Houston County Health Care Authority, the governing body of Dothan, Ala.-based Southeast Health, wants taxpayers to pay four mills — or $4 on each $1,000 of a property's assessed value — in property tax, the Dothan Eagle reported Sept. 14. 

A new analysis from management consulting firm Kaufman, Hall & Associates indicates hospitals and health systems continue to face intense pressure on staff and resources while also dealing with rising expenses for supplies, drugs and equipment, and the workforce, according…

The Health Policy Commission, Massachusetts' health cost watchdog, is calling on state lawmakers to establish price caps for the highest-priced providers, Bloomberg reported Sept. 13. 

Business process management company HGS Healthcare announced Sept. 15 it is changing its name to Sagility. 

Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has received a $106 million donation from the Audrey Steele Burnand estate, The Orange County Reporter reported Sept. 14. 

Research funding from the University of Utah Health totaled $458 million in 2022, accounting for 67 percent of the university's overall research funding of $686 million, according to a Sept. 14 news release from the health system.

The following are hospitals or care centers that have received donations since Sept. 7:

Older adults could receive an increase in Social Security payments as inflation continues to rise. 

St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland will end inpatient and emergency room care in November and transition into an ambulatory health services provider.

Hannaford Supermarkets and the Hannaford Charitable Foundation have donated $100,000 to Portland-based MaineHealth's Franklin Community Health Network (Farmington, Maine) for its "Food as Medicine" program, the Sun Journal reported Sept. 13.