Northwell Health said in June that it was creating a medical debt ombudsman, and the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based system told Becker's Hospital Review on April 18 it is recruiting for the position. 

The CMS proposed payment increase of 3.2 percent, or $1.6 billion, for fiscal year 2023, is inadequate due to inflation and labor and supply costs, Stacey Hughes, executive vice president of the American Hospital Association, said April 18.

CMS released its annual Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule April 18, which proposes a reimbursement boost for acute care hospitals. 

Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise.

Washington's first-in-the-nation law creating long-term care benefits for residents who pay into a state fund won't start payroll deductions until 2023 after a retooling this year, according to Kaiser Health News.

Providers and hospitals have long said the prior authorization process is problematic and cumbersome for them, as many health plans have different requirements and submission guidelines. 

HHS opened an online portal April 15 for providers and payers to report surprise billing disputes. 

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

Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer Health sent letters to seven municipalities April 12, threatening to end emergency medical services if they don't pay up, NPR affiliate WHYY reported April 15.

Changes are coming to Washington's state charity care law July 1.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed a pair of bills this week that addressed patient medical debt. 

Arbiters will need to consider more than insurer's median in-network rates for billed items when deciding surprise-billing disputes, CMS said in updated guidance this week.

HHS dispersed another $1.75 billion in relief payments to 3,680 healthcare providers on April 13. 

After resolving a medical bill dispute more than a year ago, a family of a deceased patient received a repeat claim in the mail, a trend hospital billing experts say happens all too frequently, Kaiser Health News reported. 

More than 80 percent of CFOs believe they suffer from the most intensive daily manual work compared to other roles in the C-suite, according to a new DataRails survey. 

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission granted Boston-based Mass General Brigham a 60-day extension to submit its plan to lower healthcare costs. 

From hospitals pursuing partnerships with revenue cycle management companies to revenue cycle firms merging or calling off divestiture plans, here are nine deals to know in the RCM space:

The role of a CFO is rapidly changing and expanding, requiring a broader range of skills and more digitization, managing consulting company McKinsey discovered in a recent survey.

Four experts recently had a conversation with management consulting company  McKinsey & Co. on the CFOs role in talent development.

Thomasville (Ala.) Regional Medical Center opened in March 2020 with funds set aside to ramp up operations in the first year. The hospital is now facing closure and needs $7 million to continue operations, hospital CEO Curtis James told WKRG.