Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare plans to withdraw the level 2 trauma designation at its Aurora, Ill.-based Mercy Medical Center due to a significant decline in patient population.  Mercy Medical Center will maintain all other emergency care services and will remain…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has no immediate plans to sell hospitals following an active $1 billion hospital divestiture plan over the last few years.  CHS shared plans in April to sell Cedar Park (Texas) Medical Center for $460 million…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems remains cautiously optimistic about its cost management strategies in the face of economic uncertainty and potential tariff headwinds, company executives told investors during its first-quarter earnings call on April 24.  While global trade policy continues…

In today’s healthcare landscape, “survival” isn’t just a dramatic turn of phrase — for many hospital and health system CFOs, it’s an honest reflection of the stakes.  Mounting reimbursement uncertainty, technology-driven disruption, and economic and regulatory volatility have converged to…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems saw $284 million in operating income (9% margin) in the first quarter of 2025, up from $231 million (7.4% margin) during the same period in 2024. Six things to know:  1. Net operating revenue was…

New York City-based NYU Langone Health recorded an operating income of $84.8 million (2.3% operating margin) up from an operating loss of $10.1 million (-0.3% margin) in the second quarter of 2024, according to its April 23 financial report.  Three…

UNM Health System has eliminated 53 leadership roles, including the CFO, chief human resources officer and president of Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho, a spokesperson for the system confirmed to Becker’s. The move comes as New Mexico’s only…

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has signed a bill to remove medical debt from credit score reporting.  The bill, which takes effect July 27, prohibits collection agencies from reporting medical debt to credit agencies, according to an April 22 news release…

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare is temporarily suspending pediatric inpatient services at its Joliet, Ill.-based St. Joseph Medical Center after averaging less than one patient daily at the unit. Around eight employees and two physicians will be affected by the service…

California’s Office of Health Care Affordability Board on April 22 voted unanimously to impose strict limits on cost growth at seven hospitals it identified as excessively expensive, according to documents obtained by Becker’s. “The board’s unanimous vote is in response…