Pittsburgh-based UPMC recorded an operating loss of $18.3 million (-0.2% operating margin) for the second quarter of 2026, down from operating income of $111.2 million (1.3% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Aug. 27 financial report. …

Here are 68 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service released in 2026. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled…

Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health’s Newark-Wayne Community Hospital will suspend its inpatient labor and delivery, newborn nursery and postpartum services Sept. 3 after it receives approval from the New York State Department of Health to close its Marshall Birthing Unit.  The…

In today’s increasingly complex healthcare environment, physician advisors have become one of the most strategically valuable yet underrecognized resources within health systems. Once seen mainly as support for utilization management and difficult discharge planning, they now play a much broader…

Revenue cycle management company FinThrive recently named Brandon Burnett as chief RCM officer.  Mr. Burnett joined FinThrive in June after serving as vice president of revenue cycle at Fresno, Calif.-based Community Health System since 2021.  Before joining Community Health System,…

New Haven, Conn.-based Yale New Haven Health System reported operating income of $33 million (0.5% operating margin) through the third quarter of 2026, up from an operating loss of $40.2 million (-0.7% margin) during the same period last year, according…

Healthcare organizations are facing an increasingly complex revenue cycle environment. From evolving payer policies and staffing challenges to growing denial rates and regulatory requirements, the administrative burden associated with reimbursement continues to rise. At the same time, margins remain under…

The American Hospital Association is urging CMS not to finalize two 2027 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposals that would accelerate a Medicare payment clawback and cut 340B drug reimbursement. CMS’s proposed rule would raise the annual rate hospitals must repay…

Health system operating margins are currently being held hostage by a systemic breakdown in post-acute care transitions. Across the country, hospitalists regularly delay discharging complex chronic patients out of fear that releasing them into a rural care desert will all…

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health reported $395 million in operating income (4.1% operating margin) for the six months ended June 30, down from $494 million (5.4% margin) during the same period in 2025, according to financial documents published Aug. 25. …