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

Healthcare Anchor Network — a collaboration of healthcare systems working to make healthcare more inclusive — has become an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Two hospitals — one in Texas and one in Illinois — are slated to lose their Medicare contracts in January. 

A system error caused more than 4,000 Adirondack Health patients to receive final billing statements before receiving their initial statements, the Press-Republican reported Jan. 5. 

CMS has issued warnings to more than 300 hospitals for violations of rules requiring them to disclose prices, but the agency hasn't penalized hospitals for noncompliance, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

The median total cost of treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients in 2020 was $11,267, and the median cost per day was $1,772, according to a recent study published in Advances in Therapy.

Here are 13 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service.

A law that took effect Jan. 1 changes medical debt collection rules for hospitals and providers in Maryland, according to NPR affiliate WAMU. 

Hospitals across the U.S. continued to feel the financial strain of the nationwide labor shortage and supply chain challenges in November, according to a report released Jan. 4 by healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hall.

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

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signed an executive order Dec. 29 intended to ease patients' burden with respect to healthcare costs.

The state of New York should immediately invest $1 billion of its projected $3 billion surplus on hospital recruitment and retention to relieve the staffing crisis, Gary Fitzgerald, president and CEO of the Iroquois Healthcare Association, wrote as a guest opinion in syracuse.com Jan. 3.

Kentucky hospitals that meet federal quality measures can receive up to $1.1 billion in increased Medicaid payments in 2022, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Dec. 29.

At least 17 hospital and health system credit rating upgrades have occurred since Jan. 1.

A nine-month nurses strike at Worcester, Mass.-based Saint Vincent Hospital is estimated to cost the Tenet Healthcare-owned facility more than $40 million, the Boston Business Journal reported Dec. 30. 

The No Surprises Act, which provides protections for consumers against surprise billing methods, will go into effect Jan. 1.

Stories about hospital closures, Medicare, layoffs and COVID-19 gained a lot of attention from readers this year.

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

Galesburg (Ill.) Cottage Hospital lost its Medicare contract, according to a termination notice from CMS. 

The Ohio Department of Medicaid received calls from state legislators Dec. 22 pushing it to give a "distressed hospital" designation to Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health as the health system faces an increase in COVID-19 cases, according to cleveland.com.