Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic is now seeing patients at the former Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa.

Up to 500,000 New Yorkers will be cleared of their healthcare debt through a new program rolled out by New York City, which will invest $18 million to relieve more than $2 billion in debt. 

North Arkansas Regional Medical Center in Harrison has made cost reduction efforts — including layoffs and voluntary pay cuts for administrative staff — amid declining revenue. 

Hospital Sisters Health System will close two hospitals in Western Wisconsin in the next two months, a move that will terminate the nonprofit system's presence in the region. 

Moody's has upgraded New York City-based NYU Langone Health revenue bonds from "A2" to "A1." 

With expenses outpacing revenue growth and labor expenses continuing to rise, 2024 is going to be another challenging year for hospitals across the country, Dan Rieber, CFO of Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth, told Becker's. 

The Winnebago (Neb.) Comprehensive Healthcare System has transferred to a new independent network in the third phase of a technology transformation plan to advance staff operations and improve patient experience. 

Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health is conducting a survey to get community input regarding the planned closure of its Smithtown, N.Y.-based St. Catherine of Siena Hospital maternity ward on Feb. 1.

Revenue cycle management company mergers and acquisitions are off to a quick start in 2024, with four deals announced or completed so far in January.

On the heels of financial pressures and workforce shortages experienced last year, many hospitals and health systems are continuing to face maternity service closures in 2024.

President Joe Biden forgave another $5 billion in student loans on Jan. 19, absolving 74,000 Americans of their debt. 

The State of New York is planning to significantly shrink or possibly close University Hospital at Downstate in Brooklyn due to concerns that include low patient volumes, a deteriorating hospital building and an operating deficit of about $100 million, The New York Times reported Jan. 20.

Intermountain Health will end and divest its Precision Genomics Laboratory Feb. 1.

Massachusetts is pressuring Steward Health Care to develop a restructuring plan or risk sending the state into a public health emergency, The Boston Globe reported Jan. 19 

A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces or jobs due to financial and operational challenges. 

Northwest Health Law Advocates has retracted a report it published about Washington hospitals' charity care alongside other consumer organizations in December. 

The Minnesota Department of Health is holding a public hearing Jan. 30 over the labor and delivery services closure at Essentia Health-Fosston (Minn.) hospital.

Inova Health is outsourcing 98 jobs, according to regulatory documents filed with the state Jan. 16.

American Hospital Association President Rick Pollack said one of the organization's top priorities for 2024 is holding commercial insurance companies accountable for their behavior, The Washington Post reported Jan. 17. 

Contract negotiation disputes between payers and providers that were reported in the media increased 69% between 2022 and 2023, and the number of communities affected across the country grew as well, according to data published Jan. 16 by FTI Consulting.