A $269 million expansion to add a new cancer and trauma center at the University of Chicago Medical Center may be too costly and could outpace local need for more beds

A proposed overhaul of Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, MassHealth, would transition the program from fee-for-service to an accountable care organization (ACO) model by 2017 in an effort to keep costs down.

Advocate Health Care is suing Palos Community Hospital over a request for access to Advocate’s rate agreements with insurers, though Advocate had asked for and received the same information from the Palos hospital.

A Virginia judge has ordered Martinsville Memorial Hospital, owned by LifePoint Health, to cut its balance billing rates by 75 percent in a case involving a patient covered by a non-contracted insurer.

New standards include an 85 percent medical-loss ratio (MLR) requirement, along with changes to behavioral health coverage.

With the announcement of UnitedHealthcare’s exit from the insurance marketplace of many states, some people will need to add “find a new doctor” to their to-do list.

Three days of federal mediation failed to produce a deal with hospital administrators.

Healthcare executives maintain a positive outlook for 2016, with 71 percent expecting their revenues to increase this year and 55 percent expecting to seek financing in the next 12 months, according to a survey released by financial firm CIT Group.