Hospital and health system salary budgets are seeing the biggest increases in 20 years, according to SullivanCotter's "2022 Health Care Staff Compensation Survey."

Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System closed its 460-bed Atlanta Medical Center Nov. 1, a move deemed abrupt by many community stakeholders. On Dec. 27, the health system announced plans to partner with a health system 150 miles away to "expand…

Doylestown Health (Pa.) group, which operates Doylestown Hospital and several other clinics and urgent care facilities, is undergoing a strategic review as it faces "extraordinary and unprecedented financial hardship."

Rural hospitals and health centers face a myriad of challenges. The University of North Carolina's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research in Chapel Hill compiled a list of rural hospital closures since 2005, including the 25 rural hospital…

Becker's has reported on 17 health systems that have opted to outsource finance jobs or other revenue cycle functions since Jan. 1:

Dallas-based Steward Health Care extended their asset-based lending agreement through December 2023.

Advantum Health's new top leaders are focused on technological solutions as health systems struggle to find enough staff to handle the demands of revenue cycle management. 

Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital has filed a lawsuit declaring independence from local government after weeks of fighting over the troubled hospital, local news station WBIR reported Dec. 21.

The cost of care increasingly outweighed concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic as the top reason patients defer healthcare, according to a study published by Qualtrics, an experience management company.

Mass General Brigham reported a $2.3 billion loss in 2022, matching the amount it absorbed in Medicare, Medicaid and health safety net shortfalls.