While health insurers claim they spend 87 cents out of every premium dollar on healthcare, the actual amount is "significantly lower," according to a release by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.).

Tenet Healthcare reported a loss of $3 million in the third quarter, compared with a profit of $104 million in the same period last year, but said revenue increased 5.7 percent for the quarter compared with last year, according to…

Kindred Healthcare reported a 21 percent increase in hospital operating income, including an 11 percent rise in private-pay admissions, according to a release from Kindred.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that most hospitals will receive an inflation update of 2.1 percent in their payment rates for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in outpatient departments, according to a CMS news release.

Gallatin, Tenn.-based Sumner Regional Health Systems is trying to sell 20 properties, including medical office buildings and vacant land, worth an estimated $14 million as part of a restructuring plan by the financially troubled health system, according to a report…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported an 18.5 percent growth in income for the third quarter, which ended on Sept. 30, according to a CHS news release.

Health Management Associates reported a more than double increase in earnings and an increase in patient volume for the third quarter, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Nine out of 22 hospitals in the Baltimore area suffered financial losses in fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, according to a report by the Baltimore Business Journal.

A bill to fix the automatic Medicare pay cut for physicians failed by a vote of 47-53 in the Senate, well short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture, according to a report by the Hill.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reopened bids for durable medical equipment suppliers in a "round-one rebid" for its competitive bidding program for DME, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies, according to a report by AHANews.