Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise in the last week.

Verity Health, an El Segundo, Calif.-based hospital chain that filed for bankruptcy last year, is selling its assets. However, a proposed deal to divest five of its clinics has hit a snag.

Emergency department physicians who aren't part of a hospital's insurance network, or aren't employed by the hospitals where they work, charge patients an average of 150 percent more than what in-network physicians are paid, a new study by UnitedHealth Group reveals.

A nonprofit multispecialty alliance of physicians has released a legislative model for federal lawmakers to consider as they take up surprise medical bills. 

Shares of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health closed March 13 at $1.96, their lowest closing price ever and down 2 percent from the day prior.

Two Kansas hospitals owned by Kansas City, Mo.-based EmpowerHMS have closed in recent weeks with little notice to employees or local officials, according to KCUR.

Here are five stories published by Becker's Hospital Review on President Donald Trump's $4.75 trillion budget outline for fiscal year 2020.

Community Medical Center Long Beach (Calif.), which closed July 3, is on track to reopen after city council members approved an interim lease and tentative operating agreement March 12, according to local television station NBC4.

Trinity Health recorded higher revenue in the first half of fiscal year 2019 than in the same period of the year prior, but the Livonia, Mich.-based health system ended the first two quarters of the current fiscal year with a net loss, according to unaudited financial documents released March 12.

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

President Donald Trump's proposed $4.75 trillion budget for fiscal year 2020 would direct $20 million of funding for a hospital program backed by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, according to Politico.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, a federal group that advises Congress on Medicare, discussed using bundled payments for post-acute services, according to a March 8 presentation.

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health is on a new path for growth under the leadership of CEO Peter Banko.

Initial payment conversations between hospital staff and patients should occur at registration and involve sharing personalized information with consumers, advised David Shelton, CEO of PatientMatters, a revenue cycle management vendor.

A Medicare public option proposal could result in a cut of nearly $800 billion to hospital-based services over a 10-year period, according to a new report released by the American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals.

Most of the proposed Medicare cuts in President Donald Trump's 2020 budget would affect payments to healthcare providers and not directly affect benefits given to seniors, a new analysis shows.

Horton (Kan.) Community Hospital, the city's only healthcare provider, closed March 12, according to The Topeka Capital-Journal.

Quorum Health's revenue declined year over year in the fourth quarter of 2018, and the Brentwood, Tenn.-based company ended last year with a net loss.

Healthcare executives agree that adoption of population health finance models is important but many have not achieved the progress they predicted in this area, according to a recent Numerof & Associates study.

Employees of Prague (Okla.) Community Hospital used their own money and relied on donations from local nonprofits to feed patients in recent months, according to News9.