As the healthcare industry continues to face financial and policy shifts, hospital bankruptcies show no signs of slowing. Becker’s covered 20 healthcare organization bankruptcies in 2025, up from 15 in 2024, suggesting  financial pressures from healthcare workforce shortages, rising operational…

CMS said Sept. 22 that it canceled plan year 2026 ACA policies covering 760,000 people. CMS canceled 315,000 policies covering these individuals Aug. 31. According to federal rulemaking records — set to publish in the Federal Register on Sept. 23…

Ember AI, a Burlingame, Calif.-based, AI-powered revenue integrity platform, said the company achieved 433% growth of its customer base over the past year while maintaining 100% customer retention, according to a Sept. 22 news release shared with Becker’s. The platform…

Marshall, Mo.-based Fitzgibbon Hospital, which was taken over this month by American Medical Administrators, will end labor and delivery services Sept. 30. Chesterfield, Mo.-based American Medical Administrators and Fitzgibbon Hospital said the decision followed a review of hospital operations, service…

The No Surprises Act is the most important piece of legislation for providers that most have never heard about. After years of patient complaints regarding balance billing, the NSA was launched Jan. 1, 2022, to protect patients and their rights…

Artificial intelligence has arrived on both sides of the hospital-health plan negotiating table, and Deborah Greer, MD, wants to make sure one thing doesn’t get lost in the speed: the physician who has to own the call. Dr. Greer is…

Three of the nation’s largest for-profit hospital operators are increasingly describing themselves in broader terms as their businesses expand well beyond the walls of acute care hospitals. HCA Healthcare, Community Health Systems and Tenet Healthcare are pursuing different versions of…

The American Hospital Association has pushed back on multiple elements of CMS’ proposed rule that would overhaul how Medicaid provider taxes are calculated and monitored, suggesting that these changes could result in financial instability for both hospitals and states. In…

A payroll problem that affected some employees’ paychecks has been resolved and was caused by a banking issue, Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Health System said in a Sept. 21 statement shared with Becker’s. “Vista Health System previously addressed an issue affecting…

Chris Allen became executive vice president and CFO of UChicago Medicine Sept. 1, 2025, but it wasn’t his first time walking the system’s halls. In his early career, Mr. Allen served as a budget analyst in the University of Chicago’s…