County officials gave an okay to a plan intended to stave off large job cuts and hospital closures within Miami's Jackson Health System and keep its hospitals' services running through September, according to a story in The New York Times.

Health plans, castigated for premium increases such as Anthem's 39 percent increase in California, say they are just passing on unusually steep rate increases from hospitals, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Langlade Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Antigo, Wis., is planning a $45 million replacement facility for the 77-year-old hospital, according to a report by WSAW TV.

A new Milliman study finds that effective hospital management can be contagious in some urban areas, producing an overall high value of medical services compared to price, according to a release by the National Business Group on Health, which ordered…

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor, Mich., will officially open its new $155 million patient tower with an open house on April 18, according to a report by AnnArbor.com.

Two Tennessee state representatives have introduced legislation that would assess a 3.5 percent coverage fee on hospitals in the state in order to offset proposed cuts in the TennCare program, according to a report by the Nashville Post.

1. The current healthcare bill in its overall objective is very similar to the Massachusetts plan and effort.

Prices for services in general medical and surgical hospitals rose 0.5 percent while prices for physicians' services remained steady in February, according to a release by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A new study finds that per capita hospital spending in Massachusetts is the highest in the world and is now more than 55 percent higher than the national average, according to a report by the Republican.

A study into physician cost profiling, commonly used to decide which physicians are included in health plan networks, found that around 25 percent of physicians would be misclassified under systems currently used by plans to encourage patients to receive care…