Healthcare spending will decrease by $11.4 billion nationwide in 2023 and 3.1 million people will become uninsured if Congress does not extend the American Rescue Plan Act subsidies established last year, according to a study released May 25 by the Urban Institute.

Becker's has reported on the following eight donations of $20 million or more since April 29:

Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project still needs $16 million by Aug. 31 to buy Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital, Lookout Santa Cruz reported May 24.

Revenue cycle management company CorroHealth is expanding its services with the acquisition of Aergo Solutions 

The health systems listed below recently released financial results for the quarter ended March 31.

It has been more than a month since employees of Healthmark Regional Medical Center in DeFuniak Springs, Fla., received paychecks, according to WMBB. 

Forty-four percent of Americans avoided getting healthcare services due to uncertainty of cost, according to a report released May 24 by healthcare transparency and guidance company HealthSparq. 

The No Surprises Act prevented more than 2 million unexpected medical bills to commercially insured patients in the first two months of 2022, according to a joint study released May 24 by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and America's Health Insurance Plans.

Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., part of Trinity Health of New England, is trimming jobs. 

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health is seeking $200 million in bonds, which will partially be used for an expansion at Cone Health Heart & Vascular Center, a spokesperson told Becker's May 24.

Financial challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and workforce shortages forced hospitals to be strategic with their investments in the last year.

Conifer has reached a multiyear, multifacility agreement for revenue cycle management services for Brookwood Baptist Health, central Alabama's largest healthcare network. 

The Washington State Hospital Association is planning to request funding for long-term care service providers during the upcoming legislative session, State of Reform reported May 23. 

The Hospital Association of Rhode Island is seeking $200 million, and individual health systems are also seeking millions of the state's roughly $1 billion in unspent COVID-19 relief funds, the Boston Globe reported May 24. 

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

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai received a $20 million donation over five years from Royalty Pharma, a buyer of biopharmaceutical royalties. The gift went to the organization's Institute for Health Equity Research.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently granted Ensemble Health Partners a patent for its Note Wizard revenue cycle management technology. 

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

Higher labor costs put pressure on Trinity Health's margins in the first nine months of fiscal year 2022, according to financial documents released May 20. 

Several philanthropic gifts have been made to hospitals and health systems so far in May for capital projects, to expand care or to improve finances. Here are six reported on by Becker's: