When $7 million of Eau Claire, Wis.-based Sacred Heart Hospital's revenue was threatened by the opening of a competing outpatient facility, its leaders devised a plan to recoup $5 million of the lost revenue by reducing expenses — the remainder…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued its proposed rule for inpatient and long-term acute care hospital prospective payment system payments, which take into account many provisions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a…

As early as Tuesday, the House is expected to vote on a three-year Medicare physician fee fix, part of a $200 billion package of business tax breaks and aid for the jobless, according to a report by the New York…

Congressional Democrats are considering extending a temporary increase of Medicaid funding for states, the enhanced Federal Medical Assistance Percentages, for another six months, according to a report by Politico.

Congress has a week to extend federal COBRA subsides to help the newly unemployed buy health insurance, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.

With only a week left before a 21.3 percent fee cut goes into effect, the Democratic leadership in Congress is proposing a three-year fix that would pay primary care physicians more than specialists for the first time, according to a…

Under a bill just passed by the Massachusetts Senate, hospitals with large capital reserves would contribute to the state $100 million total to help reduce healthcare costs for small employers, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

Alliance (Ohio) Community Hospital is paying patients at competing hospitals $100 to provide their bills showing what was charged and what the insurer paid, according to a report by American Medical News.

The prices for selected healthcare industries rose 0.2 percent in April from the previous month, with hospitals seeing a 0.1 percent increase, according to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index.

San Ramon, Calif.-based Hill Physicians Medical Group, which represents around 3,000 physicians in Northern California, reported nearly $4.7 million in net income for 2009 on $419 million in revenue, according to a report in the Sacramento Business Journal.