The Toledo City Council has approved its part of a plan that could eliminate up to $240 million in medical debt, NBC affiliate WNWO reported Nov. 9. 

A Florida woman has been awarded more than $68 million in damages after a jury found physicians at a Tampa hospital to be incompetent in treating her low blood sodium, causing her extensive brain damage, a Nov. 9 Law360 report…

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, which operates 13 hospitals and numerous care sites in Eastern Pennsylvania, will largely stop accepting Aetna insurance in 2023, Morning Call reported Nov. 10.

Becker's has reported on 13 health systems that have opted to outsource finance jobs or other revenue cycle functions since Jan. 1:

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is asking the Government Accountability Office to open an investigation into hospitals' compliance with the federal price transparency rules that went into effect Jan. 1, 2021. 

Miami-based Cano Health, a value-based care provider operating in nine states and Puerto Rico, reported revenues up by 33 percent in the third quarter of 2022 to total $665 million.

Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Aurora Health will close its Aurora Health Center in Sister Bay, Wis., Dec. 1, the Door County Pulse reported Nov. 9.

Adults ages 40-49 are more likely than their older counterparts to say they could not afford an unexpected medical bill or need to borrow from friends or family to cover medical expenses, a report from AARP found. 

Three rural hospitals in New York will continue to receive federal funding after CMS changed guidelines allowing them to keep their critical access designations, CBS affiliate WWNY reported Nov. 8. 

The political action committee of the American Hospital Association said it had fallen victim to potential fraud totaling over $12,000 after fake checks were written on its behalf.