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November 05, 2024

Judy Faulkner's leadership philosophy | Kaiser suffers data breach | 5 healthcare ballot measures to watch | SCOTUS hears Medicare pay case | R1 posts $19.9M loss in Q3

November 04, 2024

NJ system files for Chapter 11 | New features from EHR giants | CMS posts 3 final payment rules | How for-profit systems stack up in Q3 | 10 October RCM headlines

October 31, 2024

40 rev cycle leadership moves | Pa. AG sues system for hospital mismanagement | 35 systems' days of cash on hand | 14 Epic updates | Humana: Why payers, providers aren't aligned on 2-midnight trends

October 30, 2024

10 billing fraud cases | Confier's role in Tenet's selling spree | 37 best healthcare inventions of '24 | MD Anderson dropped from BCBS Texas plans | RCM co. rebrands

October 29, 2024

Oracle launching new EHR | 2-midnight triggers 'aggressive' payer tactics: CHS CFO | 45 hospitals raising pay | 2 Ill. hospitals to close | 15 things to know about Gen Z

October 28, 2024

HCA CEO decries 'way too many denials' | The cost of 12 EHR installs | 50 notes on hospital consolidation | Fairview's RCM team goes beyond avoiding penalties | Baptist Health taps rev cycle leader

October 24, 2024

50 things to know about Epic | MA plans made $7.5B from 'questionable' assessments | Some payers 'hitting snooze' on 2-midnight rule | CMS lifts suspension on UHC MA Plan | 100 top hospitals for critical care

October 23, 2024

UnitedHealth settles with Labor Dept. | 10 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Change Healthcare's plan to win back business | What's keeping medical coders up at night? | Days of FFS 'running out'

October 22, 2024

61 hospitals cutting jobs | Judy Faulkner's wealth distribution plan | Texas system taps rev cycle VP | Payer, Salesforce partner on prior auth | OSF CFO resigns

October 21, 2024

Senate slams MA denials: 10 notes | RCM co. facing multiple suits following breach | Health systems take over Optum clinics | CVS ousts CEO | Cigna, Humana merger talks resume

October 17, 2024

2 charged with Cedars-Sinai cyberattack | Epic asks judge to dismiss lawsuit | Duke CEO, UnitedHealth at odds over contract | Oracle to simplify healthcare billing | Rev cycle leaders see gen AI's potential

October 16, 2024

Change hack costs to reach $2.87B | 20 systems naming rev cycle VPs | More systems dropping MA plans | 24 systems preferred 2-to-1 | Calif. System to lay off 107

October 15, 2024

Hack breaches RCM co.'s patient data | 14-hospital system splits with UnitedHealth | Kaiser to lay off more workers | BCBS reaches record antitrust settlement | Easiest, hardest roles to retain Gen Z talent

October 14, 2024

Rev cycle's up-and-comers | NC system names rev cycle leader CFO | Ex-hospital CEO indicted | Payers ranked by average MA star ratings | UH won $400M EHR approval with 1 slide

October 10, 2024

12 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Hospitals sick of fighting for MA dollars | What a survey reveals about Gen Z | NY system sues payer over $50M in withheld payments | Hospitals and Milton: 9 notes

October 09, 2024

23 systems switching to Epic | UHealth taps rev cycle VP | 15 systems outsourcing RCM | Ransomware attack at Texas system spreads | Harris pitches Medicare home care coverage

October 07, 2024

FTC may weigh in on Epic suit | CMS pitches new ACA rules | CommonSpirit has 'more to do' in rev cycle | Va. system outsourcing RCM | Why a CEO is worried about PE in Medicaid

October 03, 2024

55 hospitals cutting jobs | Vance, Walz debate: 4 healthcare takeaways | Ex-CEO to pay $5.3M in false claims case | Should health systems monetize patient data? | UnitedHealthcare sues CMS over 1 phone call

October 02, 2024

Ex-Tenet execs face $400M kickback trial | CFPB puts RCM cos. on notice | 14 systems outsourcing RCM | Why Inova stopped 'revenue diversification' | 9 Epic updates

October 01, 2024

UnitedHealth launches gold-card program | Epic, Particle's feud: 6 notes | Wellstar taps AVP of rec cycle operations | CVS board mulls break up | Anthem plans fined over claims disputes

September 30, 2024

Judy Faulkner's succession plan | Steward CEO resigns | 4 MA plans audited | 25 systems' cash on hand | Sentara cuts 200 jobs

September 26, 2024

The challenge tormenting rev cycle leaders | Judy Faulkner's interoperability fix | 10 billing fraud cases | Pay cuts, layoffs hit the C-suite | Steward CEO held in contempt. Now what?

September 25, 2024

Ind. system outsources RCM | 3 execs to exit Baystate | What the 'average' health system looks like | Texas system closing ER | Systems outsource Epic EHR switches

September 24, 2024

Older adults should avoid MA, says former payer exec | 10 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | 2 hospitals abruptly close | Lifespan cuts 20% of execs | Epic's antitrust suit: 7 notes

September 23, 2024

Epic faces antitrust suit | Change Healthcare overhauls systems | Another round of Optum layoffs | Ala. hospital abruptly closes | FTC v. PBMs: 10 things to know

September 19, 2024

Why 40% of hospitals are losing money | WVU Medicine's 'fail fast' approach to payer denials | NJ system braces for 2,602 layoffs | Most frequent CMS citations | AI company misled hospitals: Texas AG

September 18, 2024

More systems dropping MA plans | Ballad taps chief revenue officer | A cautionary tale for health systems | Hospitals confront long-term strain from Change hack | Oracle Health's new EHR capabilities

September 17, 2024

Threats loom over hospital rev cycle | What's coming for Epic? | HCA Mission CEO steps down | Hackers 'Zoom-bomb' hospital | Texas system lays off 129

September 16, 2024

Fla. system dismisses CEO | Healthcare reform fades from election spotlight | Hospitals sue HHS over MA pay | Ore. system lays off 1% of workforce | Labor cost trends at 25 systems

September 12, 2024

EHR costs at 10 systems | Calif. hospital halts operations | 8 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | How systems feel about RCM partners | Mercy hands Anthem ultimatum over denials

September 11, 2024

AMA posts CPT 2025 code set | Trump, Harris debate: 3 healthcare takeaways | 20 systems' days of cash on hand | Northwell's Epic installation price tag | How a rev cycle VP tenure helped 1 CFO

September 10, 2024

10 billing fraud cases | A wave of change coming for healthcare benefits | Calif. hospital CEO exits after 10 mos. | Aetna, HCA hospitals face split | Systems' RCM investment priorities

September 09, 2024

What's stressing out rev cycle departments? | Kaiser taps rev cycle executive director | Is Epic getting too big? | 31 systems ranked by operating margins | 10 hospitals closing departments, services

September 05, 2024

47 hospitals cutting jobs | The biggest threat in RCM | 10 most-archived EHR vendors | Steward CEO to skip hearing | Best MBA programs to grow a career

September 04, 2024

How a Tenn. hospital missed payroll | 31 rev cycle leadership moves | Why some Gen Zers clash with managers | MA's 'unrealized' potential | Ohio hospital closes

September 03, 2024

UnitedHealth's gold-card: 5 details | 10 profitable health systems | Trump pitches rule for payers | 8 August RCM headlines | What health system leaders think of Epic's latest moves

August 29, 2024

19 hospital closures in 2024 | Why Tower Health partnered with Ensemble | Epic adds 19 systems | Tenet's hospital selling spree | Which hospitals are most vulnerable to ransomware attacks?

