Spring Valley, Ill.-based St. Margaret's Health is looking to file an application to cease inpatient and emergency services at a hospital it acquired in 2021 and combine them with its hospital in Peru, Ill., Shaw Local News Network reported July 7. 

Columbus-based OhioHealth is eliminating 637 jobs, its biggest layoff ever, according to The Columbus Dispatch. The move is part of a plan to engage external partners to provide some services the system currently provides in house. 

U.S.-based employers announced 32,517 cuts in June 2022, a 58.8 percent increase from 20,476 cuts announced in the same month last year, according to a new job report from  Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Rutland Regional Medical Center, Vermont's second-largest hospital, is asking the state's healthcare cost regulator to allow it to increase charges on commercial insurers by an average of 17.8 percent in fiscal year 2023, VTDigger reported July 6. 

A new study published by JAMA Health Forum suggests that affiliation between hospitals or multihospital systems may protect some financially distressed rural hospitals from closure, but could raise the risk of closure for those that are already financially stable.

Rising prices have made Buy Now, Pay Later installment plans increasingly popular for small-ticket purchases, such as groceries, worrying economists and consumer advocates, CNN reported July 6. 

Zotec Partners, a revenue cycle management company for healthcare providers, has named Mohak Davé, MD, emergency medicine medical director. 

Despite millions of dollars in COVID-19 relief given to hospitals nationwide, many rural Washington hospitals are struggling to stay afloat, according to a July 6 article from Crosscut.

Eight officials make up the executive leadership team for Conifer Health Solutions, a subsidiary of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare that offers revenue cycle management services and works with healthcare organizations to improve their financial and clinical operations.

Providence, R.I.-based Care New England's leaders say they have crafted a plan to allow the health system to remain independent rather than merge with a larger system, CBS affiliate WPRI reported July 6. 

Sturgis (Mich.) Hospital received approval July 6 for $11 million in funds as part of the $77 billion 2022-23 state budget package, Bridge Michigan reported.

Healthcare.gov insurers denied about 18 percent of in-network claims in 2020, according to a July 5 Kaiser Family Foundation report.

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica is laying off an unspecified number of nonclinical employees, the Toledo Blade reported July 5. 

The only hospital in rural Patrick County, Va., is expected to reopen its doors by the end of the year, Radio IQ reported. 

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

The pressure is on for boards to hold onto chief financial officers as firms face the prospect of an economic slowdown and intense competition for talent.

The University of Vermont Health Network is asking the state's healthcare cost regulator to approve a 19.9 percent commercial rate increase for fiscal year 2023 to cover the cost of inflation, according to a July 1 report from Vermont Business Magazine.

CMS on June 30 issued proposed conditions of participation for hospitals looking to receive the rural emergency hospital designation. 

Here are nine hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise.

The changes to medical debt reporting announced by three of the leading credit bureaus back in March are set to take effect July 1. These changes underscore the seriousness of medical debt in America and the need to work toward common-sense solutions that help consumers while also supporting the provider community.