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.…
A new federal law set to take effect in 2027 is raising red flags for hospitals — particularly safety-net and rural providers — as it introduces sweeping changes to Medicaid eligibility. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law…
Minneapolis-based Allina Health is consolidating labor and delivery services in southern Minnesota and will close the birth center at Faribault (Minn.) Medical Center Dec. 1, according to a Nov. 6 health system news release. The move comes after Rochester, Minn.-based…
Safety-net hospitals provided $11 billion in uncompensated care and another $11.4 billion in under-reimbursed care in 2023, according to a Nov. 6 report from America’s Essential Hospitals. Four things to know: 1. Of the $11 billion in uncompensated care performed…
Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health’s Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea, W.Va., is changing its status from an acute care to critical access hospital, according to a Nov. 5 news release shared with Becker’s. Like acute care hospitals, CAHs offer inpatient…
Scottsbluff, Neb.-based Regional West has signed an executive management agreement with CGS Health, a third-party administrator headquartered in Darien, Conn., ahead of a planned sale of Regional Care Inc.’s assets on Dec. 1. The agreement marks a strategic shift for…
Every state has submitted applications seeking a share of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, according to CMS. Five things to know: 1. The program — enacted under the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and expanded through the One…
A bankruptcy judge has given struggling Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., two options: Provide a restructuring plan to reach financial recovery over the next five years or present a closure plan by the end of 2025, the Montgomery Advertiser reported…
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