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.

An ICD-10 project team is essential to a hospital's successful transition to ICD-10, and it must have representatives from each key area of the organization, according to recent guidance from CMS.

Mike Bunch serves as CFO and COO of KershawHealth in Camden, S.C., and over the past several years, he has helped shore up the finances of a health system that primarily relies on government payors.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has completed a cash tender offer of $639.7 million of senior notes due 2015.

A majority of states expect budgetary challenges in the Medicaid expansion from 2012 to 2020, and many believe CMS needs to issue additional guidance, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (pdf).

In 2010, Arkansas hospitals provided a total economic impact of more than $10.3 billion, according to a report from the Arkansas Hospital Association (pdf).

University Hospital in Louisville, Ky., is closing some services in an effort to save approximately $2.5 million annually, according to a Courier-Journal report.

President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) have agreed on a six-month continuing resolution that will fund the government with $1.047 trillion and avoid a government shutdown debate as the presidential race…