Cleveland-based MetroHealth is calling for the reversal of the Cuyahoga County Council’s proposed $4.5 million in funding cuts to the publicly funded health system over the next two years, Ideastream Public Media reported Nov. 10. The proposed budget from the…

Lee Health, based in Fort Myers, Fla., is celebrating the one-year anniversary of its conversion from a public entity to a private, nonprofit health system. The move aimed to strengthen local control and expand access to care across Southwest Florida.…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, one of the largest for-profit health systems in the U.S., is seeking CFOs at four of its hospitals.  Here are the current CFO openings at the system, according to its website: 

Ritzville, Wash.-based East Adams Rural Healthcare has filed a WARN notice for 108 employees at its Ritzville Hospital, effective Jan. 7, as the facility faces potential bankruptcy or closure due to “severe financial difficulties.” The 108 employees include full-, part-time…

Twenty-seven labor and delivery units at rural hospitals have shuttered in 2025, up from 21 in 2024, according to a new report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. The report found that since year-end 2020, 117 rural…

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente reported an operating income of $218 million (0.7% operating margin) in the third quarter of 2025, up from an operating loss of $608 million (-2.1%) margin during the same period last year, according to its Nov.…

The Senate passed a spending package to fund the federal government through Jan. 30, but a decision on an extension of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits will have to wait until December, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 10.…

West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health plans to lay off around 350 employees, or about 3% of its more than 10,000 staff, and will reduce programs at its Pottstown (Pa.) Hospital, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported Nov. 7. Pottstown Hospital, a…

After achieving a $2.6 billion financial turnaround in two years and restructuring its hospital portfolio, St. Louis-based Ascension is pushing even further, lining up a bold bet on ambulatory surgery centers and making outpatient and value-based care central to its…

Ida Grove, Iowa-based Horn Memorial Hospital has shared plans to discontinue its home health and hospice services, effective Dec. 12, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.  The hospital began transferring existing patients to other area providers Nov. 3.…