Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System plans to close two community hospitals Dec. 30.

The House passed a $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief package Oct. 1, but the bill is unlikely to get through the Replucian-led Senate and become law, according to CNBC. 

President Donald Trump on Sept. 30 signed a short-term spending bill that funds the government through Dec. 11 and relaxes the repayment terms for Medicare loans hospitals received earlier this year. 

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System received a $25 million donation that will support its cancer institute, the organization said Oct. 1. 

Healthcare expenditures in the US represent nearly 18% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Many take issue with the level of healthcare spending in this country based on comparisons to other countries.

There were more than 300 private equity deals in the healthcare industry in 2019, and the healthcare sector has continued to draw private equity investors in this year. 

The U.S. spent nearly twice as much per capita on healthcare as comparable countries in 2018, according to a recently released Peterson-Kaiser Tracker analysis. 

Medicare payment rules and hospital closures were among the healthcare finance topics that piqued the interest of readers in September. 

Hospital and health system leaders are preparing for reimbursement shifts after the COVID-19 pandemic, including growth in self-pay patients and lower reimbursement from commercial payers, according to an analysis from the Guidehouse Center for Health Insights, which cited data from…

CMS has reinstated funding for Houston-based Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center's heart transplant program two years after reimbursement was cut off, according to the Houston Chronicle.