Baptist Medical Center and St. Dominic Hospital, both in Jackson, Miss., each pay $1.5 million annually to opt out of accepting high-need trauma patients and support trauma care at other facilities, according to state health department records obtained by Mississippi Today.

Most Americans support surprise-billing legislation —across party lines, according to a new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

While only 5.2 percent of children were uninsured in 2017, many children that year remained in families with challenges obtaining health insurance coverage and paying medical bills, according to a new analysis from the Urban Institute.

Ten hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise in the last week:

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health is seeking approval to close MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, Ill. If the hospital closes, more than 800 employees will lose their jobs.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Lancaster, Ohio-based Fairfield Medical Center's revenue bond rating to "Ba2" from "Baa3." The rating outlook is negative.

There were more than 700 private equity deals in the healthcare industry in 2018, and the healthcare sector continues to draw private equity investors.

Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's revenue increased year over year in the first nine months of fiscal year 2019, but its net income declined, according to financial documents released Sept. 10.

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

Private equity and hedge-fund-backed organizations have an active role in groups that have organized to lobby and put out ads related to surprise-billing legislative efforts in Congress, according to Kaiser Health News.

As federal lawmakers work on surprise-billing legislation, a proposal from former Florida Gov. Rick Scott has emerged in the conversation on the issue among House members, according to Florida Daily.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma urged hospitals to "reject the status quo" and focus on moving to value-based payment as well as solving the healthcare problems that patients are struggling with.

A federal appeals court has ordered the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to pay for emergency care provided to veterans at non-VA facilities, according to NBC News.

The University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville has vowed to change its medical debt collection practices after a special report for The Washington Post revealed it has sued thousands of former patients, seized wages and put liens on homes, according to The Daily Progress.

Iowa hospitals, nursing homes and providers of mental health services continue to battle an insurance company for money they say they're owed, according to The Des Moines Register.

Carlsbad (N.M.) Medical Center has sued more than 3,000 patients in the last 10 years over medical bills, according to court records reviewed by CNN.

A man working for a rodent breeder in Post Falls, Idaho, faces more than $500,000 in medical bills for treatment he received after contracting "rat bite fever," an infectious disease caused by bacteria, according to TV station KREM.

The Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida launched a website Sept. 9 to advocate protecting state funding to safety-net hospitals that have large Medicaid patient populations, according to TV station WLRN.

Hospitals, insurers, physicians and other healthcare stakeholders have until Sept. 27 to weigh in on a proposed rule requiring hospitals to publish negotiated rates with third-party payers, according to JD Supra, a company that provides legal information.

Nearly 370 organizations representing patients, physicians, healthcare professionals, hospitals and other healthcare stakeholders are urging Congress to support legislation designed to streamline and standardize prior authorization under Medicare Advantage, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons.