Betsey Bayless, president and CEO of Phoenix-based Maricopa Integrated Health System, proposed to put a new tax on November's ballot, but the health system's board of directors struck it down, according to a report from The Republic.

Knox County Hospital in Barbourville, Ky., is officially in the hands of county officials after financial troubles have driven the hospital downward, according to a Times-Tribune report.

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Michigan Insurance Commissioner Kevin Clinton has issued an order that the state will prohibit payors' preferential hospital pricing policies unless they meet his approval, according to a Detroit Free Press report.

In the second quarter of 2012, Moody's Investors Service recorded 12 credit downgrades within the non-profit hospital sector compared with nine upgrades, and the amount of downgraded debt also exceeded the dollar amount of upgraded debt.

Denver Health serves as the primary safety-net organization for both Denver and the state of Colorado, and Denver Health CFO Peg Burnette has found ways to keep the health system viable despite its challenging payor mix.

U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas), has introduced HR 6142, the Assuring Medicare Stability and Access for Seniors Act of 2012, which would temporarily delay the sustainable growth rate for another year.

Colorado-Fayette Medical Center in Weimer, Texas, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, according to a Schulenburg Sticker report.

Roughly three out of five payors believe their organization will "definitely" be ready to meet the new ICD-10 compliance date of Oct. 1, 2014, according to a survey from HealthEdge.

The Government Accountability Office (pdf) recently issued a report on municipal bond issuers, finding that disclosures for municipal debt instruments could be improved.