Nonprofit hospitals upgraded to ‘stable’ outlook: Moody’s

The credit ratings agency expects nonprofit hospitals to start financially recovering next year on improving patient volumes, reimbursement rates and cash flows.

By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 9, 2023

For-profit hospital operators strained by physician fees, payer relations in Q3

With the exception of HCA, the biggest U.S. health systems all reported lower year-over-year profits in the third quarter.

By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 9, 2023

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Provider burnout

Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.

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Best Buy inks third health system product development deal, with Mass General Brigham

The tech retailer notched similar partnerships to co-develop home care products with Geisinger and Atrium earlier this year.

By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Nov. 8, 2023

Kaiser Permanente’s investment, operating income rebounded in Q3

Kaiser reported a $239 million profit and $83 million in investment income, compared to multi-billion dollar losses in the same period last year.

By Susanna Vogel • Nov. 7, 2023

Preparing for the future: Hospital climate resilience plans challenged by cost, uncertainty

As extreme weather events caused by climate change ramp up in frequency, hospitals are struggling with financial and data challenges in disaster planning.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 7, 2023

Hospitals improve on infection control after COVID-19 spike: Leapfrog

However, patient experience scores declined again, which could be the result of ongoing labor shortages, according to Leapfrog Group CEO Leah Binder.

By Emily Olsen • Nov. 6, 2023

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 Parduhn • Nov. 3, 2023

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

A data breach at the Illinois Department of Human Services may have exposed the information of more than 700,000 people.

By Emily Olsen , Susanna Vogel • Updated 16 hours ago

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 Parduhn • 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 Parduhn • 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 Parduhn • 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