Rep. Mark Green, MD, of Tennessee has reintroduced legislation taking aim at prior authorization requirements in Medicare, Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans.  Five things to know:  1. The proposed legislation would reform the prior authorization process in…

Bristol (Conn.) Health has shared plans to cut 60 positions amid “negative headwinds and harsh realities” affecting hospitals and systems across the U.S. The news comes after the hospital system also cut 60 positions in March 2024 due to ongoing…

House Republicans, in a 216-214 vote, have approved the Senate’s fiscal 2025 budget blueprint, paving the way for key portions of President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda — including potential sweeping changes to Medicaid.  The budget resolution’s passage marks a…

Many hospitals in Maine, particularly larger ones, are heavily in debt, poor and working out of older facilities, according to a recent report from the Maine Hospital Association. The Financial Analysis of Maine’s Hospitals 2025, obtained by Becker’s, was conducted…

Butler, Pa.-based Independence Health System is laying off 81 workers this week, taking the number of job cuts at the organization up to 151 so far in 2025.  The workforce cuts, which equate to about 2% of the system’s workforce,…

Undue Medical Debt acquired $30 billion in medical debt belonging to 20 million people from third-party debt buyer Pendrick Capital Partners.  Six things to know:  1. The deal marks the largest acquisition in Undue Medical Debt’s history, according to an…

CMS has fined 24 hospitals in 15 states and Puerto Rico for alleged price transparency violations. Here are the hospitals that have been fined, by state or territory:   Alabama (2) D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital (Brewton) Hill Hospital of Sumter County…

Members of Congress will say their fiscal 2025 budget blueprint doesn’t call out Medicaid by name. That might be true, but it’s arguing semantics: To leave Medicare unscathed, as members of Congress vow, the House budget plan’s $880 billion cut…

As health system revenue cycles grow increasingly complex, WVU Medicine is taking a bold step to unify its revenue cycle operations under the leadership of Beth Carlson, who was named chief revenue officer in March. Ms. Carlson brings a unique…

Moody’s downgraded Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System’s rating to “Caa2” from “B1.” Five things to know: