Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has named Denise Waters vice president of revenue cycle, according to a post on her LinkedIn page.  She joins Wellstar from Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners, where she served as vice president of revenue cycle since June…

Here are 27 health systems that recently had their outlooks upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2026. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Health systems were compiled from credit rating reports. Adena Health System’s outlook was…

Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Ascension, based in St. Louis, seeks a revenue cycle clinical transformation specialist…

HCA Healthcare patients are owing the health system more and struggling to pay for their medical bills amid economic headwinds, executive vice president and CFO Mike Marks said at the Sept. 15 Jefferies Healthcare Services and Technology Conference in Nashville. …

HCA Healthcare CFO Mike Marks said payers have outpaced hospitals on AI-driven claims processing, adding another layer to the friction hospitals face on denials, underpayments and prior authorization. “I know there’s a lot of talk about AI in the hospital…

Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding is being restored to Texas, ending months of negotiation between the state and CMS. The funding authorizes payments to hospitals, physicians, rural clinics, nursing facilities and behavioral health providers across the state, according to…

As healthcare leaders assess the forces reshaping the revenue cycle workforce, connecting with younger employees is an increasingly valuable skill set. Some of those employees, as Mayo Clinic’s Nikki Harper pointed out during Becker’s IT + Revenue Cycle Conference, are…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is seeing softer elective surgery volumes as patients lose coverage through the health insurance exchanges, with broader affordability pressures potentially contributing to the slowdown, CFO Mike Marks said Sept. 15 at the Jefferies Healthcare Services and…

St. Louis-based Ascension has reached an agreement to transfer full ownership of its co-owned Arizona managed care health plan, Mercy Care, to CVS Health subsidiary Aetna, a spokesperson for Ascension confirmed with Becker’s.  Ascension co-owns the plan with San Francisco-based…

Amid mounting reimbursement complexity, rising denial rates and staffing challenges, organizations ranging from independent rural hospitals to large, multi-hospital systems are striking partnerships with revenue cycle management firms.  Here are nine hospitals and health systems that have outsourced revenue cycle…