Scottsdale-based Rural/Metro Corp., a provider of ambulance and fire protection services, Wednesday announced it has identified the need to increase its allowance for Medicare, Medicaid and ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- While top U.S. health insurers managed hefty profit growth in recent years -- many by shedding costly patients from their rolls -- the growing ranks of the uninsured have left ...

The Supreme Court's decision to leave subsidies intact is a boon to hospitals. The back-story The King v. Burwell case challenged whether or not a strict interpretation of the language contained in ...

HCA (NYSE: HCA) on Tuesday reported it expects an increase to second quarter estimates of doubtful accounts. Specifically, the hospital chain expects second quarter financials to reflect $106 million, ...

Accounting practices in the U.S. have improved over the years, but there are still plenty of ways that companies can manipulate their financial results. And not just in the usual ways--the balance ...

HCA Holdings Inc., fell the most in more than five months after the for-profit U.S. hospital chain increased its provision for bad debt before partially recovering in the afternoon. The shares had ...

The calculation of eligible costs by credit card companies is scheduled for the second half of this year. Eligible costs are expenses that determine the merchant fee rates of card companies, ...