Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica's health plan, Paramount, is laying off about 200 employees after losing a Medicaid contract, according to WTVG.

Advocate Aurora Health saw its revenue, operating margin and net income increase in 2021, according to financial documents released March 21.

HHS will distribute more than $413 million in provider relief fund payments to more than 3,600 providers in the U.S.

Rural hospital closures have negative effects on the local economy, especially following prospective payment system hospital closures, according to a study published March 21 in Health Services Research.

Medical debt burdens many Americans and disproportionately hurts Black Americans, according to several studies, surveys and reports Becker's has covered in March.

Inflation, care transformation and workforce shortages are of high importance for three hospital CFOs, they said on recent episodes of the "Becker's Healthcare Podcast."

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

Despite seeing stable or higher revenue year over year, several health systems that recorded results in March ended 2021 with significant operating losses. 

Federal regulators and health officials are due to assess the need for fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses, which the Biden administration currently lacks the funds to purchase for everyone, the Washington Post reports. 

Managing the hospital revenue cycle has become increasingly complex for myriad reasons, including the shift to value-based care models, dwindling reimbursement and talent shortages. 

A healthcare trend to offer in-home care, which provides urgent medical care in patient homes and saves emergency room costs, is picking up speed.

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

Although the federal Violence Against Women Act is supposed to guarantee sexual violence survivors free coverage of forensic exams taken to collect evidence for a rape kit, some women are still being charged, a March 18 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation found.

Race plays a major role in who is burdened with medical debt, with 27.9 percent of Black households carrying medical debt compared to 17.2 percent of white non-Hispanic households, a March National Consumer Law Center report found.

The three biggest reporting firms will remove nearly 70 percent of medical debt in collections accounts from credit reports starting in July.

While most patients hospitalized for COVID-19 don't experience financial distress for postdischarge care, a "sizable minority" have a significant amount out-of-pocket spending for this care, according to a study published in the American Journal of Managed Care March 16.

Phoenix-based Banner Health reported a $750.2 million net income in 2021, a 27.8 percent increase from 2020 at $586.7 million, according to its financial report published March 16.

New York City-based Montefiore Health System reported a $316.9 million net loss in 2021, compared to a $42.7 million loss in 2020, according to its financial report posted March 16.

Hospital staffing shortages extend further than just clinical healthcare, affecting revenue cycle workers too. Registrars and billing specialists are the most in-demand jobs in healthcare revenue cycle, according to a survey of 411 hospital and health system CFOs and revenue cycle leaders.

President Joe Biden signed into law March 15 a sweeping $1.5 trillion bill that funds the government through September. However, the bill does not include COVID-19 funding the White House had asked Congress for.