Today's Top 20 Health Finance Articles
  • 'This is dire': Texas systems face losing their health plans

    Three Texas health systems are facing major potential changes for their health plans amid the state's decision to remove them as Medicaid administrators earlier this year.
  • CMS drops 4 final payment rules for 2025: 16 things to know

    CMS has published final payment rules for hospices and inpatient rehabilitation, psychiatric and skilled nursing facilities for fiscal year 2025.
  • R1 RCM going private in $8.9B deal

    Private equity firms TowerBrook Capital Partners and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice are acquiring R1 RCM in a deal valued at $8.9 billion. 
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  • Pennsylvania system lays off workers, closing multiple facilities

    Beaver, Pa.-based Heritage Valley Health System has laid off several workers and is closing multiple facilities as part of an organizational downsizing, Beaver County Radio reported July 31. 
  • MultiPlan taps CFO from Oracle

    Data analytics firm MultiPlan has named Doug Garis executive vice president and CFO, effective Aug. 5. 
  • Potential takeover of California hospital in voters' hands

    Voters in San Benito County, Calif., will decide in November whether to approve a takeover of Hollister, Calif.-based Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, Benito Link reported July 30. 
  • The hospital margin myth

    Large health systems have started to report profits and stronger margins in the last 18 months after pandemic disruptions. Firms such as Kaufman Hall and Strata have also reported nonprofit hospital margins ticking up.
  • Judge OKs Steward to close 2 Massachusetts hospitals

    U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez approved the closure of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's two Massachusetts hospitals, Boston-based Carney Hospital and Ayer-based Nashoba Valley Medical Center, by Aug. 31 during a July 31 hearing. 
  • Boom times for HCA

    It's been a good year for HCA Healthcare. 
  • 9 RCM headlines to know from July

    From Change Healthcare beginning to send out breach notifications, to Carilion Clinic outsourcing revenue cycle operations to Ensemble, here are nine RCM headlines Becker's reported in July: 
  • 4 CFO moves in 2 days

    Here are four CFO moves Becker's has reported on since July 30:
  • Behavioral turnover 'twice what acute care is,' says UHS CFO

    The demand for behavioral health services continues to climb, but staff turnover within the sector remains a widespread challenge for providers across the country, Universal Health Services executives said July 25 during the company's second-quarter earnings call. 
  • HCA Q2 revenue broken down by payer

    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare posted net operating revenues of $17.49 billion in the second quarter of 2024, up from $15.86 billion posted over the same period last year. 
  • Hospital assets shrink after PE purchases: Study

    A recent JAMA network study found that hospital assets decreased 24% after being acquired by private equity. The study comes after a recent Becker's LinkedIn poll found that 50% of respondents feel that PE ownership has a "mostly negative" effect on hospitals. 
  • MultiPlan pushes back on insurer collusion allegations

    MultiPlan executives are defending the company's data and analytics services on Capitol Hill, Politico reported July 30. 
  • Pressure builds for HCA to relinquish ownership Mission Health

    North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has urged state officials to deny Asheville-based Mission Health's application to add 26 more beds in Buncombe County as pressure mounts for HCA Healthcare to give up control of the system. 
  • HCA executives sell nearly $4M in stock

    Several executives at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare recently sold shares of the company's stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings. 
  • HCA Q2 revenue by geographic group

    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare operates in three geographically organized groups, according to a July 29 regulatory filing. 
  • Former CommonSpirit exec joins RCM company

    Revenue cycle management company SimiTree has named Mike Brents managing director of technology consulting. 
  • Median hospital labor expenses up 5.2%

    Median hospital labor expenses grew 5.2% year over year in June, according to Strata's Monthly Healthcare Industry Financial Benchmarks report.

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