Turquoise Health averages 14,000 monthly visits to its website, which allows patients to compare prices before getting care, according to its "Price Transparency Impact Report," released Oct. 18. 

Patients are increasingly paying out of pocket for healthcare, forcing providers to spend more effort on collections. Health systems often offer patients various payment options, but that's generally at the expense of the system in time, money and resources.

Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children's Hospital has received nearly $14 million in donations in fiscal year 2022, breaking its record for donations in one fiscal year. 

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare completed its Epic revenue cycle integration in September, a process the system's vice president and chief revenue officer, Tracy Berry, said was a smooth one. 

The National Institutes of Health awarded East Lansing-based Michigan State University $3 million to study the role of testosterone in how males and females experience depression, according to an Oct. 18 news release.

About one week after Chicago-based CommonSpirit confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack, Fitch Ratings said it finds the overall credit impact "minimal at this time," according to an Oct. 18 update. 

The National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences awarded $55.5 million to the New York-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

A report from a union representing more than 15,000 healthcare workers alleges that most of Oregon's 10 largest health systems have "set up roadblocks to accessing financial assistance programs and are currently out of compliance with Oregon law." 

Health technology company Turquoise Health published its first "Price Transparency Impact Report" Oct. 18, which found that nearly 5,000 hospitals and 80 insurance carriers have posted negotiated rates. 

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