Memorial Healthcare System in southern Broward County, Fla., more than doubled profits in its second quarter compared with the same period last year, according to a report by South Florida Business Journal.

Baptist Health South Florida posted net income of $131.3 million for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, up from a $71.7 million loss in the previous fiscal year, according to a report by the South Florida Business Journal.

Miami-Dade County’s public hospital system, Jackson Health, currently has only 20.8 days of cash on hand to pay for operating costs, including payroll, according to a report by the Miami Herald.

The Senate's health reform bill differs from the House's version in a number of significant ways that are important to hospitals and will have to be addressed as the Senate and House meet to reconcile their bills.

Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo., reported that it is on track to finish 2009 with a net income of $9.4 million, according to a report in The Rolla Daily News.

The usual year-end demand for elective surgeries and medical tests is being exacerbated by demand from the growing numbers of patients with high-deductible health plans, according to a report by the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

UMass Memorial Health Care, a six-hospital system with 781 beds based in Worcester, Mass., posted a $91.6 million surplus for the fiscal year, up 65 percent over the previous year, according to report by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

CMS reported that 97 percent of eligible hospitals in the hospital outpatient quality data reporting program will receive a full Medicare payment update for calendar year 2010, according to a report by AHA News Now.

Nine financially struggling hospitals in New Jersey will receive $40 million in state grants to share among their facilities, according to a report by the Star-Ledger.

Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has proposed $3.7 million in cuts to four hospitals that treat uninsured patients in the state, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle.