U.S. nonprofit hospitals' preliminary median operating profitability kept steady in fiscal year 2018 after two years of declining revenues, Moody’s Investors Service says in a new report.

By 2029, most middle-income Americans ages 75 and older will not have the financial means to pay for the healthcare and seniors housing they will likely need, predicts a study published in Health Affairs.

Rural Health Financial Services, a provider of business office billing and financial software to U.S. critical access, rural community and independent hospitals, has entered a strategic partnership with Data Systems Management, a Clinton, Miss.-based software and services company, the companies announced April 23.

A recent article by VisitPay reviews and analyzes Net Promoter Scores® findings for patients who use the company's patient financial engagement platform versus those who do not use the platform. 

Medical practices should take proactive steps to ensure they are not leaving money on the table due to claims processing errors, advised Naveen Sarabu, vice president of product for AdvancedMD, a cloud platform provider of integrated clinical, financial, patient engagement and reputation management applications for independent practices.

At least three-fourths of Americans believe the federal government should protect patients from being on the hook for the cost of unplanned out-of-network healthcare, including emergency care and out-of-network treatment from physicians or specialists, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation poll.

Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise in the last week.

Finance chiefs from hospitals and health systems have shared the following advice with Becker's Hospital Review since March 8:

Fairfax (Okla.) Community Hospital had 60 employees at the end of last year. Now, the 15-bed hospital has eight employees and is working its way through the bankruptcy process.

Venture capitalists poured $2.6 billion into healthcare startups in January, and dozens of healthcare venture capital deals have been announced since then.

Hospitals are somewhat resistant to recessions because they provide medically necessary services, but  for-profit and nonprofit institutions would both feel the sting of an economic slowdown, Moody's Investors Service says in the latest edition of its quarterly publication. 

Here are four recent articles on surprise medical bills:

The California legislature's health committee has advanced a measure to stop surprise medical bills, according to a Public News Service report.

CMS released its annual Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule April 23, which includes changes to the hospital wage index and would raise Medicare payment rates for acute care hospitals.

Massena (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital lost $2 million in the first three months of this year and is ending robotic surgeries to improve its financial picture, according to Fox affiliate 7 News.

The following seven hospital and health system credit rating downgrades occurred in the last two months. They are listed below in alphabetical order:

Pathway Church in Wichita, Kan., recently donated  money to cover $2.2 million in medical debt, according to CBS-affiliate TV station KWCH.

Below are 10 hospitals that posted job listings seeking CFOs during the past week.

Proposed legislation establishing limits on the number of patients that can be assigned to registered nurses would save Illinois hospitals about $1.4 billion, according to a study by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute.

In the past 12 months, Americans age 65 and older have pulled about $22 billion from their long-term savings accounts to cover healthcare bills, according to a recent Gallup blog post.