Today's Top 20 Health Finance Articles
  • How HCA plans to tackle its long-term goals in 2024

    HCA CEO Sam Hazen said the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system plans to invest significantly in its long-term plans in 2024. 
  • Why Tenet is projecting strong 2023 results

    A week ahead of the release of its fourth-quarter earnings, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare said it is expecting its adjusted EBITDA for the year ended Dec. 31 will be "above the high end" of its current guidance range. 
  • Minnesota hospitals lose $487M to discharge delays: Report

    Unnecessary, unpaid hospital stays have brought Minnesota hospitals to a "critical point," according to Rahul Koranne, MD. 
  • 6 steps for ASCs to collect patient payments earlier + faster

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  • Adventist Health Oregon hospital losing dialysis services

    Plano, Texas-based U.S. Renal Care is closing its dialysis services at Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health's Tillamook, Ore., campus on Feb. 23.
  • 5 things to know about HCA's next CFO

    Mike Marks will become executive vice president and CFO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare on May 1.
  • 'Running on a shoestring': Steward's financial struggles' impact on employees, patients

    From surgeons being forced to purchase their own medical instruments to patient meals being reduced to crackers after sandwiches ran out, Dallas-based Steward Health Care's financial struggles are significantly impacting patients and employees, The Boston Globe reported Jan. 31.
  • 10 RCM headlines to know from January

    From R1 RCM closing its acquisition of Acclara from Providence to VHC Health striking a 15-year partnership with Med-Metrix, here are 10 revenue cycle management updates Becker's reported in January. 
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  • Health system CFOs invest in 'patient loyalty' model

    Nearly three-quarters of healthcare CFOs see patient experience as the most important growth priority for their organizations, according to a Grant Thornton survey of more than 100 CFOs.
  • Fed chair says March rate cut unlikely

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he thinks rate cuts are unlikely at the central bank's next meeting in March, Bloomberg reported Jan. 31. 
  • MemorialCare lays off 72 workers across 2 hospitals

    Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare has laid off 72 positions due to restructuring efforts across its Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center and Long Beach, Calif.-based Miller Children's and Women's Hospital.
  • 'Safety-nets also need a safety net': CarePoint CEO targets financial sustainability

    CarePoint Health is seeking more than $130 million in state funding and pursuing a unique strategic partnership to shore up its finances and continue to provide critical care services at its three safety-net hospitals, which have seen a combined 50,000 underinsured or uninsured patients since the pandemic. 
  • Hospitals could get boost from rising Medicare Advantage use

    Increasing Medicare Advantage spending could be a bright spot for hospitals' finances. 
  • HCA now operates 186 hospitals, nearly 50k beds

    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is now operating 186 hospitals and 49,588 total licensed beds, up three hospitals and 279 beds from the third quarter, 2023, according to its financial report released Jan. 30. 
  • $3M gift saves Minnesota hospital's dialysis program

    Winona (Minn.) Health received a $3 million gift from anonymous donors that will keep its dialysis program up and running, The Star Tribune reported Jan. 29.
  • Essentia, Mayo looking to close Minnesota hospital labor and delivery units

    Essentia Health-Fosston (Minn.) and Mayo Clinic Health System's New Prague, Minn., site are facing closure of their labor and delivery units amid ongoing cuts and closures to obstetrics services. 
  • An 'unusual wrinkle' in hospitals' make-or-break year: Fitch

    Venture capital firm General Catalyst's pending acquisition of Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health adds an "unusual wrinkle" to what Fitch Ratings has called a "make-or-break" year for nonprofit hospitals, the ratings agency said in a Jan. 31 report shared with Becker's.  
  • Florida system gets $2M to build cardiac OR

    St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Bayfront Health received a $2 million donation to help build a cardiac hybrid operating room, Catalyst reported Jan. 30.
  • HCA earnings boost hospital stocks

    Hospital stocks are up after Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare posted a $5.2 billion profit Jan. 30, The Wall Street Journal reported. 
  • Hospitals will slowly warm to REH program: MercyOne hospital president

    The challenging economics of providing care in rural communities contribute to gaps in access, according to a Jan. 25 report published by the American Hospital Association. Rural communities, by nature, have fewer people and do not generate the healthcare utilization to finance the full spectrum of healthcare services.
  • Hospital profitability growth varies widely by region

    Hospital profitability was up nationally last year as operating margins increased 16% year over year. But not every region experienced the same success, according to data from the Jan. 30 Kaufman Hall "National Hospital Flash Report."

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