August 28, 2024

What Epic's TEFCA push means for hospitals | Ga. system taps rev cycle VP | Inside a system's split with UnitedHealth | What happens when MA contracts are terminated? | 18 credit rating upgrades

August 27, 2024

La. hospital wired $226K to scammers | CMS scrapped MA rule over industry opposition | 7 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | 8 Epic updates | Steward hospital furloughs workers

August 26, 2024

Ex-hospital CEO admits to embezzlement | What's next for Epic? | 18 health systems dropping MA plans | Feds arrest alleged hospital hacker | Orlando Health's CFO exits

August 21, 2024

Judy Faulkner's long-term plan for Epic | 19 systems naming rev cycle VPs | Judge strikes down FTC's noncompete ban | Top health system employers in each state | Lowest-rated MA plans

August 20, 2024

Tenn. hospital misses payroll | Harris' economic plan: 4 healthcare notes | Former R1 CEO to return | Humana settles Medicare drug fraud case | How RCM leaders ensure AI buy-in

August 19, 2024

Epic plans nationwide transition | Kamala Harris and Medicare for All | Ascension Ill. hospital to close | Judge tosses bankrupt Calif. system's Multiplan suit | Top EHRs of 2024, per Forbes

August 15, 2024

CMS' 10 negotiated drug prices | Ark. system taps rev cycle VP | 2-midnight rule yields mixed results | Mass. hospital leader resigns | 8 prior auth updates

August 14, 2024

10 billing fraud cases | MA insurers ranked by prior auth denial overturn rates | 3 systems seeking chief revenue officers | 25 fastest-growing healthcare cos. | Judy Faulkner on IT complexity

August 13, 2024

45 hospitals cutting jobs | Hospitals turn layoff pain to gain | 6 overused healthcare buzzwords | Ascension taps rev cycle AVP | Trump, Harris tread in ACA ambiguity

August 12, 2024

MetroHealth fires another CEO | 13 systems outsourcing RCM | 100 great hospitals in America | The truth about hospital profitability | R1 absorbs increased costs from Ascension IT outage

August 8, 2024

28 rev cycle leadership moves | Where hospitals fall short with MA | Calif. payer cuts 24% of prior auth requirements | Pa. hospital hit with $45M verdict | Can ChatGPT help with EHR interoperability?

August 7, 2024

11 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Texas system to lay off 1,000 | MA insurers ranked by prior auth denials | Big data unlocks new revenue streams for hospitals | Epic's new hospital feature

August 6, 2024

VP pick Tim Walz on healthcare: 8 notes | 20 'most beautiful' hospitals | MA + prior auth: 19 numbers to know | The key to UTMB's high-performing revenue cycle | 10 providers seeking RCM talent

August 5, 2024

Judy Faulkner's interoperability philosophy | Steward to lay off 1,243 | 5 recent RCM M&As | Home visit diagnoses inflate MA payments: WSJ | Hospitals aren't over the pandemic

August 1, 2024

UnitedHealthcare launching gold-card program | PE firms acquiring R1 | CMS drops 4 final payment rules | Pa. system lays off workers, closing facilities | The hospital finance misconception plaguing C-suites

July 31, 2024

All 657 of CMS' 1- and 5-star hospitals | 4 July rev cycle exec moves | Calls grow for HCA to relinquish Mission | A look at Epic's partnerships | CHS to exit Pa. | What 5 studies found about MA

July 30, 2024

10 billing fraud cases | MetroHealth taps RCM leader | 42 healthcare rising stars | 6 Epic updates | CHS divests 28 hospitals in 4 years

July 29, 2024

2 Steward hospitals to close | Epic's data fight | Project 2025: 8 healthcare notes | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Lurie Children's conducts layoffs | 61 financially strong systems

July 25, 2024

41 hospitals cutting jobs | 17 systems naming rev cycle VPs | Optum closing clinics | Insurers owe $10.3B in ACA risk adjustment | Federal MA scrutiny isn't going away | The price of being a workaholic

July 24, 2024

CommonSpirit's bill collector hacked | Providers sue UnitedHealth over Change breach | Feds probe Texas Children's | R1 sets bid deadline | 10 Optum exec exits

July 23, 2024

15 systems dropping MA plans | Okla. system closing flagship hospital | Epic's dominance in 12 numbers | 2 hackers plead guilty in hospital ransomware attacks | An untapped opportunity within health systems

July 22, 2024

Kamala Harris' healthcare policy positions | More Optum layoffs | PE firms mulling rival R1 RCM bid | 10 notes on the Microsoft-CrowdStrike IT outage | The dangers of 'botsh-t' in healthcare

July 18, 2024

Top hospital employers, per Gen Z | Adventist HealthCare taps rev cycle leader | 2 firms, 7 RCM co. acquisitions | 11 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | UnitedHealth was 'over-optimistic' about Change restoration

July 17, 2024

NM hospital investigated for alleged care denial | 5 systems naming rev cycle chiefs | Change cyberattack costs soar | The lynchpin in hospital-payer fights | US News' top hospitals by state

July 16, 2024

Change hack disrupts 2-midnight analysis | Emory taps rev cycle chief | US News' Best Hospitals 2024-25 | JD Vance's healthcare record | 11 arrested at UnitedHealth protest

July 15, 2024

Former Chicago hospital CFO charged with fraud | 1,500+ bed hospital hit with price transparency fine | 12 systems outsourcing RCM | UChicago Med creates Epic app | Centene board beats $1.3B Medicaid fraud suit

July 11, 2024

10 billing fraud cases | Steward paid spy firm before bankruptcy | UnitedHealth, CVS, Cigna to face FTC suit | Why prior auth could become an AI 'arms race' | Hospital returns to paper records

July 10, 2024

Insurers net $50B from 'questionable' MA coding | Va. system strikes RCM deal | Change preps breach notifications | The 5 wealthiest women in healthcare | CMS floats 2.6% hospital outpatient pay bump

July 09, 2024

Emory hospital to close | Ariz. system names rev cycle VP | UPMC scrutinized for private jet use | EHR consulting firm conducts layoffs | Cigna fined for claims dispute issues

July 08, 2024

CommonSpirit cutting jobs | 16 profitable health systems in Q1 | Chevron ruling may ding reimbursements | 27 called-off deals | The future of EHRs

July 03, 2024

38 systems cutting jobs | New price transparency rule in effect | 11 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Hackensack sues HHS after Chevron ruling | Why 1 hospital merger stands out among the rest

July 02, 2024

CEO, CFO sentenced after $1B fraud | 15 systems naming rev cycle VPs | HCA to acquire Catholic system | UHC, Trinity hospitals split | Humana's new CEO takes the reins | 10 June RCM headlines

July 01, 2024

MGB fires 2 employees after data breach | Nearly 200 charged for $2.8B healthcare fraud schemes | Epic vs. Oracle | What Chevron ruling means for healthcare | 5 highest-paying states for healthcare executives

June 27, 2024

Why a 'federal north star' is needed for MA prior auth | 10 billing fraud cases | Hospital CEO resigns after 4 mos. | NY system drops MA plan | Hartford HealthCare accused of price fixing

June 26, 2024

The best RCM software, per Black Book | How a payer avoided MA tensions with hospitals | Texas system's health plan faces closure | Ascension extends selling spree | Firm acquires 5 RCM cos.

