CMS finalized fiscal 2027 payment rules for inpatient rehabilitation facilities and hospices July 30, giving both settings a 2.3% payment increase. Eleven things to know: Inpatient rehabilitation facilities 1. CMS finalized a 2.3% payment increase for IRFs in fiscal 2027,…

UnitedHealth Group is now the fourth-largest company in the world by revenue, according to the 2026 Fortune Global 500. The list ranks the world’s largest public and private companies by revenue for the 2025 fiscal year. UnitedHealth posted more than…

More than 40% of the nursing staff at Tower Health’s Pottstown (Pa.) Hospital is among those currently affected by the hospital’s recent workforce reduction, according to the union representing 200 nurses at the hospital. Four things to know: 1. West…

AI adoption in healthcare has often outpaced the workforce’s comfort with it, and revenue cycle departments, where automation touches coding, denials and prior authorization daily, are no exception.  The Cleveland Clinic’s revenue cycle department has gotten ahead of that discomfort…

Hospital executives have spent years fielding accusations about their industry’s role in driving up U.S. healthcare costs, pressure that sharpened in April when four health system CEOs testified before a House committee as lawmakers pressed them on pricing, consolidation and…

Revenue cycle management company Waystar has named Alpana Wegner as its next CFO, effective Aug. 1.  Ms. Wegner joins Waystar with more than 25 years of finance and operational leadership experience, including serving as CFO for several publicly traded companies,…

Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. hospitals were operating at a loss before many federal policy changes expected to reduce hospital revenue and increase uncompensated care take full effect, according to a July 29 report from the Urban Institute and Robert…

For many hospitals, especially those where Medicare and Medicaid make up the majority of the payer mix, HR 1’s scheduled cuts have not prompted hospitals to seek new fiscal metrics — but the cuts have imbued the metrics that have…

The Cigna Group reported a profit of $1.7 billion for the second quarter of 2026, a year-over-year increase of more than 8%, according to a July 30 earnings report. Total revenue reached $71.7 billion for the quarter, up about 7% from the…

Humana expects Medicare Advantage plan exits next year to affect around 600,000 members as the insurer continues to focus on margin recovery. “We will work to recapture a significant portion of that volume as we did in 2025,” CFO Celeste…