Healthcare finance news for hospital and health system leaders

Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy will eliminate 115 positions, or about 1.2% of its workforce of nearly 9,000, Children’s Mercy said in a Nov. 2 statement shared with Becker’s.  Many of the affected positions are nonclinical administrative, leadership and support…

Two closed Illinois hospitals, Chicago-based Weiss Memorial Hospital and Oak Park, Ill.-based West Suburban Medical Center, are headed for new ownership, and the operator taking them over brings a mixed track record. In December 2022, Chicago-based Resilience Healthcare purchased Weiss…

Here are 93 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service released in 2026. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled…

The third quarter split the four largest publicly traded for-profit hospital operators down the middle. Tenet and HCA signaled stronger expectations for 2026, while Community Health Systems and Universal Health Services tempered theirs. Here’s how each system’s 2026 outlook shifted…

Nonprofit hospitals in high-need communities set income eligibility thresholds for free and discounted care similar to those of hospitals in lower-need areas, according to a study published Nov. 2 in Health Affairs. The study, written by researchers Tatiane Santos, PhD,…

Atlanta-based Grady Health System has struck a revenue cycle management agreement with Ensemble Health Partners. Ensemble will support the system with an end-to-end operating model that will help sustain Grady’s high-quality patient care. Ensemble will manage Grady’s revenue cycle across…

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is still waiting longer for insurers to pay its claims, but the slowdown has not worsened, CFO Jason Johnson said on the system’s Oct. 29 third-quarter earnings call. In July, Mr. Johnson said insurers were…

Revenue cycle leaders are raising concerns about Elevance Health’s new site-of-care billing requirements, and some patients are taking insurance denials straight to payer CEOs. Here are 10 revenue cycle updates that Becker’s reported in October:  1. Forty percent of providers…

UnitedHealthcare will stop requiring prior authorization for more than 2,000 pediatric care codes for members under 18 starting Dec. 1. The payer published the full list of CPT codes Nov. 2. The codes span common services, diagnostic imaging, sleep studies,…

Since the end of 2020, 144 rural hospitals have stopped delivering babies, with four more planning to stop by early 2027, according to an October 2026 analysis from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. Together, the closures represent…