Healthcare finance news for hospital and health system leaders

Mercy Health-St. Joseph Warren (Ohio) Hospital will end labor and delivery services by early December and consolidate births to Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Boardman (Ohio) Hospital. The hospitals are part of Cincinnati-based Mercy Health. The Warren hospital will convert its labor…

Tenet Healthcare posted the highest operating margin, and HCA Healthcare had the highest net income among the U.S.’s largest publicly traded for-profit health systems in the third quarter of 2026. HCA, Tenet, Community Health Systems and Universal Health Services have…

Boston Children’s Hospital received more than $200 million donation — the largest gift in its history — from the Boston Celtics ownership group and the Boston Celtics.  The gift will support the new behavioral health campus, research into new treatments…

Nearly half of providers surveyed upgraded or replaced their claims technology in the last year to reduce denials, according to an Oct. 28 report from Experian Health. The efforts come as 40% of providers said 10% or more of their…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare recorded $1 billion in net income for the third quarter of 2026, up from $342 million in the same period last year, according to its Oct. 29 financial report.  “Our outperformance in the third quarter of 2026…

Nearly 700 rural hospitals across the country, about one-third of all rural facilities in the U.S., are at risk of closing due to severe financial problems, according to an Oct. 28 Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform analysis. Of…

Some health systems are transitioning away from their own health plans, while Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare is ramping up its efforts.  Bronson Preferred Health Plan is launching for southwest Michigan employers through a partnership with third-party administrator Key Benefit Administrators. …

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported an operating income of $146 million (5.3% margin) in the third quarter, down from a $243 million operating gain (7.9% margin) in the same quarter last year, according to financial results published Oct. 28. …

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health’s downtown hospital is about 80% complete, with the exterior finished and crews at work on the interior to meet a planned December 2027 opening. The $2.49 billion hospital, IU Health Medical Center, is part of a…

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health will discontinue inpatient labor and delivery and inpatient newborn care at Sanford Luverne (Minn.), effective April 27. The decision was made by local physicians in response to declining delivery volumes and changing patient preferences, according…