June 25, 2024

17 high-performing revenue cycles, per HFMA | Hospital limits hiring due to Change hack | 20 most socially responsible hospitals | Geisinger patient data compromised by IT vendor's ex-employee | Interim CEO, CFO exit Wyo. hospital

June 24, 2024

Change initiates data breach notices | Sutter beats $519M billing suit | IT exec sentenced in hospital hacking | City halts construction on UMPC's $1.5B hospital | 7 Epic updates

June 20, 2024

UH to lay off execs | AMA: Prior auth is 'wreaking havoc' | 2 Advocate Health execs exit | Novant-CHS deal cracks under FTC pressure | Mont. hospital CEO resigns | Providence CFO joins Cedar's board

June 18, 2024

12 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | CMS to end Change hack funding | 40 most common passwords | A 'lucrative corner' of the healthcare market | 19 best health services companies to work for

June 17, 2024

33 hospitals cutting jobs | Nurses raise Epic AI concerns | AMA president talks prior auth | The healthcare crisis under our noses | CMS extends dispute process amid Change hack

June 13, 2024

24 rev cycle leadership moves | Hackers stole patient files from Ascension | Good news for hospital expenses | Lawmakers take aim at MA prior auth | Union owes Calif. hospital $6M over strike

June 12, 2024

Epic's biggest moves in 2024 | Inova names rev cycle VP | What makes a successful rev cycle team? | Healthcare bill targets 'corporate greed' | An IT recession?

June 11, 2024

37 financially strong systems | OHSU to lay off 500+ | The top rev cycle workforce challenges | Epic's next move in AI | Optum sells Settlement Solutions business

June 10, 2024

Supreme Court to review hospital pay formula | 160 CFOs to know | LA hospital on 'brink of closure' | 5 healthcare bankruptcies | VA says Oracle Health EHR is failing

June 6, 2024

VUMC names chief revenue officer | How much 9 health systems are paying for EHRs | Tampa General streamlining RCM | D-SNP prior auth denial rates twice as high as all MA | HCA shares climb to new highs

June 5, 2024

11 systems outsourcing RCM | Ga. system taps chief rev cycle officer | 10 Epic updates | Northwell, NY AG expand financial aid | Steward hospital sale dates finalized

June 4, 2024

10 billing fraud cases | Hospital-payer talks 'coming to a head' | 5 rev cycle exec moves | AMA weighs legal action against Change | Fortune 500's top 25 healthcare companies

June 3, 2024

HHS: Change responsible for breach notifications | NYC hospital strikes RCM partnership | 3 states tackling prior auth | Calif. hospital gets immediate jeopardy warning | Fla. hospital restricts charity care

May 30, 2024

12 systems opting for Epic | SC system taps rev cycle VP | The inpatient, outpatient services that lose the most money | Senators press MultiPlan | UnitedHealth testing 500 AI use cases

May 29, 2024

NY system taps chief rev cycle officer | 10 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Prior auth inpatient claim denial rates by payer type | 8 providers being acquired by payers | Waystar launches IPO

May 28, 2024

Trinity 'taking a stand' against UnitedHealthcare | Epic exec: AI far from fixing prior auth | 40 specialties ranked by pay | Ill. passes prior auth reform bill | A third round of Highmark job cuts

May 23, 2024

29 hospitals cutting jobs | Epic's Expert Group Meeting buzz | Health systems' hard line on insurers pays off | High-paying remote jobs are dwindling | 5 prior auth updates

May 22, 2024

Epic settles patent infringement dispute | Tufts to lay off leaders | The cost of rising final claims denials | 10 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | Calif. system CEO placed on leave

May 21, 2024

13 systems naming rev cycle VPs | System dropping all MA plans | 8 two-midnights updates | 21 hospitals raising workers' pay | HHS puts $50M to hospitals' ransomware fight

May 20, 2024

Optum lays off more staff | Ascension taps rev cycle VP | Cleveland Clinic settles false claims case | 10 key MA questions | Ohio hospital temporarily closes | Epic increases hospital market share lead

May 16, 2024

42 health systems ranked by net income | 8 billing fraud cases | CommonSpirit's 'firm stance' with payers | How Epic names its programs | Providence CEO to retire

May 15, 2024

Texas hospital closing | 8 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Former Allina employee improperly accessed EHR | 17 quick notes on healthcare | 2 RCM firms tap CEOs

May 14, 2024

Ore. system making cancer prior auth 'a thing of the past' | AdventHealth wins HCA turf war | 2-midnight rule could affect 20% of MA patients | Missing payments increase for hospitals | CMS extends Medicaid waivers

May 13, 2024

UHS taps RCM VP | What's driving health systems to switch to Epic? | Ascension confirms ransomware attack | CHS sues MultiPlan | What healthcare learned from the Change hack

May 9, 2024

Cerner lost clients after Oracle acquisition | Ascension reports cyberattack | R1 allowing shareholders to discuss buyout bid | Highmark lays off more employees | 30 financially strong systems

May 8, 2024

15 rev cycle leadership moves | Steward to sell all 31 hospitals | Texas hospital lays off 35% of staff | R1 sees effects of Change attack on Q1 results | How Epic got its name

May 7, 2024

27 hospitals cutting jobs | Ex-hospital COO sentenced in fraud scheme | HCA accused of withholding 1,000 workers' pay | 10 best states for healthcare | Cleveland Clinic names 3 new leaders

May 6, 2024

Steward files for bankruptcy | Have EHRs been good for healthcare? | WVU Medicine taps rev cycle VP | 5 rarest immediate jeopardy triggers | Epic cost factors into UH's operating loss

May 2, 2024

Congress grills UHG | Why Epic trimmed its noncompete list | 9 systems seek rev cycle VPs | Ascension taps CFO | 4 RCM co. exec moves | Why hospital execs think Walmart Health failed

May 1, 2024

11 billing fraud cases | Ore. hospital again cited with immediate jeopardy | JPS Health to pay fired CFO $900K in severance | 25 hospitals ace, flunk patient safety: Leapfrog | 7 RCM headlines to know from April

April 30, 2024

La. hospital closes | UHG CEO: Ransom payment decision was mine | MultiPlan, payers facing price-fixing suit | 12 Epic updates | A busy month for rev cycle VP moves | Walmart Health to close

April 29, 2024

Can Oracle surpass Epic? | HCA CFO sees 'encouraging signs' from 2-midnight rule | CEO, CFO of Mo. hospital to resign | St. Luke's taps rev cycle VP | Optum closes telehealth arm

April 25, 2024

UPMC lays off nearly 1,000 | 7 systems naming rev cycle VPs | Epic says it rarely loses customers | Why nurses are protesting AI | Health system mergers increase prices by 5.2%

April 24, 2024

Hospitals slam noncompete ban | 10 systems outsourcing RCM | Change hack affects 'substantial proportion of people' in US | Calif. hospital to lay off 191 | 5 CFO moves in 1 week

April 23, 2024

Ore. hospital plans layoffs amid RCM outsourcing | UHG paid ransom for patient data | Fla. system lays off hospital CEO | Ensemble, Microsoft expand partnership | Big health system, payer CEO salaries ranked

April 22, 2024

Optum enacts layoffs | Calif. hospital to lose Medicare contract | UHG CEO to testify on Change hack | Pay dropped for 6 physician specialties | HHS finalizes 340B dispute rule

April 18, 2024

Hackers start selling Change Healthcare data | 9 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | 3 systems sue Aetna | 20 systems ranked by reputation score | 4-year-old hospital up for auction

