In the past year ending June 30, hospital spending by private insurers rose 8.2 percent, faster than the other two major healthcare sectors for physicians and drugs, according to a release by Thomson Reuters.

Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), who is in line to chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, said his active bill to repeal and replace the healthcare reform law would reduce premiums "across the board by up to 10…

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Under the healthcare reform law, beneficiaries in traditional Medicare will save an average of more than $3,500 in the next 10 years and those with high prescription drug costs will save as much as $12,300, according to a new HHS…

South Dakota State Rep. R. Blake Curd, MD, who also serves as interim executive director of Surgical Management Professionals in Sioux Falls, S.D., itemizes just a few of the new taxes and fees that will go into effect in the…

Ten hospitals have won the Healthcare Financial Management Association's MAP Award for High Performance in Revenue Cycle, according to a release from HFMA.

Healthcare prices in all listed sectors were unchanged in May but were up 2.9 percent from a year ago, according to a release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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…