Here is a list of the average length of stay, charges and costs for hospitals by hospital size, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2007 national statistics.

Here is a list of the average length of stay, charges and costs for hospitals by hospital type, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2007 national statistics.

Boston Medical Center projects that it will lose $175 million this fiscal year, at an operating loss of 18 percent, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released its proposed payment rate and policy changes for ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments for Jan. 1, 2010, according to a CMS news release.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has several announced proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2010, which are expected to reduce payment rates to physicians by 21.5 percent, according to a CMS news release.

A number of hospitals in South Florida are suffering from large declines in their investments, according to a report in the Miami Herald.

Massachusetts hospitals are facing delays in Medicaid payments due to the implementation of a new computer system to process reimbursement claims, and the delays are threatening the financial viability of some facilities in the state, according to a report in…

A new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council shows that hospital operating margins dropped from 4.82 percent to 3.98 percent in fiscal year 2007-2008, even before the worst of the recession, according to a report in the…

Employer-sponsored healthcare premiums have nearly doubled since 2000, three times faster than wages, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Trevor Fetter, CEO of Tenet Healthcare Corp., said that the Obama administration's plan for healthcare reform may be asking hospitals to bear too much of a financial burden by asking them to help pay for an expansion of medical coverage…