Owning a public hospital will add additional fiscal difficulties and risks for large urban counties in the U.S. as the country deals with the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service. 

A 60-year-old Pennsylvania woman is facing a $52,112 bill from an air ambulance company after she was transferred via helicopter from one Philadelphia hospital to another, according to The New York Times.

Providers today struggle with streamlining and strengthening their revenue cycle operations due to unstandardized workflows and inefficiencies on the AR front line.

As hospitals navigate operational challenges amid the pandemic, it has never been more important to modify the patient experience to generate great outcomes and receive adequate payment. 

"Price transparency has been touted as a way to reduce healthcare spending, but there’s one big problem: It has rarely worked." -JAMA Forum, Aug. 22, 2019

A strong collaboration between physicians, revenue cycle teams, quality and audit teams is crucial to ensuring a hospital patient’s most accurate clinical picture and balancing the organization's financial picture with overall quality.

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is taking steps to reduce costs to help offset losses tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In a recent press release, Alpha Health, the first Unified Automation™ company for revenue cycle management in healthcare, released results of a national survey designed to assess adoption of automation in revenue cycle operations at health systems and hospitals across the…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's plan to return about $6 billion in federal grants and loans is credit negative, according to Moody's Investors Service. 

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CFOs.