If 373-bed Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pittsburgh were located in another part of the country, it could be earning hundreds of thousands more each year in Medicare reimbursements for the exact same services, says Jefferson Regional's CEO, Tom Timcho.

Six Massachusetts hospitals with high proportions of government funding are suing the state, saying they were not paid the full Medicaid funding they were owed, according to a report by WBZ Radio.

Some Cincinnati area hospitals are performing better than others, as Ohio hospitals prepare to start paying a new a franchise fee that will be used to increase Medicaid payments to them, according to a report by the Cincinnati Enquirer.

IASIS Healthcare, which owns or leases 15 acute-care hospitals and one behavioral health facility, with a total of 2,853 beds, reported a net loss of $30 million for the fourth quarter compared to the same period last year, according to…

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Boston-based Caritas Christi Health Care have signed a five-year contract that would pay hospitals on a global payment system opposed to the current fee-for-service system, according to a report in the Boston Globe.

The first of six installments of a new "franchise" fee for Ohio hospitals is due this week, and hospitals worry that the fee will not be recouped by higher Medicaid payments to hospitals, as has been promised by state legislators,…

Stony Brook University Medical Center, a 554-bed hospital owned by New York State, has been hobbled by the state's budget problems, according to a report by Long Island Business News.

Moody's Investors Service said high-cost hospitals could experience downgrades in their debt-rating due to large cuts to Medicare funding planned by healthcare reform, according to a report by ABC News Health.

Utah State Senator Sen. Chris Buttars (R-West Jordan) plans to introduce that would make the finances of non-profit Intermountain Healthcare more transparent, according to a report by the Salt Lake Tribune.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index reported that hospital prices increased 1.0 percent in October, according to a report from the American Hospital Association.