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.

West Penn Allegheny Health System is cutting 213 full-time jobs at its six hospitals and corporate offices, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

The State of Virginia's plans to cut $4.5 billion from its budget in the next two years will mean $800 million in losses for state Medicaid, factoring in matching federal funds, according to a release from the Virginia Hospital and…

Struggling Crozer-Keystone Health System, located just outside of Philadelphia, has sold some of its real estate holdings in order to improve its balance sheet, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The healthcare reform legislation proposed by Congress could lead to better cost savings within the industry by encouraging increased competition among insurance companies and higher quality care at lower costs, according to a study from Harvard University and University of…

Following state cuts in Medicaid funding, Wisconsin's 59 critical access hospitals in rural areas are calling for a 1.6 percent tax on their patient revenues to create $10 million a year in additional federal Medicaid matching funds to them, according…

Goldman Sachs analyst Shelley Gnell placed Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. on a list of recommend stocks after lauding the hospital operator's cost-saving efforts, according to a report in BusinessWeek.

Language in both the Senate and House healthcare reform bills calls for higher Medicare reimbursements for "high-value" hospitals, those that more efficiently spend Medicare funds, according to a report in The Washington Post.

The federal government reports that healthcare spending in 2008 rose 4.4 percent from the year before, the slowest pace since 1980, according to a report in Health Affairs.

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.