As the Massachusetts Senate prepares to vote on a proposal that would require hospitals to contribute $100 million to a small business health insurance fund, a study from the Department of Health Care Finance and Policy shows the state's hospitals…

Partners HealthCare System in Boston reported a 35-percent drop in income for the second quarter, due to flat patient volume, higher expenses and a shortfall from government payments, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

Some Congressional leaders' hopes of finally passing a five-year Medicare physician fee fix could be dashed once again this month, as lawmakers prepare to avert a 21.3 percent fee cut on June 1, according to a report by The Hill.

Total margins realized by Pennsylvania's general acute-care hospitals declined to 2.08 percent in fiscal 2009 from 4.7 percent in fiscal 2008, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council.

At the first meeting of the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, members of the Obama administration indicated that Medicare and Medicaid are fair game for spending cuts to help balance the national budget, according to a report…

A new revision of the cost of the health reform law puts the price tag at more than $1 trillion over 10 years, with the addition of $105 billion in discretionary spending that Congress still would have to approve, according…

As healthcare financing is about to change dramatically under healthcare reform, healthcare costs continue to rise faster than wages and the Consumer Price Index, according to the annual Milliman Medical Index.

Under CEO Michael Young, Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta has reached a positive operating margin for the first time in a decade, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Kindred Healthcare has released its first-quarter 2010 results, noting a 3 percent increase in hospital admissions from last year, according to a Kindred news release.

Tenet Healthcare Corp. has released its first quarter 2010 earnings, including net operating revenue of $77 million, up seven percent from first quarter 2009, according to a Tenet news release.