Fitch Ratings downgraded the issuer default rating on hospital staffing firm TeamHealth to "CCC+," due in part to a contract dispute with UnitedHealth and low emergency department patient volumes across the country. TeamHealth's prior rating was "B-."

A church in Chicago raised enough money to pay off more than $19 million in unpaid medical debt, according to The Christian Post. 

Domino's Pizza has pledged to raise $100 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The pledge marks the largest commitment in the Memphis, Tenn.-based research hospital's history. 

Cook County Health is seeking an additional $23 million from the Cook County board to help it restore some planned cuts and address its growing uncompensated care budget, according to Crain's Chicago Business.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health, owned by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, received $1.5 billion in federal grants and loans to offset financial damage linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Bloomberg. 

Baylor Scott & White-College Station (Texas) didn't properly bill for supplemental outlier payments from Medicare, according to a Sept. 3 report from HHS' Office of Inspector General.

Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Health announced Sept. 8 that it has laid off 51 employees and will make other cost-cutting moves to offset financial strain linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to TV station WWNY. 

More than 260 hospitals in the U.S. furloughed workers this spring to help offset financial losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

President Donald Trump signed an executive measure in August, instructing the U.S. Treasury to halt collection of payroll taxes from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31. Three health systems told Forbes that they're opting out of the plan. 

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital has agreed to pay its home city of Park Ridge, Ill., $1.9 million in lieu of a tax that used to be collected from its parking fees, which the hospital waived a decade ago.