Today's Top 20 Health Finance Articles
  • 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.
  • 6 steps for ASCs to collect patient payments earlier + faster

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  • 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.
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  • 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. 
  • New Jersey governor pushes medical debt relief

    New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is urging the state Legislature to pass a package of bills aimed to "help families avoid being caught in a medical debt trap and require every medical bill to be clear and transparent," NorthJersey.com reported Jan. 9. 
  • Maine health system facility to end urgent care services

    Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare is ending urgent care services at its Maine Urgent Care location on Sabattus Street in the city, the Sun Journal reported Jan. 5. 
  • WMCHealth reinforces commitment as facility closure discussions loom

    Potential closure of Westchester Medical Center Health Network's Margaretville, N.Y.-based Mountainside Residential Care Center and its Margaretville Hospital was discussed during a Jan. 8 Delaware County Public Safety Committee meeting, the Daily Star reported Jan. 9. 
  • Prospect Medical owes $67M in taxes

    Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings is facing three tax liens filed by the state for failure to remit $67 million in taxes, The Connecticut Mirror reported Jan. 9. 
  • Steward sells lab assets in Ohio, Pennsylvania

    Quest Diagnostics has acquired select assets of Steward Health Care System's outreach laboratory services business serving patients and physicians in Pennsylvania and Ohio.  
  • Rising uncompensated care costs have Denver Health at 'critical point,' CEO says

    Denver Health is pushing for more state and federal funding as it grapples with ballooning uncompensated care costs, NBC affiliate KUSA reported Jan. 9.  
  • 10 health systems seeking revenue cycle vice presidents

    Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents. 
  • Baptist Memorial, Anderson Regional complete merger

    Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care and Meridian, Miss.-based Anderson Regional Health System have completed a merger, according to a Jan. 9 news release from Baptist.

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