Bankrupt hospitals aren't eligible for Paycheck Protection Program loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, a U.S. appeals court ruled June 22. 

Industry groups representing hospitals and health systems across the nation sued HHS last year, challenging a rule that requires hospitals to disclose the rates they negotiate with insurers beginning in 2021. On June 23, a federal judge granted HHS' motion for summary judgement.

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the largest nonprofit health systems' financial and operating performance in the three months ended March 31. 

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

The COVID-19 pandemic is intensifying the need for hospital executives to reduce costs and re-evaluate their approach to cost structures.

The University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville asked the state to reduce a couple's income tax refund to help pay a 20-year-old medical bill, according to The Washington Post. 

Through mid-May, total Medicare payment for fee-for-service COVID-19 hospitalizations is $1.9 billion, according to new data from CMS.  

From reimbursement landscape challenges to dwindling patient volumes, many factors lead hospitals to shut down or file for bankruptcy. At least 42 hospitals across the U.S. have closed or entered bankruptcy this year, and the financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may force more hospitals to do the same in coming months. 

Here are the top 10 gifts and pledges to hospitals or healthcare organizations to date in 2020.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based AAC Holdings, the publicly traded owner of substance-abuse treatment company American Addiction Centers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy June 20. 

Spending on U.S. hospital care in April hit its lowest point since December 2008 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent analysis by consulting firm Altarum. 

Patient engagement and financial technology leader, Cedar, today announced it has closed more than $102M in Series C funding, led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The deal includes $77M in venture capital and $25M from JP Morgan in venture debt. 

Cleveland Clinic is implementing a cost-reduction plan to offset losses tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to cleveland.com. 

House Democrats unveiled an infrastructure plan June 18 that would provide funding to upgrade hospitals, according to The Hill. 

The Pine Ridge (S.D.) Indian Health Service Hospital has regained its Medicare billing privileges after losing them in 2017, according to South Dakota Public Broadcasting. 

Here are nine updates on Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems' finances, hospital divestitures and cost-cutting measures reported by Becker's Hospital Review since April 1. 

Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine will eliminate 738 positions by the end of June amid financial challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to MLive.com.

Knox County Hospital District in Knox City, Texas, wants the state to tighten prompt payment rules against insurers, according to Insurance Business.

Hospitals should have a full year, not three months, to start paying back loans disbursed under the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program, the Federation of American Hospitals said in a June 16 policy blog.

As part of a restructuring effort to cut pandemic-related losses, State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Health System plans to lay off 10 percent of its workforce, according to local news station WTAJ.