Moody's Investors Service has affirmed its "B2" rating for Hopkins County (Texas) Hospital District, affecting $21 million of outstanding revenue bonds.

Moody's Investors Service has affirmed its "Baa2" rating for Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center, affecting $393 million of debt.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded its rating for Covina, Calif.-based Citrus Valley Health Partners from "Baa2" to "Baa1."

Hospital revenue cycle efficiency is not only a cornerstone of operational excellence, but it is also essential to patient-centric care. No matter how deluxe the hospital room or how excellent the care delivery, a bad billing process will diminish an otherwise positive patient experience.

The company that manages Prague (Okla.) Community Hospital failed to pay hospital workers Feb. 1, according to The Shawnee News-Star.

Horton (Kansas) Community Hospital has struggled to pay utilities, missed payroll and operated with  insufficient supplies, a top hospital leader told The Topeka Capital-Journal.

Boston-based Partners HealthCare saw its operating income rise in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 but ended the period with a net loss, according to financial documents released Feb. 1.

Four major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices rise last week.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare will pay an estimated $15 million in property taxes to North Carolina governments following its purchase of Mission Health, a six-hospital system based in Asheville, N.C., the Citizen-Times reports.

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital is temporarily halting balance billing as it finalizes a plan to address billing issues long term, the hospital announced.

The Missouri Attorney General's Office said it received 116,912 consumer complaints last year, and 847 of them were related to health.

Five vendors earned top rankings from independent research firm KLAS for their financial, revenue cycle management and health information management solutions.

Medical coding is a key component of revenue cycle management. When done efficiently and accurately, it helps ensure hospitals are properly reimbursed for the services they provide.

Advocate Aurora Health will move forward with a new $250 million expansion into southeastern Wisconsin despite reports that Foxconn Technology Group may revise its plans for a plant in the region, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network ended 2018 with operating income of $39 million, up from $31 million the health system recorded the year prior, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

A federal judge appointed a special master on Jan. 29 to oversee Ripley, Tenn.-based Lauderdale Community Hospital's finances for two weeks, according to WMC Action News 5.

For Don Halliwill, the CFO role is more than a job. It's an opportunity to serve patients where he grew up.

Hospital closures and Medicare underpayments were among the healthcare finance topics that piqued the interest of readers in January.

The ACA's Medicaid expansion led to a substantial increase in revenue and profitability for California hospitals, especially government hospitals, according to a working paper circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Moody's Investors Service affirmed its "A2" rating for Des Moines, Iowa-based Mercy Medical Center, affecting $97.5 million of outstanding revenue bonds.