Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare posted net revenues of $20.2 billion in the second quarter of 2026, up from $18.6 billion posted over the same period last year. HCA said its managed care and insurer revenue took a hit in the…

Nebraska estimated that about 200 people from its expansion population have lost Medicaid coverage Aug. 1 amid its first work requirements check. Tradeoffs reported on the projection from Nebraska’s Medicaid director, Drew Gonshorowski, July 30. Over the next year, Nebraska…

Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Medical Center seeks a revenue integrity analyst lead.  2.…

From an inside look at Cleveland Clinic’s revenue cycle AI literacy program, to IKS Health completing its acquisition of TruBridge, here are 10 revenue cycle updates Becker’s reported in April: 1. Cleveland Clinic System Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management…

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health recorded operating income of $113.5 million (4.6% operating margin) through the third quarter of fiscal 2026, up from $91.5 million (4% margin) during the same period last year, according to its July 31 financial report.  Four…

CMS on July 31 finalized its Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System rule for fiscal 2027, setting a 2.3% payment increase for acute care and long-term care hospitals and locking in the first mandatory, nationwide…

Centene offered buyouts to most employees in June. Now, the financials are catching up. In a July 28 report, the company projected severance costs between roughly $315 million and $365 million, mostly driven by the voluntary separation program, for the…

Five Republican members of Congress have pressed CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reverse a roughly 75% Medicare payment cut tied to image-guided superficial radiation therapy, a skin cancer office-based treatment for less…

A total of 438 urban hospitals closed across the U.S. between 2000 and June 2026, according to data shared with Becker’s from New Haven, Conn.-based Yale University’s Health Care Affordability Lab. Between 2001 and 2023, the period for which both…

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System is making changes to its leadership structure amid 761 job cuts. “We are recalibrating our leadership structure to reduce administrative layers and better align with industry best practices, which means that some Wellstar leaders’ roles…