Hospital operator Tenet Healthcare will pay $42.8 million to resolve allegations it over billed Medicare for the treatment of patients who needed intense inpatient rehabilitation.

Small business owners are more pessimistic about the economy. The National Federation of Independent Business said its index of small business optimism fell nearly 2 points during March.

Teen births fell again in the United States in 2010 with the highest rate once more in Mississippi, according to a new government report.

A federal judge will hold a hearing Tuesday afternoon on a request to immediately stop Express Scripts Inc.'s $29.1 billion acquisition of fellow pharmacy benefits manger Medco Health Solutions Inc.

Shares of insurers Molina Healthcare Inc. and Centene Corp. sank Monday in early trading, one trading day after the state of Ohio picked some competitors to administer its Medicaid program for more than 1.5 million people.

About 40,000 AT&T landline workers are staying on the job this week without a contract, their union said Sunday.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that prohibits workers from collecting damages in employment discrimination cases.

An Associated Press analysis shows Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman was paid compensation worth $13 million in 2011, a 15 percent drop from the previous year.