Hospital care takes up the largest portion of national healthcare expenditures in the United States, and care from physicians and other professionals sits solidly in second, according to statistics from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Maryland is the only state in the country that has a unique board that sets Medicare rates for hospitals, but the system is currently facing challenges to remain in existence, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Nine hospital groups, including the American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges, sent a letter (pdf) to Congress asking that Medicaid cuts not be used as a means to pay for the student loan bill.

U.S. Reps. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced a bill in the House last week to complement legislation on rural hospital Medicare payments that was proposed in the Senate, according to an AHA News Now report.

The following is reprinted with permission from HFA Partners.Hospitals may not have as much control as they would like over the U.S. Supreme Court, reimbursement changes or the capital markets, but here are eight simple, yet effective, steps for enhancing…

Northern Berkshire Healthcare, based in North Adams, Mass., announced it has exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy — a reorganization process that has been ongoing since June 2011.

Here are 12 issues dealing with Medicare or Medicaid that occurred in the past week, starting with the most recent.

Dorothy Puhy is executive vice president, assistant treasurer and CFO of the Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — one of the most renowned cancer hospitals in the world — and she oversees one of the highest-graded credits a healthcare provider can…

An audit from the Arizona Auditor General's Office found the state Medicaid program is paying up to $50 million annually to provide care for ineligible Medicaid beneficiaries, according to an Arizona Daily Sun report.

Health insurers Molina Healthcare and Centene won back contracts from Ohio's Medicaid program after they filed appeals in April challenging how the state awarded the contracts, according to a Wall Street Journal report.