This week's 5 must-reads for hospital CFOs

Here are five articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review that offer insight on bundled payment initiatives, healthcare bankruptcies and more.

1. Trump's $4.1 trillion budget: 9 healthcare takeaways
President Donald Trump's first full budget proposal includes $3.6 trillion in spending cuts to balance the budget in the next decade.

2. How CHS, Tenet, UHS, LifePoint and HCA fared in Q1
Major for-profit hospital operators produced mixed financial results in the first quarter of 2017.

3. CMS further delays major bundled payment initiatives: 4 things to know
CMS issued a final rule that further delays implementation of cardiac care bundled payment initiatives and expansion of the existing Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement model.

4. 13 healthcare bankruptcies so far in 2017
From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals and other healthcare organizations to file for bankruptcy.

5. 6 hospitals receive credit downgrades in past month
Six hospitals and health systems received credit downgrades during the past month, according to a report from HFA Partners.

More articles on healthcare finance:

Austin hospital closes after 133 years; relocates services
Erlanger expects to top $1B in revenues for the first time in 2019
California hospital at risk of losing Medicare, Medicaid funding

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