Two of the largest nonprofit health systems, Ascension and CommonSpirit Health, ended fiscal year 2022 with losses. 

Eighty-three percent of health systems outsource some revenue cycle components, including 10 percent that use end-to-end partnerships, according to a report from the Health Management Academy. 

Advata, the data analytics spinoff from Renton, Wash.-based Providence, has introduced a new revenue cycle management product it says enables providers to improve accounts receivable management.  

Five health systems recently posted job listings seeking vice presidents of revenue cycle. 

Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica has agreed to pay $7.6 million, two months' worth of overdue payments, to the University of Toledo after the state raised the possibility of a lawsuit, according to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's website. 

The University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine has received $50 million from Stewart and Judy Colton for its autoimmune care center. 

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Boston-based Mass General Brigham have made financial commitments to implement "Food is Medicine" programming as part of a federal initiative to help national food insecurity.

The following hospitals and care centers have received donations or grants since Sept. 22:

Revenue cycle management company Finvi is expanding the functionality of its Artiva HCx platform to better support post-acute care providers. 

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission voted to approve the performance improvement plan submitted by Mass General Brigham, in which the provider plans to cut spending by $127.8 million, according to a Sept. 27 news release from the commission.