A number of hospitals and health systems are reducing their workforces amid ongoing financial strain. Executives have cited a mix of factors — including lower reimbursement, rising labor and supply costs, and the need to realign operations — as drivers…

The Senate’s entire Democratic caucus, made up of 45 Democrats and two aligned independents, sent a letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, Aug. 4, calling upon the agency to withdraw its June interim final rule regarding Medicaid work requirements. The community engagement rules…

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health expects a single payer contract renewal to add between $5 million and $10 million to its 2026 adjusted EBITDA, as the for-profit system takes a more data- and market-driven approach to revenue cycle and payer contracting. …

Medicaid supplemental payment programs served as a financial cushion for for-profit health systems in the second quarter as the loss of enhanced ACA premium tax credits pushes more patients into uninsured status.  The scale of the benefit was substantial for…

In 2025, 73% of health plans had an operating loss, up from 70% in 2024 and 54% in 2023. While 42% of health plans grew their operating margin from 2024, and 16% with losses in 2024 became profitable the following year, financial…

Hospital price caps are gaining momentum across the U.S. A number of states have enacted or are advancing legislation to limit what hospitals can charge commercial payers, and health system leaders are navigating what those policies mean for their organizations. …

Payers and for-profit health systems alike are feeling the fallout from changes to the ACA environment, according to second-quarter 2026 earnings. Centene’s exchange membership fell by more than 2 million, Cigna announced plans to exit ACA exchanges entirely in 2027,…

The American Hospital Association has urged CMS to lift funding caps in the Rural Health Transformation Program.  In an Aug. 5 letter to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, the AHA asked the agency to remove the program’s 15% cap on…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, one of the largest for-profit health systems in the U.S., is seeking CFOs at six of its hospitals.   Tenet operates 50 acute care and specialty hospitals serving primarily urban and suburban communities, as of June 30.  Here…

This month, Nebraska became the first state in the nation to begin rolling back Medicaid coverage by way of the federal work requirements enacted under HR 1. Dozens of other states will follow next year.  But the nation’s largest health…