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

S&P Global Ratings has revised the U.S. nonprofit healthcare sector outlook to stable from negative as the industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare intends to offer two batches of senior secured notes worth nearly $2.4 billion. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's average activation fees can be up to $50,000 per patient, according to Kaiser Health News. 

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

Nine hospitals in the U.S. bill patients an amount more than 10 times higher than the actual cost of care, according to research from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University.

Just one of the top 20 hospitals ranked by the U.S. News & World Report displayed minimum negotiated charges on its website, suggesting that many hospitals still are not fully in compliance with the new CMS price disclosure rule, according to a study published June 21 in The American Journal of Managed Care.

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

Many hospitals and health systems today believe that denied and rejected claims are an unpredictable and unavoidable reality of providing healthcare, as well as being a revenue loss—a loss that can consume expensive manpower to overcome with little payoff.

About three dozen of the largest health systems in the U.S. have augmented their revenues by establishing an overseas presence, Kaiser Health News reported June 22.

Many U.S. hospitals are turning to layoffs to cut costs as they recover from the financial hit of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A New Jersey private investment company is seeking approval to reopen an Illinois hospital that was shuttered by Pipeline Health, according to a June 21 report in the Forest Park Review.

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health will lay off 83 employees of its 100-year-old hospital in Hammond, Ind., according to a notice filed with the state. 

Nationwide, accountable care organizations report that it's becoming more challenging to do business and the stakes are higher than ever. They are taking on more financial risk as CMS shifts Medicare Shared Savings Program ACOs into downside or two-sided risk tracks.

Compared to last May, healthcare spending in the U.S. is picking up, according to a new analysis from nonprofit research firm Altarum.

Nearly $50 billion of Medicare Part D costs in 2016 were for drugs that did not undergo a cost-effectiveness analysis, according to a study published June 18 in JAMA Network Open.

When Dallas-based Steward Health Care was controlled by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management and ran into financial trouble, it received hundreds of millions of dollars from a real estate firm, The Wall Street Journal reported June 21. 

Black Book has unveiled the top client-rated financial solutions in the healthcare sector. 

Privately insured families spent an average $3,068 out of pocket for maternal and newborn hospitalizations from 2016 to 2019, according to a recent Pediatrics study.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's average activation fees at its trauma centers can be up to 10 times higher than those at non-HCA hospitals, according to Kaiser Health News.