April 17, 2024

UHG CEO: '[It's] important for the country that we own Change Healthcare' | Exec pay at HCA, CHS, Tenet, UHS | How Cleveland Clinic uses Epic to prevent workplace violence | 15 best healthcare companies for career growth

April 16, 2024

Hackers leak Change data | Epic cracks down on startup | Tenet's highest-earning execs | UnitedHealth posts $1.4B loss | Ex-hospital director pleads guilty to embezzlement | The 2nd leading cause of death worldwide

April 15, 2024

Judy Faulkner's financial philosophy | Cleveland Clinic taps RCM VP | 29 specialties ranked by pay | 4 Ensemble partnerships | Why HCA nurses are working from home | Health systems face more than 1 math problem

April 11, 2024

Major insurers made millions using MultiPlan | 12 billing fraud cases | Tower Health strikes Ensemble RCM partnership | CMS floats 2.6% inpatient pay bump | Epic approved for 'otherworldly' expansion

April 10, 2024

LMH Health replaces fired CFO | Hospitals' MA issue hits inflection point | How long Epic installs take | 7 prior auth updates | Aspirion taps former Optum exec for new role

April 9, 2024

When Epic was the victim of industrial espionage | 5 systems naming rev cycle VPs | 2nd ransomware group extorting Change Healthcare | 42 systems ranked by margins | 150 top places to work in healthcare

April 8, 2024

47 systems ranked by revenue | Hackers claim to get CVS, CMS data in Change hack | 2 Neb. hospitals abruptly close | Ascension taps rev cycle leader | 10 best, worst states for remote work

April 4, 2024

Epic, Cohere expedite prior auths | 20 hospitals cutting jobs | Avg. pay for 38 hospital jobs | Cybercriminals pose as hospital finance employees | UHS' 5 highest-earning executives

April 3, 2024

7 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Risant buys Geisinger | Why MA rates don't mirror rising costs | Ohio hospital lays off workers | Quorum Health names RCM VP | Hospitals prepare for solar eclipse

April 2, 2024

9 systems outsourcing RCM | CMS finalizes 2025 MA rates | 20 financially strong systems | CHS' CEO-to-worker pay ratio | 4 exec exits in 2 days | Companies' Friday compromise

April 1, 2024

Calif. hospital CFO resigns | The enigma of Steward's CEO | 10 March RCM headlines | CHS' highest-earning execs | CEO abruptly exits Va. system | 6 top pulls for Gen Z job seekers

March 28, 2024

R1 RCM report data breach | 8 billing fraud cases | There's no denying RCM teams' top challenges | Biden cracks down on junk health plans | A popular healthcare myth debunked

March 27, 2024

Percentage of initial denials overturned, by payer type | HCA's CEO-to-worker pay ratio | Will hospitals need to notify patients about the Change hack? | Gen Z's professional weak spots | 20 best 1-year online MBA programs

March 26, 2024

20 hospitals where charity care lags behind tax breaks | 7 hospital closures | Denials are costing hospitals $20B annually | VUMC chief revenue officer joins RCM co. | A big year for CEO pay

March 25, 2024

A leading money loser for hospitals | 45% of systems mull MA breakups | Provider lawsuits pile up in wake of Change hack | 7 systems with rating upgrades | CFOs spend 24% of their time on RCM

March 21, 2024

How CMS is digitizing prior auth to save $15B | Hospital losses from Change attack: 5 key figures | Healthcare workers included in $6B student loan relief | 4 Conifer partnerships | Providence debt collector ordered to pay $827K

March 20, 2024

HCA's highest-earning execs | 6 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Has quiet quitting hurt healthcare leadership? | R1 tells shareholders to halt buyout talks | States with the highest, lowest job resignation rates

March 19, 2024

Highest-paying nonphysician jobs | Epic's bet on generative AI | Citadel CEO gives $50M to Fla. system | 11 hospitals cutting services | 5 trends shaping MA | Minimum wages by state | Mayo sells stake in overseas hospital

March 18, 2024

Hospital CEO blames MA for layoffs | UnitedHealth launches claims solution | Middle management's shaky future | 5 RCM mergers and acquisitions | MedPAC: MA needs major overhaul

March 14, 2024

Feds open UnitedHealth investigation over Change hack | 6 HIMSS takeaways | 17 hospitals cutting jobs | Novant taps CFO | How Gen Z bosses lead

March 13, 2024

7 underrated healthcare jobs | UnitedHealth CEO meets with White House | 3 Ensemble partnerships | Tenet: VBC 'increasingly affecting' hospital operations | 6 systems moving to Epic

March 12, 2024

How Change cyberattack could change healthcare | 10 billing fraud cases | Part D plans ramp up prior auth | LCMC taps middle rev cycle VP | What Mark Cuban learned from a $141K oversight

March 11, 2024

Change's timeline to restore systems | Del. system partners with Ensemble | Epic plans new campus | R1 forms committee in wake of buyout offer | A CEO's 'unpopular' opinion'

March 7, 2024

5 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Change hack lawsuits roll in | A consensus for revenue cycle's top challenge | 4 hospitals with uncertain futures | Why healthcare cyberattacks last so long

March 6, 2024

HHS intervenes in Change hack | Why Judy Faulkner favors an all-in-1 EHR | What opera singing and revenue cycle have in common | 4 hospital closures in 2024 | Patient collections fall to 48%

March 5, 2024

What Change hack is costing systems | CommonSpirit 'having real issues' with MA | 5 rev cycle leadership moves | A discreet leadership role gets tougher | Geisinger taps CEO

March 4, 2024

7 Change Healthcare hack updates | 7 healthcare trends we're watching | 12 financially strong systems | When ransomware strikes, who to call? | 10 February RCM headlines

February 29, 2024

Change Healthcare hackers claim massive data haul | 15 hospitals cutting jobs | Adventist strikes Conifer partnership in hospital deal | NJ system taps EVP of revenue operations | 4 fastest-growing health careers

February 28, 2024

UnitedHeath faces antitrust probe | Change attack will affect hospital finances: AHA | Why UHS stuck with Oracle | CHS boosts exec compensation | 10 states that could see largest MA cuts

February 27, 2024

Anthem 'massively screwed up' MA contract: NH official | R1 RCM shareholders mull taking company private | Ransomware gang behind Change attack: Report | 46 healthcare jobs, ranked | Hospitals' overlooked performance metric

February 26, 2024

CHS under federal investigation | Cautious optimism for 2-midnight rule | Change Healthcare hack fallout continues | CMS wants staff back in office | Top healthcare jobs that pay $200K+

February 22, 2024

Why CHS' CFO thinks MA denials have peaked | How a CEO handled a $2B mistake | Providence debt collector settles suit | Former CMS admin: Hospital-MA tensions signal 'broken system' | 4 health systems moving to Epic

February 21, 2024

10 billing fraud cases | Md. hospital CEO put on leave | Who is winning surprise billing disputes? | Job cuts touch healthcare leaders | Some health systems ditch their health plans | Top 6 billionaires in US healthcare

February 20, 2024

Judy Faulkner's best advice | 7 systems outsourcing RCM | 10 hospitals with longest ED visit times | NY cites 15 hospitals over clinical staffing | Americans overdo 'alone time'

February 19, 2024

Healthcare's Oppenheimer moment | CEO resigns after failed inspections | 5 hospitals hit with immediate jeopardy citations | Why 4 systems outsourced RCM to Optum | How much 4 systems are paying for EHRs

