Here are the health spending changes in rates from 2006-2007 listed by type of insurance, as reported by the 2007 National Health Expenditure Accounts.

Here are the top 20 most expensive conditions billed by hospitals to private insurance in 2006, with the total national hospital bill of each procedure (in millions), and, in parentheses, the number of hospital stays in thousands, according to the…

Here are the rates of personal health care spending growth by type of service from 2006 to 2007, as reported by the 2007 National Health Expenditure Accounts.

Here are the top 20 most expensive conditions billed by hospitals to the uninsured in 2006, with the total national hospital bill of each procedure (in millions), and, in parentheses, the number of hospital stays in thousands, according to the…

Here are the top 10 most commonly performed procedures with the most rapidly increasing hospital inpatient costs from 2000–2004, with total 2004 costs and, in parentheses, the percentage change in total costs from 2000-2004 (with 2000 costs adjusted to 2004…

Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, economics professor at Princeton and keynote speaker for the 7th Annual Orthopedics, Spine and Pain Management-Focused ASC Conference, proposes an alternative approach to hospital reimbursement in a New York Times blog posting titled "A More Rational Approach…

A request by Grady Health System in Atlanta, Ga., for a combined contribution of $30 million from several hospitals in its metro area to help care for its poorer patients has been rejected, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

CMS Office of the Actuary announced that 2007 U.S. healthcare spending increased at the lowest rate of growth since 1998, according to a teleconference held Jan. 5.

Despite the credit crisis, and industry-wide reporting of capital losses, and decreases in volume and elective procedures, hospitals in Greater Cleveland are moving forward with major expansion projects, according to The Plain Dealer.

A survey by the Tennessee Hospital Association of the state's hospitals reveals that the majority of the organizations have reduced staff or are considering cuts as a result of current economic challenges, according to The Tennessean.