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Portland-based Legacy Health is undertaking multiple service changes and clinic closures to help address ongoing financial pressures. In an Oct.…
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Portland-based Legacy Health is undertaking multiple service changes and clinic closures to help address ongoing financial pressures. In an Oct. 19 statement shared with Becker’s, the health system pointed to challenges like supply costs, stagnant reimbursement rates and “broader uncertainties”…
New York-based Cedar launched Cedar Cover, a digital platform designed to streamline coverage and financial aid access for hospital patients, on Oct. 20. The “digital safety net” embeds directly into hospital billing systems to support Medicaid enrollment, proactive renewal workflows,…
Montgomery, Ala., Mayor Steven Reed has called for amendments to the proposed funding resolution for struggling Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, with claims that the financial responsibility under Alabama law lies with counties. “We are not rejecting support for Jackson Hospital;…
As the federal government shutdown continues, the potential expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies is already reshaping the coverage landscape, with 2026 plan prices increasing in several states and payer participation shrinking in some markets, according to The New York Times. …
Cedar Launches Cedar Cover to Help Hospitals Navigate the Medicaid and Affordability Crisis
New digital safety net secures coverage and financial aid for underinsured and uninsured patients while protecting providers from billions in uncompensated care New York – October 20 – More than 10 million Americans face potential Medicaid coverage loss due to…
New Jersey has provided $2 million in partial funding to help Jersey City, N.J.-based Hudson Regional Health’s Heights University Hospital, also in Jersey City, maintain operations over the next two weeks amid financial challenges. However, the hospital warned state officials…
Struggling Lone Pine, Calif.-based Southern Inyo Healthcare District has seen significant financial improvements since Becker’s connected with its CEO Kevin Flanigan, MD, in late September. “It’s a focus on a philosophy that it’s the system that’s delivering the results,” he…
The California Hospital Association has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Office of Health Care Affordability, alleging the agency’s cost-control measures violate state law and threaten access to care. The 99-page lawsuit, filed Oct. 16, accuses OHCA of exceeding its…
Westfield, N.Y.-based AHN Westfield Memorial Hospital has received designation as a rural emergency hospital from CMS and the New York State Department of Health. The hospital will make the transition to the new Medicare designation in the coming months. Allegheny…
Aspirus Health will transition the surgical services program at Aspirus Iron River Hospital in Michigan to a day-only schedule, effective Oct. 26, the health system confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s. The Wausau, Wis.-based health system said the change…