Here are 13 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.

The American Hospital Association has extended to Friday, July 20 the deadline for hospitals to participate in a quarterly survey on Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program, according to an AHA News Now report.

Providence Health Plans in Oregon is looking to increase the premium rates of individual health plans by 15.7 percent starting this November, according to an article at The Lund Report.

National health expenditures in May 2012 increased 3.8 percent compared with May 2011, making it yet another month of modest health spending growth, according to a report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending (pdf).

The article below is reprinted with permission from The Capital Issue, a quarterly newsletter published by Lancaster Pollard.In today’s low interest-rate environment, debt financing should be top of mind for organizations. Efficient access to debt capital is imperative in order…

Here are 20 statistics on ASC patient revenues and operating expenses, according to VMG Health’s Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. All numbers are averages. Patient RevenuesGross charges: $29,979,000Adjustments: $10,288,000Net revenue: $7,736,000 Operating ExpensesEmployee salary and wages: $1,552,000Taxes and benefits: $359,000Occupancy costs:…

Here are eight steps for enhancing profitability at surgery centers.

The National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, which represents public safety-net hospitals across the country, has raised concerns over states rejecting the Medicaid expansion, which is part of the healthcare reform law.

Roughly 10 years ago, Robert Kent, DO, FACOI, a primary care physician, realized things had to change.

Last week, Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, N.H., named Jeremy Roberge CFO — his first hospital CFO position and the pinnacle of his career thus far.