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Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced the results of the latest annual report on federal efforts to combat healthcare fraud, showing an increase of 29 percent more funds recovered over the previous year.

Fifteen governors have reportedly informed the federal government they will not take part in managing high-risk health insurance pools in their states.

A number of recent reports and increasing federal attention has highlighted both the health and financial implications of America’s obesity epidemic.

When the Healthcare Financial Management Association scheduled its 2010 ANI conference for Nashville, Tenn., no one expected that Las Vegas would have to bail out the organization.

President Barack Obama’s administration has been putting pressure on health insurance companies to change the way they do business before they’re required to do so under the healthcare reform law.

Doctors are using “defensive medicine” as a way to avoid medical malpractice lawsuits, a policy some believe is increasing healthcare costs.

The average total 2010 medical spending for a typical family of four reached $18,074, an increase of $1,303 over last year, according to actuarial firm Milliman, Inc. The increase is the highest in the history of the study.

Congress passed healthcare reform a little more than two months ago, and now that the dust has begun to settle, experts and pollsters are weighing in on what to expect.

The physicians of City of Hope Medical Group in Monrovia, Calif., have issued a vote of "overwhelming loss of confidence" in hospital CEO Michael Friedman and the hospital administration at City of Hope, a renowned cancer center.

Hospitals stand to gain at least $2 million a year to aid in the adoption of healthcare information technology under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, but only if they qualify in time.