Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has introduced a bill that would give the state insurance commissioner the power to reject rates charged by hospitals, physician groups, other healthcare facilities and insurers, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has responded to a letter received by WellPoint in response to a letter she sent to the insurer requesting justification for Anthem Blue Cross of California's rate hikes for individual…

Officials from the University of Connecticut have recommended $342 million in updates to John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, Conn., to develop a downtown academic campus that would include collaboration with other area hospitals, according to a report in the Hartford…

A recent study by the Iowa Hospital Association found that the state's 118 community hospitals provide more than 74,000 jobs, pay more than $3.6 billion in salaries and benefits and create a $6.1 billion impact to Iowa's economy, according to…

The Michigan State Medical Society and the Michigan Osteopathic Association urged the state's lawmakers to reject a tax on physicians that Gov. Jennifer Granholm included in her proposed budget.

Steven Z. Taylor, vice president of finance for the Fargo Operating Division of Catholic Health Initiatives, shares his thoughts here on five ways hospitals can manage their labor costs. Taylor oversees 12 critical access hospitals in CHI's Fargo division. CHI…

Unless Congress acts, the federal COBRA subsidy to help laid-off workers pay for health insurance will expire May 31, and on Feb. 28 new applicants won't have access to the subsidies, according to the Kansas City Star.

President Obama highlights the unsustainable rate of growth of healthcare spending and renews a call for healthcare reform proposals that stalled late last year in his Economic Report of the President to Congress, released Feb. 11.

Following a two-hour meeting with Congressional Republicans, President Obama held a news conference in which he laid out the kind of reforms he would consider, according to a transcript from the White House.

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is expected to include a 3 percent tax on physicians' gross receipts as part of her budget proposal to the state legislature, the Detroit Free Press reports.