The American Hospital Association told CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure that the agency's proposed 3.2 percent funding increase for inpatient payments is "woefully inadequate."

Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital in Green Valley, Ariz., has issued a layoff notice after TMC Health ended its bid to buy the hospital, according to Green Valley News. 

Home health agencies would lose $810 million in Medicaid payments in 2023 under a CMS proposal released June 17. 

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CFOs.

The American Hospital Association said patients should be wary of reports regarding federal hospital price transparency compliance reports from organizations other than CMS. 

A tense June 16 Senate health committee hearing weakened the path forward for $10 billion in compromised funding for COVID-19, which has already stalled in Congress for months. 

More than 100 millions Americans, including 41 percent of adults, have medical or dental debt, according to a June 16 report from NPR and Kaiser Health News.

Credit rating downgrades for several hospitals and health systems were tied to cash flow issues in recent months. 

Atlanta-based Northside Hospital has two options on how to proceed with the first fines levied by CMS for federal price transparency law violations. 

Miami-based Jackson Health System is anticipating a worsening financial situation after lawmakers eliminated critical care funding for hospitals, CBS Miami reported June 14.

Twelve officials make up R1 RCM's executive leadership team, according to the revenue cycle firm's website.

Country singer Dolly Parton is making a $1 million donation to Nashville, Tenn-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center for pediatric infectious disease research.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a consumer alert June 14, after receiving reports that hospitals are failing to inform patients about charity care options.  

Hospitals will lose at least $3 billion in 2022 if a Medicare payment cut goes into effect July 1 as scheduled, the American Hospital Association said in a June 14 letter to congressional leaders. 

Americans aged 50 and older are feeling the pressure of healthcare costs, with 4 in 10 concerned about their ability to pay for care and others forgoing treatment altogether, skipping prescriptions or cutting back on daily living expenses to afford healthcare.

Bank of America has committed $40 million in low-cost and long-term capital to help build and expand healthcare facilities in underserved communities in the U.S.

PINC AI, the technology and service platform of healthcare improvement company Premier, is collaborating with R1 RCM to improve end-to-end revenue cycle services for healthcare providers. 

Five healthcare CFOs recently discussed concerns ranging from affordable staff housing to inflation with Becker's. Below are excerpts from those talks.

Eliminating indirect billing for nurse practitioners and physician assistants would have saved Medicare about $194 million in 2018, according to a study published in the June issue of Health Affairs. 

Seventy-three of the 93 hospital campuses in Los Angeles County have not yet met the mandate that all acute-care facilities must be deemed capable of remaining fully operational following a major earthquake by 2030, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal.