On Friday, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced it will cut $859.2 million from the state Medicaid program for fiscal year 2013, which equates to roughly an 11 percent cut of the state's $7.7 billion Medicaid program.

Internal controls within a hospital aim to minimize errors during any single transactions, but with so many other outside forces affecting healthcare revenue, hospitals may be putting off projects that could help faulty internal controls, according to a July post…

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is digging in its heels when it comes to reimbursing providers for a specific radiology procedure, which it called "wasteful spending," according to a News & Observer report.

Prices charges for different surgeries in California hospitals vary from region to region, with the highest-priced facilities charging 2.7 times more than hospitals in the lowest-priced regions, according to a report from the CALPIRG Education Fund (pdf), a consumer advocacy…

Tentatively, the new go-live date for ICD-10 is Oct. 1, 2014, but CMS is still encouraging hospitals and other providers to prep for a full transition as soon as possible.

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

Two acute-care hospitals and health systems have received credit downgrades in the past 30 days, according to a report by HFA Partners.

Becker's Hospital Review reporter Bob Herman sat down with Mike Costa, MBA, RHIA, a senior advisor with Impact Advisors to discuss ways hospitals should begin to prepare now for the conversion to ICD-10 as well as the most common mistakes…

Hospital prices increased 0.1 percent from May to June, according to the latest statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index.

Here are four recent disputes involving ambulatory surgery centers and insurance companies over payments and in-network status.