The HHS Office of Inspector General is recommending California and Colorado refund the federal government for Medicare payments the states received. 

The Leflore County (Miss.) Board of Supervisors agreed to contribute half of the $9 million it will take to complete the proposed takeover of the Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital by the University of Mississippi Medical Center, according to an Oct.…

Brian Olsavsky, CFO of Amazon, laid out the company's strategy amid the challenging macroeconomic environment during its third quarter conference call Oct. 27, as transcribed by The Motley Fool.

Several hospitals and health systems are trimming their workforces or jobs due to financial and operational challenges. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has handed over a $250,000 grant to a clinic in Denver that has historically served that city's Latino community.

The largest ambulance provider in the U.S. will no longer provide nonemergency transportation in Los Angeles County, citing low reimbursement rates from California's Medicaid program, Kaiser Health News reported Oct. 28. 

Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance in the U.S. average $22,463, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Dignity Health hospitals in Bakersfield, Calif. — which include Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Mercy Hospital Downtown and Mercy Hospital Southwest — provided more than $119 million during the previous fiscal year to help underserved communities, the Bakersfield Californian reported Oct. 26.

The Rural Emergency Hospital designation is set to take effect in January, but many hospitals aren't interested in the program, Politico reported Oct. 27. 

From a lawsuit filed by Washington state's attorney general to being questioned by a U.S. senator, Renton, Wash.-based Providence's alleged debt collection practices have come under question from government officials this year.