Minnesota law kicks in requiring hospitals to bolster charity care checks prior to debt collections

As of Wednesday, Minnesota hospitals must check patients' financial assistance eligibility prior to sending debts to collections, as a part of a multi-year push around charity care oversight. 

By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 3, 2023

CMS finalizes 2024 Medicare hospital, doctor payments, 340B fix and price transparency requirements

Regulators finalized a number of rules Thursday with sweeping implications for providers in the Medicare program, including rates for next year that doctors and hospitals slammed as insufficient.

By Rebecca Pifer • Nov. 3, 2023

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Payer/provider relationships

As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.

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Hospitals, providers file amicus briefs against HHS website tracking restrictions

Hospital associations and individual health systems asked the court to block the Biden administration's policy for website tracking.

By Susanna Vogel • Updated Jan. 17, 2024

North Carolina AG threatens lawsuit against HCA

The massive for-profit operator has allegedly shuttered services at Mission Health, the hospital system it acquired in 2019, violating the terms of its purchase agreement.

By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 2, 2023

Walmart inks partnerships with health system, insurer in Florida

The partnerships — which include Walmart Health’s first patient care coordination agreement with a health system — aim to improve care coordination and referrals from its 23 health centers in the state.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 2, 2023

Tracking healthcare data breaches

Breaches at a dermatology provider and a radiology practice exposed the data of 3.3 million people collectively, according to filings with federal regulators.

By Emily Olsen , Susanna Vogel • Updated July 21, 2025

Tenet Healthcare beats expectations on growth in ambulatory and acute services

Tenet was also the latest for-profit operator to call out the impact of rising physician fees from the implementation of the No Surprises Act.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 31, 2023

HHS proposes ‘powerful’ penalties for providers found information blocking

Regulators on Monday proposed a long-awaited rule tying payments for hospitals and doctor’s offices in three popular Medicare programs to compliance with data-sharing regulations.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 31, 2023

Biden administration overhauls surprise billing resolution process amid controversy

Regulators say they're trying to make payment dispute resolutions more fair and efficient following more than a year of industry complaints.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 30, 2023

Ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities cost $77.5B in downtime, report finds

On average, organizations were shut down or unavailable to provide services for 14 days to due to ransomware attacks from 2016 through mid-October this year, according to cybersecurity research firm Comparitech.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 27, 2023

Guidance change threatens hospital 340B drug discounts

The Health Resources and Services Administration is once again requiring hospitals to register outpatient clinics and list them on Medicare cost reports, setting a higher bar for eligibility in the drug discount program.

By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 27, 2023

Again in the red, Community Health Systems logs $91M net loss in Q3

Despite cost containment efforts, CHS reported a net loss this week for the third consecutive quarter.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 26, 2023

UHS beats Wall Street expectations on rising patient volumes

The for-profit hospital operator grew revenue in the third quarter despite challenges in payer relations and Medicaid redeterminations.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 26, 2023

Calling healthcare burnout a crisis is an ‘understatement,’ CDC says

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm on increasing levels of burnout and harassment in the healthcare industry.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 25, 2023

UPMC, Washington ink definitive merger agreement

The Pennsylvania-based nonprofits are one step closer to completing their merger, despite pushback from local unions.

By Sydney Halleman • Oct. 25, 2023

Prospect Medical Holdings clear to seek buyer for Crozer Health

The health system has nine months to find a buyer for its struggling four-hospital health system under an agreement announced by the Pennsylvania attorney general last week.

By Susanna Vogel • Updated Feb. 7, 2025

HCA misses Q3 expectations on costs from staffing firm Valesco

The for-profit reported operational strains associated with its physician staffing firm in its third-quarter earnings.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 24, 2023

How 4 health system executives are tackling supply chain challenges

After the COVID-19 pandemic caused worldwide disruptions, executives at four major health systems shared how they’re innovating supply chain tactics.

By Sydney Halleman • Oct. 23, 2023

Physician turnover more complex than just burnout, study finds

In a qualitative study examining physician turnover, participants said their departures were mostly driven by a desire for increased flexibility.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 20, 2023

Washington hospitals sue state over expanded interpretation of a charity care law

A state hospital association says the updated charity care guidance, which would require facilities to offer subsidized care for patients regardless of residency, risks making Washington a “medical tourism destination."

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 19, 2023

Henry Ford, Ascension enter joint venture to create $10.5B system

The no-cash deal will combine Detroit-based Henry Ford Health with Ascension’s southeast Michigan and Genesys healthcare facilities and create an organization spanning more than 550 sites.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 19, 2023

Atrium Health ends policy of suing patients for unpaid medical debt

The North Carolina-based health system sparked controversy by filing 2,482 lawsuits against patients with medical debt between 2017 and 2022.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 17, 2023

Financial distress is driving health system M&A, Kaufman Hall reports

More than a third of transactions announced in the third quarter included a party that cited financial distress as a reason behind the deal.

By Emily Olsen • Oct. 17, 2023

Healthcare worker exodus continued through 2022, new data shows

Physicians accounted for nearly half of departures from 2021 through 2022, with staffing shortages putting care quality at risk, according to a new report from Definitive Healthcare.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 17, 2023

California sets $25 per hour minimum wage for healthcare workers

The law, backed by healthcare unions, is expected to affect approximately 469,000 healthcare workers and will be phased in over the next several years.

By Susanna Vogel • Oct. 16, 2023