Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health recorded an operating income of $442 million (3.2% operating margin) through the third quarter of 2025, up from an operating income of $399 million (3.1% margin) during the same period last year, according to its…

Pittsburgh-based UPMC reported an operating income of $45.6 million (0.5% operating margin) in the third quarter of 2025, up from an operating loss of $57.6 million (-0.7% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Nov. 25 financial…

With enhanced ACA subsidies set to expire Dec. 31 and a proposed two-year extension still in limbo, health system executives are bracing for a wave of financial, operational and access-related challenges, particularly among vulnerable patient populations. The delayed proposal, dubbed…

As maternity care capacity continues to contract, with Becker’s reporting 28 related maternity service closures across the U.S. for the year, Indianapolis-based IU Health is doubling down on its long-term investment to strengthen mother and infant care access and outcomes.…

Ask a Revenue Cycle Leader is a new series featuring insights from health system and hospital revenue cycle executives nationwide. Becker’s poses questions on the most pressing issues in healthcare finance — from payer relations and automation to workforce and…

Fitch has removed Meadowbrook, Pa.-based Holy Redeemer Health System from rating watch negative after it avoided violating its debt service covenant for a second consecutive year. The health system was downgraded to “B+” from “BB-” by Fitch in June and…

With financial pressures intensifying across healthcare, hospital and health system finance leaders are working closer with departmental and clinical leaders to help them understand the numbers behind care delivery.  “It’s not about dumping spreadsheets; it’s about building a shared understanding…

The shuttered St. Louis-based Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital is set to reopen as Houston-based Nutex Health’s first micro-hospital in Missouri, Archview ER & Hospital. Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital’s board surrendered its license to the Missouri Department of Health…

CMS finalized its 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System rule Nov. 21, with changes that aim to boost price transparency and expand outpatient access, but hospitals argue the rule will deepen financial pressures on…

Santa Paula (Calif.) Hospital is at risk of closing by 2030 due to California’s seismic requirements for hospitals, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed with Becker’s.  California’s seismic requirements date back decades, after major earthquakes in 1971 and 1994 pushed…