Georgia has launched a task force to identify improvements than can be made to address healthcare cost and access issues, state Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan announced.

A Washington Post fact checker analysis has found flaws in a claim by Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders regarding the number of Americans who go bankrupt each year due to medical bills.

Two Florida hospitals are challenging a legislative decision that bars them from receiving Medicaid money used for training physicians, according to the Miami Herald.

As federal lawmakers work on surprise-billing legislation, lobbyists for insurance companies, hospitals and physician groups are making efforts to influence decisionmakers in Congress, according to News 4 San Antonio.

Shares of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems closed Aug. 27 at $1.81, its lowest closing price ever and down 2.69 percent from the day prior.

Lincoln Health System, a single-hospital system based in Fayetteville, Tenn., is facing financial challenges and is in search of a CEO, according to TV station WAFF.

North Carolina has embarked on its journey to have physicians and hospitals paid based on health outcomes instead of volume, according to The New York Times.

HealthTrust works with members to reduce waste in the Operating Room.

Ohio patients have recovered millions of dollars over the last two decades after appealing denied coverage from healthcare insurance companies or providers, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

When it comes to out-of-pocket medical costs, many people are unaware of their potential financial burden, according to a new study released by Discover Personal Loans, a provider of banking tools and resources across various financing options.

Donna Graham uses her strategic planning background to guide revenue cycle initiatives at the MetroHealth System in Cleveland. 

Minnesota estimates it owes the federal government $48 million because it improperly used Medicaid money to fund treatment for mentally ill or chemically dependent people, according to the Pioneer Press.

CMS seeks to recoup $1.8 million from Jefferson County in Alabama related for billing mistakes that occurred more than a decade ago at Birmingham, Ala.-based Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, according to TV station WBRC.

Tennessee lawmakers approved in May a bill requiring the state to submit a plan to President Donald Trump's administration to fund its Medicaid program through a block grant. As the state prepares this plan, The Tennessean took a look into what a block grant is and how it could transform Medicaid.

Shares of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems closed Aug. 26 at $1.86, its lowest closing price ever and down 1.06 percent from the day prior.

Sequel Pomegranate, an acute care hospital and psychiatric facility in Columbus, Ohio, is taking steps to keep its Medicare contract after CMS threatened to pull its funding, according to WBNS.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CFOs during the past week.

A mystery group has invested more than $13 million since July advertising in more than 20 states on surprise-billing legislation, according to Bloomberg Government.

For the second time, voters have rejected a 20-year public hospital bond for Kirkland, Wash.-based EvergreenHealth, according to The Seattle Times.

W. Va. Rep. David McKinley said he hopes officials are able to preserve jobs and operations amid the closures of Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, W.Va., and East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry, according to WVNews.com.