The stocks of several for-profit hospital chains ballooned today after the Supreme Court ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional, according to a Dow Jones report.

In a letter (pdf) to the Government Accountability Office, a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives asked for a study on the effectiveness and coordination among the different Medicare contractors within CMS.

An Ohio county judge has put a one-month hold on Ohio's new Medicaid managed care contracts after Aetna issued a complaint over the state's latest move, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.

The following is reprinted with permission from HFA Partners.Uncompensated care is nothing new for healthcare providers, but in the current economy and high unemployment environment, properly accounting for bad debt has become a major concern for rating agencies and investors…

Anderson Regional Medical Center in Meridian, Miss., has received a a $25 million revolving credit facility from Healthcare Finance Group, which will be used as working capital to accelerate the non-profit health system's services and for ongoing operations.

A bill requiring New Jersey for-profit hospitals to disclose their financial records publicly is headed to Gov. Chris Christie's desk, according to a Star-Ledger report.

For many hospital revenue cycle teams, no mantra resonates clearer than "adapt, or get left behind."

Fitch Ratings recently affirmed the BB credit ratings of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals, which covers roughly $1.7 billion of debt as of the last quarter.

In 2011, it took longer for health insurers to pay physicians, but major technology shifts and new compliance regulations may have caused the delays, according to athenahealth's PayerView Rankings.

Stocks of the largest for-profit hospital operators face a nebulous next few days, as many healthcare stock analysts think the Supreme Court ruling will greatly impact the value of shares, according to a Chicago Sun Times report.