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. 

At least five hospital and health system credit rating upgrades have occurred in the last six months. 

Despite the rising prices in everything from groceries to houses, healthcare has not been part of that trend, CNN reported April 12. 

Becker's determined which U.S. hospitals have the highest share of their patients covered under Medicare Advantage plans.

Riverton (Wyo.) Medical District has been awarded a $37 million U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development loan, the largest ever given in Wyoming, for a new hospital.

Becker's calculated which U.S. hospitals have the highest share of their patients covered under Medicare.

Becker's calculated which U.S. hospitals have the highest share of their patients covered under Medicaid.

NewYork Presbyterian Hospital in New York City had the most net patient revenue in 2019, according to data released April 5 by the National Academy for State Health Policy in collaboration with Houston-based Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. 

Vermont regulators have rejected two hospitals' request for a 10 percent midyear rate increase to help offset inflation, the VTDigger reported April 8. 

The White House is taking steps to relieve Americans' medical debt burden, including having HHS evaluate provider billing practices and their effects on healthcare affordability and medical debt accumulation.

New York's fiscal year 2023 budget includes a "historic" $20 billion multiyear healthcare investment, Gov. Kathy Hochul said April 9.

The National Academy for State Health Policy has launched the Hospital Cost Tool to provide state policymakers and researchers analytical insights into how much hospitals spend on patient care services. 

With all the focus on high medical costs, increased regulatory scrutiny on medical debt collections, and the resulting revenue cycle challenges, it's easy to overlook that most patients want to pay their medical bills.

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

GrowthCurve Capital, a private equity firm, has completed its acquisition of Revecore and named a new CEO for the revenue cycle company.  

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