When a provider is determining the most appropriate post-acute care facility for a patient, they examine a variety of factors, including location, interfacility relationships and, most importantly, patient and family choice — all of which are driven at the core by performance data.

The Indiana Hospital Association should establish a nonprofit fund to invest net income from the state's nonprofit hospitals back into the community, the former president of the state's economic development corporation told Inside INdiana Business.

Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health is seeing signs of a financial turnaround, but will face new competition for patients from Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

A hospital in Texas will absorb any outstanding balances for 14 patients treated for injuries sustained during an Aug. 31 mass shooting in Odessa, Texas, according to the Odessa American.

Many industries have made tasks, whether it's paying bills, buying a plane ticket or ordering a cup of coffee, easier and more transparent for consumers. These industry-disrupting technologies are uprooting expectations for consumers and pressuring health systems to rethink the patient financial experience. 

Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health is seeking $27 million from Pacific Gas & Electric for the damage to one of its facilities caused by last year's Camp Fire, according to The Sacramento Business Journal.

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

Here are 10 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to recent reports from Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investors Service and S&P Global Ratings.

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

Port Angeles, Wash.-based Olympic Medical Center will maintain primary care and specialty services in Sequim, Wash., despite CMS' plans to continue cutting Medicare reimbursement rates for hospital outpatient clinic visits provided at off-campus provider-based departments, OMC CEO Eric Lewis told the Sequim Gazette.

A new mother received a $898,984.57 hospital bill after her employer, San Francisco-based Dignity Health, said she did not enroll her premature baby in its health plan by the required deadline, according to ProPublica.

Nearly two months after the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville announced billing and collection changes in response to criticism of its practices, some who still owe the health system are unsure whether the changes will benefit them, according to Kaiser Health News. 

For years, Massachusetts has required health insurers to provide consumers price estimates for medical services. But a poll released Nov. 4 to mark the fifth anniversary of the effective date of the state's transparency provisions (from a law originally passed in 2012) shows few Massachusetts know how to get price information before a procedure.

From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals to file for bankruptcy.

Despite speculation from the community, Pipeline Health's CEO said he has no plans to close Chicago-based Weiss Memorial Hospital, according to ABC 7 Chicago. 

Two hospitals owned by Williamsport, Pa.-based UPMC Susquehanna have been denied tax-exempt status, according to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. 

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions released its inaugural 2019 First Party Debt Collections Report, which shares a long-term vision of the debt collections market and insights into how collectors can optimize the customer experience, during both stable and turbulent economic times.

Jackson Health System, a public safety-net system based in Miami, is using bond money to compete for insured patients, according to the Miami Herald.

Seriously ill Medicare beneficiaries experienced substantial financial distress resulting from their illness in 2018, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

As part of the healthcare transparency push of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers will be required to provide cost information for 44 frequently searched nonemergency procedures, the governor announced this week.