Healthcare finance news for hospital and health system leaders

California voters have passed Proposition 38, allowing the state to issue $8.4 billion in bonds to fund immunology and immunotherapy research for cancer and chronic diseases Nov. 9, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. Five things to…

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health is eliminating 80 positions, or less than 2% of its workforce, the Coeur d’Alene Press reported Nov. 10. The cuts affect both clinical and nonclinical positions across the nonprofit health system, which employs more than…

U.S. hospitals lost an estimated $132.2 billion in net revenue to bad debt and final insurance denials in 2025, according to a Nov. 4 analysis from Kodiak Solutions. The analysis found that 2,400 hospitals and 375,000 physicians using the Kodiak…

“Medicare for All” had dominated campaigns and media coverage leading up to the 2026 midterm elections, but a spin on it is also emerging as part of Democrats’ latest healthcare push.  The Medicare for All movement garnered substantial support leading…

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Health acquired Wheeling, W.Va.-based Orchard Park Hospital Nov. 1, according to a news release. The hospital now operates as a remote campus of WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital and has been renamed WVU Medicine Healthy Minds – Kids.…

CMS’ final 2027 outpatient payment rule has split the hospital industry, and the inpatient-only phaseout at the center of the fight is sending hundreds more surgical cases to ASCs. CMS finalized the rule Nov. 4. It cuts payment for 340B-acquired…

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group made an unsolicited offer of $28 per share to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, Bloomberg reported Nov. 9, citing a person familiar with the situation. Surgery Partners rejected the offer over concerns about the deal’s complexity…

It’s been a big year for payer contract negotiations at Brentwood, Tenn.-based Ardent Health, CFO Alfred Lumsdaine said on the system’s Nov. 5 earnings call.  “Not every year is created equal, and 2026 had an inordinate number of key renewals,…

Cincinnati Children’s is planning roughly $1.4 billion in capital investments through fiscal 2031, the system said in a statement shared with Becker’s. The system is pursuing bond financing to support expansion and renewal projects.  “This financing will help fund key…

North Dakota posted the largest gain in competitive Rural Health Transformation Program funding in the program’s second year, adding about $7.4 million, while Florida saw the steepest drop, losing about $6.1 million, according to a Becker’s analysis of CMS award…