Denver Health is asking the city of Denver for a $5 million budget increase for next year after experiencing record losses in 2022, The Denver Gazette reported Sept. 28. 

Smoking cost the U.S. economy $436.7 billion in 2020, according to a Sept. 28 report from the American Cancer Society.

MercyOne Central Iowa in Des Moines has been awarded over $144,000 from Variety-The Children's Charity for its MercyOne Children's Hospital and MercyOne House of Mercy, both also in Des Moines. 

Two of the largest nonprofit health systems, Ascension and CommonSpirit Health, ended fiscal year 2022 with losses. 

Eighty-three percent of health systems outsource some revenue cycle components, including 10 percent that use end-to-end partnerships, according to a report from the Health Management Academy. 

Advata, the data analytics spinoff from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, has introduced a new revenue cycle management product it says enables providers to improve accounts receivable management.  

Five health systems recently posted job listings seeking vice presidents of revenue cycle. 

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has agreed to pay $7.6 million, two months' worth of overdue payments, to the University of Toledo after the state raised the possibility of a lawsuit, according to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's website. 

The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine has received $50 million from Stewart and Judy Colton for its autoimmune care center. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Boston-based Mass General Brigham have made financial commitments to implement "Food is Medicine" programming as part of a federal initiative to help national food insecurity.

The following hospitals and care centers have received donations or grants since Sept. 22:

Revenue cycle management company Finvi is expanding the functionality of its Artiva HCx platform to better support post-acute care providers. 

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission voted to approve the performance improvement plan submitted by Mass General Brigham, in which the provider plans to cut spending by $127.8 million, according to a Sept. 27 news release from the commission.

Medicare lost out on $2.8 million in savings in 2020 by incorrectly implementing price reductions on Medicare Part B drugs, an HHS Office of Inspector General audit found. 

Texas counties have the highest percentage of residents with medical debt out of the country's 20 largest counties, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of Urban Credit Institute data. 

From cash flow and staffing challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals to shut down. 

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has received a donation from entrepreneurs Robert J. and Debra H. Patrick to construct a new neuroscience center at its New Orleans medical center. 

Travis County, Texas, commissioners approved Central Health's $300.8 million budget and tax rates for the fiscal year 2022-2023, according to a Sept. 27 report from Austin, Texas, NBC affiliate KXAN.

The Houston-based Episcopal Health Foundation received a $20 million donation from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, according to a Sept. 27 news release.

A review of 150 large hospitals found around 31 percent increased charity care, while around 8 percent restricted charity care during the COVID-19 pandemic.