Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported a net loss of $42 million for the third quarter amid continued high labor costs, fewer inpatient admissions, unfavorable payer issues and a generally challenging environment. 

The following hospitals and care centers have received donations since Oct. 19:

As healthcare providers face economic headwinds, depressed volumes, and formidable competition, they are rethinking traditional approaches to growth.

Greenwood (Miss.) Leflore Hospital has been in talks with the Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center to take over operations in early December, but negotiations have stalled, partially because of the hospital's $5.6 million in debt to CMS, according to…

Revenue across hospital-owned and physician-owned centers rose in 2020-21 but performance varied, with specific declines from 2019 to 2021, according to a Medical Group Management Association report. In addition, declining revenue in some areas was accompanied by significantly higher operating…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $56.24 million to the Rugby, N.D.-based Good Samaritan Hospital Association to build a new critical access hospital and emergency room, according to an Oct. 25 news release.

Modernizing strategies and approaches used by revenue cycle management (RCM) leaders to maintain adequate staffing while reducing labor costs is a must-do in today's volatile healthcare labor market.

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule that requires public companies whose financial statements contain errors to recoup their executives' bonuses and other incentive pay, according to an Oct. 26 report from The Wall Street Journal.

Former Waystar and Finvi executive David Franklin has been named president of Atlas Health, a company that connects patients to philanthropic medical aid.  

Three Pennsylvania churches partnered with RIP Medical Debt to forgive more than $5 million in outstanding medical bills, NPR affiliate WESA reported Oct. 26.