Tenet Healthcare Corp., which operates hospitals in urban areas, and Health Management Associates, which operates non-urban hospitals, raised their full-year guidance, indicative of a trend of increased profits due to reined-in costs, according to a report in the Wall Street…

Grady Health System in Atlanta, Ga., has been ordered to pay $20 million to the state for overpayments by Medicaid made to the facility from 2004-2005, according to a report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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

Here is a list of the top 10 most costly procedures and their average costs at hospitals in the United States, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project 2007 national statistics.

Boston-based Partners HealthCare has agreed to pay $2.7 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor, alleging that more than 700 employees of the health system were not paid overtime as required by law, according to…

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.