UnitedHealth Group, WellPoint, Aetna, Cigna and Humana — the five largest commercial and investor-owned health insurers — posted a cumulative profit of $3.17 billion in the second quarter of the 2012 fiscal year.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based physician outsourcing firm TeamHealth's revenue in the second quarter of 2012 rose 18.5 percent from $427.2 million in the second quarter of 2011 to $506.3 million.

Since January 2010, Kelly Curry has overseen the financial operations of Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates as CFO, and last year alone, the 70-hospital chain grew its business at an accelerated rate.

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.