February 15, 2024

Why 2 systems ended RCM partnerships | 55 best hospitals to work for, per Forbes | Pa. hospital CEO resigning | Payer M&A derails | Feds target CFO in alleged kickback scheme

February 14, 2024

8 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | VBC an 'elusive concept,' HCA CEO says | 354 RCM companies to know | Steward concerns trickle South | 418 rural hospitals at risk of closure

February 13, 2024

The two-midnight rule and MA: 7 notes | HCA realigns C-level chains of command | CEO's yachts sail into Steward criticism | BJC chief revenue officer retires | Systems forge ahead with Epic

February 12, 2024

Tenet merges hospital, RCM units | Why Optum, SSM split | Epic CEO's questions for system execs | Alleged billing scam could cost $2B | Big payers ranked by 2023 profit

February 8, 2024

Best end-to-end RCM outsourcing co., per KLAS | NYC hospital closure is a real estate ploy, lawsuit claims | What's going on with Steward's finances? | Missouri hospital ousts 2nd CEO in 2 years | UnitedHealth COO retiring

February 7, 2024

The best RCM tools, per KLAS | HCA hospital in 'immediate jeopardy' | 9 hospitals cutting jobs | Calif. hospital settles overbilling allegations | What's behind Florida's health insurance crisis?

February 6, 2024

12 billing fraud cases | Conifer, Dartmouth Health strike deal | Top 25 health systems by EHR vendor | How an early client pitch fueled Epic's strategy | Optum didn't build hospitals — it hired their employees

February 5, 2024

Optum, Allina ink RCM partnership | Oracle Health lays off 124 | 10 systems with strong finances | Medical biller ordered to pay $336M | Rush lays off leaders

February 1, 2024

Former Trump official to lead Oracle EHR | The most 'overrated' CEOs, per CEOs | CMS pitches MA rate cut | Inova details prior auth challenges to CMS admin | UCI Health to acquire 4 Tenet hospitals

January 31, 2024

Ensemble join Epic's rev cycle program | Cedars-Sinai CEO to depart | Another system moves to Epic | Cigna selling Medicare business for $3.3B | Years-old treatment tied to Alzheimer's

January 30, 2024

HCA CFO retiring | A flurry of prior auth reform bills | 4 rev cycle VP hires | MGB pulls physicians from Steward hospital | MultiCare faces billing fraud allegations

January 29, 2024

Has MA lost its luster? | Iowa hospital resolves EHR vendor dispute | What quiet, loud quitters cost employers | Epic in the last 30 days | NJ prior auth reform bill signed into law

January 25, 2024

Health systems up their rev cycle game | Best hospitals for price transparency | 25 burned out specialties, ranked | An unforeseen reason hospitals are pausing surgeries | 5 systems outsourcing RCM

January 24, 2024

10 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Why Judy Faulkner bought a fire truck | HCA ramps up Texas M&A | RCM's biggest challenges | High-deductible plan enrollment shrinks

January 23, 2024

Hackers pose as rev cycle workers | 50 top hospitals: Healthgrades | 2 Wis. hospitals to close | 4 prior auth updates | Hospitals outgrow Great Resignation narrative | NYC relieving $2B in medical debt

January 22, 2024

Epic accused of patent infringement | Waystar dragged into Olive AI lawsuit | The fastest-growing executive job in America | NH system taps rev cycle VP | UPMC faces antitrust lawsuit

January 18, 2024

R1 RCM, Providence complete deal | 10 billing fraud cases | Healthcare's best paying jobs | UH projects $100M+ annual benefit from Epic install | Prior auth rule reactions | 15 most common reasons for hospital citations

January 17, 2024

CMS finalizes prior auth rule | 3 rev cycle VP hires | 15 emerging RCM vendors: KLAS | Epic launches app platform | VC firm to buy Ohio health system | Where baby boomers are moving

January 16, 2024

Will CMS follow through on prior auth reforms? | HCA hospital's Medicare contract at risk | 10 hospitals scaling back care | Wis. system furloughs 3% of staff | NY hospital CEO ousted | Where Gen-Z is moving

January 11, 2024

Medicare reimbursement hits new low | How Allina is building payer relationships | Hospitals' 9 biggest financial challenges | Pa. launches denial appeal website | Starting pay for 14 physician specialties

January 10, 2024

12 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | 26 best healthcare jobs | 2 hospitals closing ERs | Fla. system strikes RCM partnership | RWJBarnabas to lay off 79

January 9, 2024

3 systems ending RCM partnerships | NY systems get cease and desists | 10 Shkreli Award recipients | HonorHealth taps rev cycle VP | 3 RCM M&As in 2 days

January 8, 2024

Why Epic has themes at its User Group Meetings | 4 systems outsourcing RCM | CEOs 'waste a sh-tload' on healthcare: Mark Cuban | 2 RCM cos. combine | The first called-off hospital merger of 2024

January 4, 2024

SSM, Optum end partnership | 200 VHC Health employees shift to Med-Metrix | The state of hospital price transparency | How a health system made its EHR 'fun' | HCA Florida's CFO shuffle

January 3, 2024

What's in store for EHR vendors? | 11 billing fraud cases | Veradigm acquires RCM co. | Prior auth's effect on cancer care | 29 systems' financial losses, gains | 12 healthcare trends + issues for 2024

January 2, 2024

4 best RCM platforms: KLAS | The 2-midnight rule and MA: 6 notes | Epic's 2024 strategy | New prior auth rule in effect | Gen Z, employers poised for clash | NJ system taps rev cycle VP

December 21, 2023

10 prior auth updates in 2023 | 20% of hospitals got price transparency warnings | What Banner's rev cycle VP was most proud of in 2023 | California hospital to lay off 30 | Healthcare's labor trap

December 20, 2023

Adventist rehires rev cycle staff from Oracle | HFMA launching revenue integrity council | The $1B firm sidestepping insurers for surgeries | Kaiser to cut 79 admin jobs | Workers want 'quiet management'

December 19, 2023

UH Epic install costs $400M | Steward faces false claims suit | Most stressful healthcare jobs | Tenet hospital deal called off | Feds set No Surprises Act admin fee at $115

December 18, 2023

What 4 hospitals pay Epic talent | 10 systems outsourcing RCM | 'Dry promotions' on the rise | NC AG sues HCA | Why healthcare needs more Swifties

December 14, 2023

Tampa General to add Epic at 3 hospitals | Humana sued over MA denials | 11 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | 19 best-managed healthcare cos. | Healthcare spending hits $4.5T | Burnout climbs to boards

December 13, 2023

The layoff runway lengthens | Allegheny CFO resigns | 68 systems with strong finances | Initial denials up 18% | Epic gets approval to join TEFCA | How hospitals are battling employee turnover

December 12, 2023

Oracle touts new Cerner plans | The case for 'bare minimum Mondays' | Pay for 38 hospital jobs | Veradigm asks CEO, CFO to step down | Ohio hospital '50-50' on survival | 100 largest hospitals, health systems

December 11, 2023

A $700M Epic journey | 10 billing fraud cases | Lower Costs, More Transparency Act: 9 details | Pa. hospital CEO resigns | 7 prior auth updates | Kaiser cutting 115 jobs

December 7, 2023

HCA goes on spending spree | 9 systems outsourcing RCM | Ex-hospital CFO takes plea to avoid jail | Olive AI founder has new startup | The Mark Cuban effect is here

