The University of Notre Dame has received a $20 million gift to endow the newly created Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health.

Adult e-cigarette use is associated with substantially higher rates of healthcare utilization and led to $15.1 billion in healthcare spending in 2018, according to a study published May 23 in Tobacco Control.

Temple Health CFO Nicholas Barcellona said rising salary and benefit expenses are "probably the No. 1 thing that is keeping me up at night," the Philadelphia Inquirer reported May 27. 

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center recorded a decline in operating income of over 80 percent, and the system lost over $240 million in investing and financing during the first quarter, according to the company's earnings report released May 26.

Patients' Hospital of Redding (Calif.) closed May 27 after 30 years, according to KRCR. 

Cleveland Clinic ended the first three months of this year with higher revenue, but rising expenses offset those gains, according to financial documents released May 26. 

Coos Bay, Ore.-based Bay Area Hospital will close its inpatient behavioral health unit and cancel the contracts of 56 temporary employees in response to financial challenges from COVID-19 and high labor costs.

Hospital groups in Oregon and Washington wrote HHS Director Xavier Becerra May 23, urging him not to abruptly end COVID-19-related waivers and regulatory flexibilities when the public health emergency ends.   

New York City-based Montefiore Health System posted a net loss of $57.66 million for the three months ended March 31, an improvement from the same period last year, which had a net loss of $66.84 million, according to its financial results released May 26.

A judge in Tennessee's Hamilton County is piloting an online dispute resolution platform to keep medical debt collection out of court, according to a report from the ABA Journal's June/July 2022 issue. 

Seven health systems have decided to outsource finance jobs or other revenue cycle functions since Jan. 1.

Healthcare spending will decrease by $11.4 billion nationwide in 2023 and 3.1 million people will become uninsured if Congress does not extend the American Rescue Plan Act subsidies established last year, according to a study released May 25 by the Urban Institute.

Becker's has reported on the following eight donations of $20 million or more since April 29:

Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project still needs $16 million by Aug. 31 to buy Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital, Lookout Santa Cruz reported May 24.

Revenue cycle management company CorroHealth is expanding its services with the acquisition of Aergo Solutions 

The health systems listed below recently released financial results for the quarter ended March 31.

It has been more than a month since employees of Healthmark Regional Medical Center in DeFuniak Springs, Fla., received paychecks, according to WMBB. 

Forty-four percent of Americans avoided getting healthcare services due to uncertainty of cost, according to a report released May 24 by healthcare transparency and guidance company HealthSparq. 

The No Surprises Act prevented more than 2 million unexpected medical bills to commercially insured patients in the first two months of 2022, according to a joint study released May 24 by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and America's Health Insurance Plans.

Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., part of Trinity Health of New England, is trimming jobs.