For several large health systems, the selling phase is ending. In May, Becker’s reported that Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, St. Louis-based Ascension and Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems were shedding hospitals and putting the proceeds into surgery centers. Five months later,…

As more patients flood King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services’ acute care hospitals, fewer are heading to the operating room. Same-facility surgeries decreased 0.7% compared with the third quarter last year, Steve Filton, CFO of UHS, said during the…

Forty percent of providers surveyed said 10% or more of their claims are denied, essentially flat from 41% in 2025 but up from 31% in 2022, according to an Oct. 28 report from Experian Health. Experian’s 2026 “State of Claims”…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is the largest U.S. health system by net patient revenue, generating $60.3 billion during the most recent 12-month period tracked in Definitive Healthcare’s database, according to an Oct. 23 report from the healthcare data company.  Oakland,…

Thirteen Senate Democrats are demanding answers from the largest ACA marketplace insurers  about their involvement in recent coverage terminations that cut more than 760,000 people from their health plans. The Oct. 26 letters, led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and…

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services reported an operating income of $454 million (9.6% margin) in the third quarter of 2026, down from a $522 million operating income (11.6% margin) during the same period last year, according to financial…

Moody’s affirmed Oklahoma City-based Integris Health’s “A3” credit rating and raised its outlook to positive from negative, citing its Oct. 21 definitive agreement to join Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente’s Risant Health.  Integris’ planned combination with Risant is a “significant credit…

Xsolis, which develops AI-driven technology for mid-revenue cycle management, has named Lee Rivas as CEO. He succeeds co-founder Joan Butters, effective immediately, according to an Oct. 27 Xsolis news release. Ms. Butters has led the company since 2013.  Mr. Rivas…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare expects flat earnings in 2027 as Medicaid supplemental payments decline and exchange coverage losses continue to weigh on its payer mix, despite steady volume growth. CEO Sam Hazen previewed the outlook during the system’s Oct. 27…

Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center has missed payroll its last two cycles, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed with Becker’s.  The first missed payroll, on Oct. 9, was delayed by the Columbus Day holiday, and the second was Oct. 23,…