December 6, 2023

R1 acquiring Acclara from Providence | Prime's RCM vendor caught in MOVEit breach | Steward hospital to close | 2024 to 'make or break' hospitals: Fitch | Why Epic doesn't outsource its call center

December 5, 2023

Judy Faulkner's philosophy on taking a loss | 50 states ranked by health | R1 RCM completes restatements | Adventist, Blue Shield of Calif. split | 'Great wealth transfer' begins

December 4, 2023

Epic's revenue by year | HCA buys 3 hospitals | Kan. hospital not rushing fired CFO's replacement | Oracle Health in the last 30 days | Apple's pay for 10 healthcare jobs

November 30, 2023

HCA buying bankrupt hospital | 10 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Cigna, Humana in talks to merge | 60 Fla. system execs take buyout | 10 Epic updates | Bill Gates predicts 3-day workweek

November 29, 2023

Lawmakers target fees costing hospitals millions | Ore. hospital sued over alleged debt collection practices | Rural hospital closures by state | Mayo plans $5B campus redesign | 15 most, least charitable states

November 28, 2023

Big payers sued over alleged automated claims denials | 72 hospitals cutting services | Amazon's pay for 17 healthcare jobs | 3 health systems tapping Optum for RCM | Hospital margins hold steady

November 27, 2023

Optum faces antitrust suit | 10 hospital bankruptcies in 2023 | 17 hospitals choosing Epic | AMA: Tone down CC'ing on EHR messages | Payer mix in the largest for-profit systems | Avg. wage growth by state

November 22, 2023

Another Texas hospital bankruptcy | 10 recent billing fraud cases | MA denials jump 56%: AHA | Most common medical debt complaints | Advocate taps CFO | 2023's EHR co. layoffs

November 21, 2023

Most expensive EHR installs of 2023 | How one system rewrote a big cliché | $40M medical debt payoff fund grows | PeaceHealth to refund patients | 'Overpaid' CEOs' paths to the top

November 20, 2023

15 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | R1 hit with Nasdaq notice | How Olive AI ran out of time and money | How Thedacare tackles claims denials | Calif. hospital lays off 87

November 14, 2023

Why Epic stays open 24/7 | 63 financially strong systems | R1 to restate financial statements | Tenet's payer mix | Health systems turn to buyouts

November 13, 2023

CFO fired after hospital learns of criminal record | 4 rev cycle exec moves | Johns Hopkins to pay $261M in Netflix case | Lifepoint taps new CFO | Ex-Optum employee to pay $13M for fraud scheme

November 9, 2023

15 hospitals choosing Epic | 7 prior auth updates | Optum closes clinics | A potential snag in the VBC shift | Where RCM leaders' sights are set for automation

November 8, 2023

When Judy Faulkner tells customers 'no' | 7 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Ex-Kettering execs misused funds: Probe | Amazon adds healthcare to Prime | How Baptist Health is reducing administrative burdens

November 7, 2023

CMS pitches equitable MA prior auth | 10 billing fraud cases | Leapfrog's 11 'F' hospitals | Payers ranked by Q3 revenue, profit | Scripps taps rev cycle VP

November 6, 2023

CMS boosts hospital price transparency | 18 Leapfrog straight-'A' hospitals | CMS' 4 final payment rules: 19 details | Fairview cuts 250 jobs | How much hospitals are paying for new EHRs | Intermountain taps RCM leader

November 2, 2023

Rise and fall of Olive AI | Hospitals, Medicare Advantage + breakup blues | 8 October RCM headlines | 10 hospitals with shortest, longest ED visits | Walmart partners with 1st system

November 1, 2023

Olive AI shutting down | Texas system lays off 288 | More UnitedHealth prior auth cuts begin | CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS in Q3 | Meet Waystar's executive officers

October 31, 2023

Tenet CEO blasts payer denials | Cerner in the last 30 days | 16 exec pay stats | Conifer's revenues dip slightly | Former director accused of stealing from Pa. hospital | Where boomerang CEOs fall short

October 30, 2023

Feds float No Surprises Act changes | Pa. system cuts 200+ jobs | Former Medicare Advantage exec charged in $53M fraud case | Where payer prices are highest | 6 Epic updates

October 26, 2023

Payer-provider fights flare up | 14 hospitals selecting Cerner | How patients prefer to settle bills | Top 8 reasons for initial payer denials | 6 notes on Risant Health 6 months later

October 25, 2023

How Epic wooed AMCs | Hospitals resist price transparency fines | Claims denials hamstring hospitals | HCA JV to lose $50M a quarter | How a Texas hospital plans to emerge from bankruptcy

October 24, 2023

5 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | EHR market share through the years | Biggest healthcare change 5 years from today | 3 Epic expansion projects | Healthcare restructuring hits CEOs

October 23, 2023

Judy Faulkner's best advice | 'Fiscal prudence on steroids' | Intermountain taps CFO | ProMedica to lay off 122 | Trinity Health investing aggressively in Medicare Advantage

 October 19, 2023

Hospital CEO pay hits the Hill | 10 best RCM workflow cos. for small hospitals | Elevance faces $500M hit to MA bonus revenue | Cash compensation changes for 6 health system roles | Henry Ford, Ascension team up

October 18, 2023

Layoffs flare as CFOs curb costs | Hospitals sour on MA | Pa. hospital probes patient death | 5 wealthiest people in healthcare | Remote work hits post-pandemic low | 17 healthcare bankruptcies

October 17, 2023

RCM co. acquires Envera | Waystar eyes IPO | Hospitals' brick-and-mortar paradox | Why CFOs are eyeing Venmo, Zelle | 41 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | CMS recognizes 'street medicine' as billable care

October 16, 2023

CommonSpirit reorganizes | Optum's data arm revenue jumps 35% | Mo. system lays off 10% of workforce | How 8 systems are boosting financials | Calif. lifts hospitals' minimum wage | Allina physicians unionize

October 12, 2023

Judy Faulkner's philosophy on taking a loss | 2 hospital closures in 3 days | Ascension to rebound from $3B loss | UnityPoint CEO exits amid scrapped merger | 17 execs' future-proofing strategies | Elevance cuts jobs

October 11, 2023

Adena's 'win-win' RCM partnership | 2 hospital closures in 3 days | Will employers squeeze hospitals? | NC's unique Medicaid challenge | Hospital wages may be rising again | UH nears 60% of $2B fundraising goal

October 10, 2023

Kaiser cuts Calif. jobs | How to fix the 'wild west' of Medicare Advantage | Kan. hospital closes | Miss. hospital decomissions EHR | Prime sells hospital for $200M | Financial pressure is hospitals' No. 2 threat: CIOs

October 09, 2023

8 systems outsourcing RCM | Texas hospital to close | Judy Faulkner's wealth climbs to $7.4B | University Hospitals transitions to Epic | 5 RCM exec moves

October 05, 2023

Optum inks hospital RCM deal | Novant lays off 160 | Why Judy Faulkner prefers 'congrats' | Why BCBS Mich. is cutting prior auths | 274+ RCM companies to know

October 04, 2023

10 billing fraud cases | EHR costs cited in bankruptcy decision | Ky. system taps chief revenue officer | HCA closes Fla. mental health facility | Oracle Cerner's place in EHR market

October 03, 2023

14 hospitals switching to Epic | Mass. system files for bankruptcy | DC hospital's transparency fine rescinded | Projected shortages for 6 healthcare roles | Hospital profitability: 48 statistics

