.75 percent annual cap on spending increases for hospitals as part of the state's new healthcare reform, according to a report from Vermont Public Radio and Kaiser Health News.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare reported a loss of $1.3 million in the second quarter, a major drop-off from the second quarter of 2011 when the for-profit hospital operator recorded $3.3 million in profit.