Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. AdventHealth invests in solar panels to save $20M over 2 decades

    Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has invested in the installation of 7,500 solar panels that will save the health system an estimated $20 million over two decades.
  2. AHA disputes 'biased' hospital charitable contribution report

    The American Hospital Association is defending the community dedication of hospitals and health systems after the Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank, released a report that found charity care from 80% of nonprofit hospitals falls behind tax breaks. 
  3. Bon Secours Mercy Health posts $123.9M operating loss; new CFO to begin July 1

    Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health reported a $123.9 million operating loss (-1% margin) in 2023, improving on the $323.5 million operating loss (-2.9% margin) in 2022, according to financial documents published March 25. 

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  1. There's no denying RCM teams' top challenges

    Eighty-two percent of health system CFOs said that payer denials are higher than pre-pandemic levels, compared to only 2% who say denials have decreased, according to a report from the Healthcare Financial Management Association and Eliciting Insights. 
  2. Health system C-suites eye value-based care roles

    Healthcare is in flux. Hospitals across the nation report clinician shortages and tight margins, and insurers are pushing more care into the lower cost settings.
  3. Biden leans into the ACA

    President Joe Biden is highlighting the Affordable Care Act in his 2024 campaign as the law turns 14 and after his Republican opponent signaled loose plans for its demise.    
  4. Tennessee hospitals push back against proposed CON changes

    Proposed state legislation to change Tennessee's certificate-of-need legislation would cause hospital service cuts and closures and reduce care access for many communities across the state, according to the Tennessee Hospital Association. 

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  1. US healthcare workers walk off the job: 5 strikes in 2024

    Last year was marked by labor actions across the U.S. From coast to coast, healthcare workers participated in strikes, citing concerns about issues such as pay, staffing and recruitment, and such actions have continued into 2024.
  2. 21 most innovative health systems, per Fortune

    Out of the 200 companies heralded by Fortune as most innovative for 2024, 44 are in healthcare and 21 are health systems. 
  3. 4 health systems changing up their C-suites

    Several health systems have made multiple changes to their leadership ranks and administration teams in recent months.
  4. Valley Health unveils $800M New Jersey hospital

    Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System held a ribbon cutting March 22 for its new $800 million hospital in Paramus, N.J.

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  1. How CFOs' focus has shifted over 3 years

    Health systems CFOs are spending more time on cost management and operations and less time on strategy and cash management than they were in 2021, according to a report from the Healthcare Financial Management Association and Eliciting Insights. 
  2. The new COVID-19 drug: 4 notes

    More than a year after the FDA yanked away authorization from Evusheld, a monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, the agency granted emergency use authorization to a new COVID-19 preventive drug March 22. 
  3. Hospitals coming into compliance after price transparency fines

    The hospitals that have been fined for price transparency violations came into compliance within three months of the penalties being levied against them, CMS data shows. 
  4. AdventHealth taps hospital CEO

    Mark Smith has been named president and CEO of AdventHealth Avista in Louisville, Colo.
  5. How much 5 health systems are paying for EHRs

    Here is how much five health systems are expected to pay or have paid for the cost of purchasing, installing and upgrading a new or current electronic health record system:
  6. MetroHealth CEO: Why representation matters

    When I was selected to lead The MetroHealth System in late 2022, multiple news articles highlighted the fact that I was the first female, the first person of color and the first nurse to be named president and CEO of this nearly 200-year-old institution. In the near year and a half since, I have continued to receive positive notice for breaking this barrier and for making leadership and provider diversity a key focus at Cleveland’s community-centered health system, where a large number of our patients come from minority or underrepresented communities.
  7. 20 hospitals, systems where charity care lags behind tax breaks

    A Lown Institute report found 80% of nonprofit hospitals' charity care falls behind tax breaks, with some short by hundreds of millions of dollars.
  8. 20 hospitals, systems where charity care exceeds tax breaks

    The Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank, released a new report March 26 examining the finances of more than 2,400 nonprofit hospitals in the U.S. 
  9. Ascension outsourcing Illinois hospitalist staff

    SCP Health, a clinical services provider for hospital medicine, emergency medicine and critical care services, is set to assume control of all hospitalist employees from Ascension Illinois by June 1st, a spokesperson for Ascension told Becker's. 

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