Underpayment analysis and intelligent claims aging workflow management have become essential investments for healthcare organizations facing mounting revenue pressure. With Medicare and Medicaid underpayments reaching $130 billion in 2022 and claim denial rates climbing to nearly 12% across the industry,…

After a multiyear turnaround marked by major divestitures and restructuring, Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has regained investment-grade credit ratings from both Moody’s and S&P Global in 2025. The system was twice upgraded by Moody’s — most recently on Dec. 16 —…

Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Boston Children’s Hospital seeks a vice president of revenue cycle operations.  2.…

Over the last few months, Dallas-based Steward Health Care has been subject to increased scrutiny regarding the health system's troubled finances and the status of its more than 30 hospitals across eight states. 

From ECU Health’s plans to reopen a closed North Carolina hospital as a rural emergency facility to a healthcare group aiming to reopen a shuttered Wisconsin hospital, here 10 planned hospital reopenings that Becker’s has reported in 2025:  1. Stuart…

St. Luke’s Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis has been sold to Des Peres 270 Development LLC, a real estate investment firm, a spokesperson for the Chesterfield, Mo.-based health system confirmed with Becker’s. The 143-bed acute care facility closed Aug.…

Despite facing headwinds like increased labor and supply costs, several large healths reported positive operating performances in the most recent quarter after recording operating losses during the same period last year.  Here are six health systems that drove operating margins…

From naming its first COO to opening a new hospital in Florida, here are eight things to know about Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare in 2025:  1. Through the first three quarters of 2025, Tenet recorded a net operating revenue of $5.3…

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, has moved quickly to advance President Donald Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda in 2025. The push comes after President Trump this summer signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, a sweeping package of reforms…

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy Health recorded an operating income of $70.2 million (2.6% operating margin) in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, up from an operating loss of $7.5 million (-0.3% margin) during the same period last year.  Mercy reported total…