Today's Top 20 Health Finance Articles
  • Optum Health eyes bigger piece of value-based pie

    UnitedHealth Group executives touted plans to expand the number of patients in value-based relationships in Optum Health in 2024. 
  • Rural hospitals' infrastructure problem

    Across the U.S., many aging rural hospitals are facing a significant hurdle: They aren't able to finance capital and infrastructure improvement projects that would enable them to expand their services and boost revenue. 
  • UVM Health to cut 130 open jobs

    Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network is reducing 130 open positions in an effort to reduce costs.
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  • New York system submits maternity service closure plan after cease-and-desist letter

    Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter's Health Partners has submitted a closure plan for its Troy, N.Y.-based Samaritan Hospital's Burdett Birth Center to the state Department of Health.
  • Cleveland Clinic targets $15.8B revenue in 2024

    Cleveland Clinic unveiled its 2024 financial targets Jan. 8 at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. 
  • General Catalyst heads $95.5M investment in clinic chain

    General Catalyst deepened its healthcare investments by leading a $95.5 million funding round for Harbor Health, a Texas-based chain of primary and specialty clinics in high growth mode.
  • No respite for obstetrics service cuts

    The ongoing maternity care crisis has made its way into 2024. While many hospitals and health systems were forced to cut maternity and obstetric services last year, more have announced cuts or closures in the last two weeks. 
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  • Restructured Envision Healthcare names board

    Envision Healthcare, which emerged from financial reorganization in November, has named five members to round out its board of directors. 
  • New York hospital shuttering midwife care

    The New York State Nurses Association is asking New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital to "immediately reconsider" the decision to shutter its midwifery services March 3.
  • Mississippi hospitals get $658M

    Mississippi distributed $658.2 million in additional hospital payments through its recently approved Mississippi Hospital Access Program, SuperTalk Mississippi Media reported Jan. 10. 
  • MedPAC pushes inflation-based Medicare rates

    The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission called on Congress in a Jan.11 vote to update its 2025 Medicare payment rates for hospital inpatient and outpatient services by the existing amount under law plus 1.5%, according to the American Hospital Association.
  • Pandemic cost Pennsylvania hospitals $8.1B, report finds

    COVID-19-related expenses and lost revenue reported by Pennsylvania hospitals and health systems from January 2020 through December 2022 totaled $8.1 billion, according to a report published Jan. 11 by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council and the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.
  • Ohio hospital seeks $5M to 'return to normal'

    Hicksville, Ohio-based Community Memorial Hospital remains on the hunt for funding to avert the possibility of shutting down, CBS affiliate WANE reported Jan. 10. 
  • Hospital profitability lags behind pre-pandemic levels

    Hospital profitability has been steadily rising in the last year, but they're still far away from pre-pandemic levels, according to the Kaufman Hall "National Hospital Flash Report," released Jan. 9.
  • Hospitals urge Congress to prevent 'unconscionable' pay cuts

    The American Hospital Association has urged lawmakers to eliminate Medicaid disproportionate share hospital reductions for two years and reject proposals to expand site-neutral payment cuts as well as policies that would increase regulatory burdens on hospitals and health systems.
  • What WVU Medicine's CFO is excited about in 2024

    WVU Medicine CFO Nick Barcellona said the Morgantown, W.Va.-based system is "excited and bullish about our continued efforts and investments to transform into an integrated delivery and finance system."
  • How Allina Health's revenue cycle VP is building payer relationships

    Motti Edelstein, vice president of revenue cycle at Minneapolis-based Allina Health, said his background has helped him see payer relationships in a different light. 
  • Hospitals' 9 biggest financial challenges in 2024

    Staffing shortages and contract labor will continue to be the biggest financial challenges facing hospital and health systems this year, with physician enterprise losses also top of mind for executives, according to a Jan. 4 VMG Health survey. 
  • Mercy Health opening $200M hospital

    Cincinnati-based Mercy Health has unveiled its new $200 million Mason, Ohio-based Mercy Health-Kings Mills Hospital.
  • Medicare reimbursement hits new low

    Medicare historically reimburses hospitals below the cost of providing care to patients, but payments to hospitals fell to a record low in 2022, according to new data provided by the American Hospital Association. 

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