October 02, 2023

Cigna settles MA fraud allegations | LCMC taps chief revenue officer | Lawmakers want prior auth denial answers | Calif. hospital hit with transparency fine | Hospital margins inch up

September 28, 2023

Why hospitals are dropping Medicare Advantage | Cerner in the last 30 days | Systems nix 'stupid stuff' | How Epic changed Madison's reputation | How leaders are improving RCM analytics

September 27, 2023

High-performing rev cycle's secret sauce | 3 hospitals fight price transparency fines | Centene cutting 2K jobs | 58 best healthcare employers, per US News | Cigna claim denial lawsuits mount

September 26, 2023

How Judy Faulkner greets office visitors | 55 financially strong systems | AMA: Payers' prior auth cuts not 'major progress' | CEO blames Ill. hospital closure on bank | An exodus of accountants

September 25, 2023

CommonSpirit cuts 2K jobs | 100 top hospitals: Fortune | Optum's payment integrity chief retiring | Veradigm to be delisted | The state of quiet quitting | Apple's pay for 4 healthcare jobs

September 21, 2023

Hospitals rate 3 RCM vendors | Why 7 hospitals closed | Amazon's pay for 11 healthcare jobs | More No Surprises Act processes resume | How Epic's HQ changes the town around it

September 20, 2023

Intermountain CFO departing | 10 billing fraud cases | Oracle revitalizes EHR | Ascension pares down amid $3B loss | Optum's biggest moves in 2023 | Physician staffing group files for bankruptcy

September 19, 2023

Why Epic is gaining big systems | Price transparency fines in 10 numbers | Why 8 hospitals went bankrupt | What's burdening RCM leaders? | 26 systems preferred 2:1 over competitors

September 18, 2023

What 5 hospitals pay Epic talent | States with the lowest, highest final claims denial rates | Ascension loses $3B | 56 hospitals scaling back care | Ind. AG sues IU Health

September 14, 2023

2024 CPT codes released | States with lowest, highest initial claim denials | 17 profitable systems | Judy Faulkner's business advice | 5 prior auth updates | Advocate names Ill. president

September 13, 2023

Best, worst states for claims payment | Cerner facing headwinds | A budget blindspot in healthcare | Bed counts at price transparency-fined hospitals | Athenahealth taps RCM leader

September 12, 2023

3 more hospitals hit with price transparency fines | Best hospitals to work for, by state | The 85% rule | Ill. system taps VP of rev cycle optimization | 3 payers on prior auth cuts | 11 exec exits in 11 days

September 11, 2023

Texas hospital files for Chapter 11 | Ill. system CFO abruptly exits | Intermountain chooses Epic | 13 RCM M&As | How Epic runs user group meetings | BCBS Mich. cutting prior auth 20%

September 07, 2023

Epic's biggest 2023 moves | Struggling hospital creates GoFundMe | Calif. hospital issues layoffs | The No Surprises Act's next battleground | 12 RCM exec moves

September 06, 2023

4 hospitals hit with price transparency fines | CMS debuts pop health payments | 340B paybacks for 100 hospitals | EHR vendor acquired for $1.6B | Fortune's best places to work in healthcare

September 05, 2023

UPMC unifies 9 EHRs to Epic | Advocate CFO resigns | HSHS warns of fake bills | UnitedHealth starts prior auth cuts | Buddy system comes to C-suites

August 31, 2023

10 billing fraud cases | Pa. hospital struggles to meet payroll | Revenue dip from EHR installs is the norm | The fall of Babylon Health | The 5 most-requested specialties and their pay

August 30, 2023

Texas hospital files for bankruptcy | 'Quiet cutting' in hospitals | Epic in the last 30 days | Prisma files for restraining order against UnitedHealthcare | 2 hospitals combining CFO, COO roles

August 29, 2023

What 5 hospitals pay for Epic talent | Companies embrace 'quiet cutting' | Bon Secours sues Anthem over unpaid claims | HCA, Google partner | CMS names 10 drugs for price negotiations

August 28, 2023

3 rev cycle VPs' biggest challenges | 4 hospital closures in 3 weeks | Hospital margins backslide | Epic adds 2-way patient texting | HHS loses 4th No Surprises Act lawsuit

August 24, 2023

Cigna cutting 25% of prior auth requirements | New plans for Epic | Allina ends controversial billing practice | Amazon tiers healthcare prices | NextGen exploring sale

August 23, 2023

What's exciting 3 revenue cycle VPs | 5 hospitals seeking rev cycle VPs | 15 price transparency 'champions' | Optum lays off nurses | Ore. hospital to close | The starting salary slowdown

August 22, 2023

UnitedHealth's MA prior auth cuts by category | 11 hospital bankruptcies, closures | Mayo Clinic billing probe ongoing | Risant's plan to outshine disruptors | Top 6 EHRs for large hospitals

August 21, 2023

CMS fines hospitals over price transparency | Allina faces billing probe | 80 hospitals cutting jobs | Mark Cuban and 'do less' disruption | Duke LifePoint hospital back in full CMS compliance

August 17, 2023

Hospital aim at Medicare Advantage | Olive sued over missed jobs pledge | What Netflix chaos holds for healthcare | Execs' RCM automation plans | Another bill targets prior auths

August 16, 2023

Hospitals pay millions to get paid | 12 billing fraud cases | 6 prior auth updates | The hospital-community relationship is changing | What Oracle has done since acquiring Cerner

August 15, 2023

UnitedHealth commercial prior auth cuts by category | Rev cycle up-and-comers | Mayo to bill for MyChart | SD system drops all MA plans | 7 hospitals selecting Oracle Cerner

August 14, 2023

Layoffs hit Optum | AdventHealth sues MultiPlan for alleged price fixing | Hospitals are in a world of denial | HCA, Bon Secours spar over ERs | Tenet CFO to stay on part time

August 10, 2023

RCM software with the most hospital installations | 78 hospitals cutting jobs | The looming health system 'redesign' | How systems are tackling EHR burdens | 10 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs: Their paths to the top

August 09, 2023

3 payers halting policies after pushback | Wyo. hospital delays Epic install amid RCM change | Ill. system lays off 20% of leaders | Payer mix at largest for-profit systems | 12 RCM M&As

August 08, 2023

Why health systems are moving away from Oracle Cerner | 3 keys to MD Anderson's MAP award wins | 5 hospital bankruptcies | The end of 'forever CEOs' | What Amazon Clinic means for hospitals

August 07, 2023

A week of 3 hospital closures | CHS revenue broken down by payer | Big payers ranked by Q2 profits | HHS loses another No Surprises Act lawsuit | The names behind Epic's products

August 03, 2023

HCA revenue broken down by payer | Job cuts reach the C-suite | 6 July RCM headlines | What health systems think of Epic, Cerner | 277 top hospitals for patient experience

August 02, 2023

Gold-card legislation unveiled | Labor Department sues UnitedHealth Group | CMS to boost hospital pay 3.1% in '24 | Banner expands RCM partnership | Mich. hospital to close

August 01, 2023

UnitedHealthcare's prior auth cuts start Sept. 1 | Hospital margins hit 1.4% | US News: 22 best hospitals | Conifer's revenues down 3% in Q2 | CVS Health to cut 5,000 jobs

July 31, 2023

49 systems with strong finances | CMS urged not to implement electronic prior auth standards | UHS cherry-picks some patients, CFO says | The EHR vendors hospitals are choosing | 10 best, worst states for healthcare

