Revenue cycle has become a critical lever for health systems navigating rising costs, reimbursement pressure and increasingly aggressive payer behavior. For Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, it is also the foundation of how the organization approaches hospital acquisitions and executing financial…
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WVU Medicine is seeking to acquire a Pennsylvania hospital, and for-profit Quorum Health completed the sale of a Texas hospital. Here are hospital M&A moves Becker’s reported on during the week of April 20: 1. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health completed…
Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health posted a $14.6 million operating loss (-0.6% margin) in the first quarter of 2026, an improvement from a $18.4 million operating loss (-0.8% margin) in the first quarter of 2025, according to its most recent financial…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare recorded an operating income of $2.29 billion (12% operating margin) in the first quarter of 2026, down from $2.33 billion (12.7% margin) during the same period last year, according to its April 24 financial report. Eight…
Health systems are navigating a continued push toward value-based payment models, with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) accelerating timelines and signaling a broader expansion of mandatory bundles faster than many executives anticipated. While not all models are…
In this episode, Laura Dyrda, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, Becker’s Healthcare, shares key themes from the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting, including how AI is reshaping clinical care, operations, and the revenue cycle. She also discusses mounting reimbursement pressures and how health…
This episode recorded live at the Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting features Robert Chestnut, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, LMH Health, discussing clinic transformation, the importance of prioritization and people-focused leadership, and strategies to grow and sustain the healthcare…
The pressure on healthcare is not new. However, the industry’s ability to manage it requires leaders to rethink old strategies. This week offered three signals that the usual headwinds are evolving as payers face new threats, hospitals run out of…
For new neurology patients, seeing a physician in person or virtually made no difference in how soon they needed care next, according to an April 22 study in Neurology. The researchers used EHR data from three academic medical centers to…
Sheila Bravo has been appointed senior vice president and chief philanthropy officer of the Beebe Medical Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, Del., effective May 4, according to an April 23 news release. Ms. Bravo joins Beebe…