Moody's Investors Services has downgraded the bond rating of Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services from A2 to A3 due largely to the unexpected departure of CEO Mark Eustis and Fairview's "potential reputational risks" following the investigation of Accretive Health.

National health expenditures grew by 3.9 percent in April 2012 compared with April 2011, a continued trend of roughly 4 percent growth since mid-2011, according to a report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending (pdf).

For hospital CFOs today, maintaining a semblance of financial health is one of the top priorities. Raising revenue and cutting costs are the two main weapons in their arsenal to stave off fiscal despair, and over the past several years…

In fiscal year 2011, hospitals and other providers appealed 56,620 claims, or 6.3 percent, of the 903,372 that had overpayment determinations from Medicare Recovery Auditors (RACs), and of those appealed claims, 43.4 percent received a ruling in the provider's favor,…

Increased outpatient volumes across the for-profit hospital sector in the first quarter of 2012 have contributed to a growth in adjusted admissions, revenue and profitability, according to a report from Fitch Ratings.

During 2011, Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems injected $38.2 million into capital projects for Detroit Medical Center as well as $36.4 million for routine capital investments, but both figures fell short of commitments Vanguard made when it agreed to purchase…

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper recently signed House Bill 1281 into law, which would establish a pilot program to create new payment methods in the state Medicaid program.

Out of the three possible outcomes regarding the Supreme Court's ruling of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, for-profit hospitals stand to lose financially on two, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has announced that the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Program has approved a $21 million loan to Manning (Iowa) Regional Healthcare Center, a 17-bed critical access hospital. 

The Massachusetts House overwhelmingly passed its version of a bill aimed to reduce state healthcare costs, according to a WBUR report.