Anthem Blue Cross, California's largest for-profit health insurer, is raising premiums for individual insurance policies by 30-39 percent on March 1, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.

Facing proposed cuts to TennCare, Tennessee's Medicaid managed care program, the state's hospitals are considering asking lawmakers to bring back a hospital tax that expired in 1994 when TennCare was launched, according to a report in The Tennessean.

North Carolina Baptist Hospital and its affiliates report a $53.8 million loss for fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, 2009, compared with a $14.6 million loss in fiscal 2008, according to a report by the Winston-Salem Journal.

Hospital prices increased 1.4 percent in December, 3.4 percent higher than in Dec. 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index.

New York Gov. David Paterson has proposed a state budget that includes increased revenue taxes for hospitals and surcharges for hospitals and other healthcare providers in the state, according to a report by the (Albany) Business Review.

The Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner has released a study on commercial payments to hospitals in the state, which suggests that commercial payments to hospitals vary widely.

The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems says operating costs for Oregon community hospitals rose 40 percent in the past four years, compared with a general inflation rate of 13 percent, according to a report by the Examiner.

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is proposing that Congress give hospitals that perform at higher levels in CMS' the pay-for-performance program a payment update of 2.4 percent in fiscal year 2011, based on the market basket index. Hospitals that don’t perform…

A new tax on Wisconsin hospitals has allowed the state to collect $1.65 in federal Medicaid reimbursements for every $1 taxed, according to a report by WBAY TV.

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center ended its fiscal year with $6.2 million in operating losses, about half of what it expected last summer, according to the Rutland Herald.