Austin, Texas-based St. David's HealthCare resolved a patient's $108,951 balance shortly after Kaiser Health News and NPR published a story about the patient's out-of-network medical bill.

Here are five articles recently published by Becker's Hospital Review, covering the Medicare appeals backlog, insights into educating patients about separate billing and more.

New York and Minnesota will receive nearly $500 million from the federal government this year related to lost funding for its healthcare programs, according to The Washington Post.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center saw revenues increase in fiscal year 2018, but the hospital ended the period with lower operating income, according to recently released unaudited financial documents.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus ended fiscal year 2018 with strong finances, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Balanced Health Kentucky, a nonprofit group led by hospital executives, is calling for comprehensive healthcare tax reform to fund Medicaid expansion, according to WKU Public Radio.

An Urban Institute study found that many Americans can't afford such basics as food, healthcare, housing and utilities.

Banner Health, a 28-hospital nonprofit system based in Phoenix, saw revenues increase in the first half of 2018, but the system ended the period with lower operating income.

The American Medical Association and more than 150 medical groups sent a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma regarding the administration's proposed updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CFOs during the past week.