July 27, 2023

Prior auth reform bill passes House committee | 6 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | UNC to lay off 246 | What health systems think of Epic | Why CHS is offloading hospitals | 248 hospitals with 1 star from CMS

July 26, 2023

12 recent billing fraud cases | 300+ hospitals at immediate closure risk | CHS selling 3 hospitals | Top 6 EHRs for health systems | 11 recent RCM M&As

July 25, 2023

1 MAP Award winner's key ingredients | Cigna sued over claims algorithm | Jefferson to cut 400 jobs | 7 systems bucking the price transparency trend | CFOs' biggest worries

July 24, 2023

36% of hospitals price transparency compliant | Jefferson exec resigns after Twitter trouble | 4 prior auth updates | Cash-strapped Colo. hospital admin eyes rev cycle efficiency | Guard killed in Ore. hospital shooting

July 20, 2023

Prior auth denial rates for 7 payers' MCOs | Advertised pay for 50 healthcare jobs | Health systems switching EHRs due to mergers | Medicaid redeterminations paused in some states | 20 best universities for health administration

July 19, 2023

Epic's workforce grew 18% in 2 years | Optum Health taps CEO | OIG raises concern over prior auth denials | CEOs get serious about cutting labor costs | 10 best healthcare employers for millennials

July 18, 2023

Epic wins $140M in trade secrets case | Prisma, Franciscan outsource jobs | Physician staffing group to close | Health systems' $3.1B missed revenue opportunity | What the top 1% earns in each state

July 17, 2023

Aspirion acquires RCM co. | PHE funds may have overpaid hospitals | NextGen pays $31M to settle FCA allegations | CMS floats hospital price, data transparency changes | 50 things to know about Optum

July 13, 2023

What outsourcing to Optum is like | Price transparency bills advance | Rev cycle company faces proposed class-action suit | How Mass General Brigham will cut costs by $176M | Man charged with murder of surgeon

July 12, 2023

Coding may or may not be the enemy | Average CFO pay by sector | Tenn. physician killed by patient | Where Epic wants to streamline communications | 9 system downgrades, revisions

July 11, 2023

CFOs face worst C-suite job security | CommonSpirit taps division rev cycle VP | 69 great hospital workplaces, per Newsweek | Hospitals installing new EHRs | 171 hospitals affected in HCA data theft

July 10, 2023

CMS pitches $9B repayment for 340B hospitals | NY system lays off 25 leaders | 5 most expensive EHR installations of 2023 | Biden targets surprise billing, 'junk' insurance | CFOs' recession worries

July 06, 2023

6 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | 42 hospitals scaling back care | Ark. hospital files underpayment complaint against UnitedHealthcare | Healthcare job cuts up 97% | Why Johns Hopkins is charging for MyChart messages

July 05, 2023

11 recent billing fraud cases | CMS floats 2.2% home health payment cut | $12B in hospital bonds impaired | 31 exec moves | Ind. hospital shooting left 2 dead

July 03, 2023

69 hospitals cutting jobs | 7 June RCM headlines | Healthcare costs to jump 7% in 2024 | 3 systems partnering with Optum | Calif. systems to pay $68M settlement for alleged billing fraud

June 29, 2023

Coding 'destroys everything': Former Mercy CEO | Pa. system lays off 53 | Epic's biggest 2023 moves | No one knows how often payers deny claims | DOJ charges 78 in $2.5B fraud scheme

June 28, 2023

75+ great hospitals in America | Career backgrounds of 4 for-profit CFOs | 10 hospitals switching to Epic | The 2-midnight rule and Medicare Advantage: 6 things to know | 15 states with lowest hospital expenses

June 27, 2023

Hospital finances hit turning point | 7 key prior auth updates in 2023 | States with the best healthcare systems | Healthcare workers' optimism returning | 9 systems switching to Cerner

June 26, 2023

15 providers recognized for rev cycle performance | Tenet taps new CFO | 15 states with highest hospital expenses | Billing co. faces lawsuit for massive breach | RCM co. raises $16M

June 22, 2023

Highmark, Allegheny Health lay off 118 | 16 profitable systems | Lawmakers want stronger CMS prior auth rule | A look at Cerner's layoffs | States with the most, least medical debt

June 21, 2023

10 recent billing fraud cases | Cerner layoffs: More details | 5 rev cycle leaders on retaining, attracting works | CEO pay ratios at 30 healthcare cos. | Admin. costs for BCBS plans rising

June 20, 2023

Oracle cuts more Cerner jobs | How much do BCBS CEOs earn? | 41 systems with strong finances | 6 hospital closures in 6 months | Calif. fines Kaiser's health plan

June 15, 2023

Healthcare affordability is about to get worse | What will EHRs look like in 25 years? | 44 hospitals most similar to America's top 10 | Calif. hospital president exits after brief term | US health spending to top $7.2T by 2031

June 14, 2023

Olive AI unloads business intelligence | Greg Adams on Risant: 'It's not about becoming Kaiser' | 8 RCM mergers and acquisitions | MA overpayments could exceed $75B in 2023 | Which C-suite leaders are getting promoted to CEO?

June 13, 2023

RCM co. data breach affects 489,000+ patients | Calif. hospital to lay off 100+ | The best end-to-end RCM software, per Black Book | 40 hospitals cutting services | 4 systems installing new EHRs

June 12, 2023

Ill. hospital to close | Best end-to-end RCM outsourcing vendors: Black Book | Allina changes care policy | Dartmouth Health lays off 75 | 65 CFO moves in 2023

June 08, 2023

58 hospitals cutting jobs | End-to-end rev cycle optimization spending up | Interim hospital CEO put on leave | Possible partner found for bankrupt Calif. hospital | NY hospital leaders face $500M lawsuit

June 07, 2023

Top RCM software tools, per BlackBook | Mass. system CEO is out | Miss. hospital lays off 157 | How 4 EHR vendors are using AI | How 1 hospital fosters enthusiastic workforce

June 06, 2023

7 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Geisinger lays off 47 | What healthcare will look like in 100 years | 29 systems ranked by margins | HCA hospitals make 12 exec changes

June 05, 2023

Duke to cut 280 jobs | 25 top healthcare cos. on new Fortune 500 | 35 systems with strong finances | Allina patients with debt denied some services: NYT | 9 health systems on Epic's noncompete list

June 01, 2023

Cambridge Health Alliance plans layoffs | BJC, St. Luke's eye integration | 8 latest hospital bankruptcies, closures | CMS reviewing Texas hospital's price transparency fine | 10 May RCM headlines

May 31, 2023

10 billing fraud cases | Kaiser commits $10M to Denver Health | Hospital margins break even | Cleveland Clinic patients affected in billing data breach | 126 hospital CFOs to know

May 30, 2023

293 hospitals at immediate risk of closure | The payer mix of each state | Epic added 83 hospitals in 12 months | Banner names CFO | Ascension posts $1.4B Q1 operating loss

May 25, 2023

53 hospitals cutting jobs | 9 systems outsourcing RCM | EHR vendors ranked by hospital market share gains | Health system finances looking up | Duke LifePoint hospital no longer in immediate jeopardy

May 23, 2023

Calif. hospital to file for bankruptcy | Top-earning CEOs, CFOs at for-profit systems | 9 changes Oracle made to Cerner | Medicaid redeterminations going worse than expected | What rural healthcare may look like in 2030

May 22, 2023

646 hospitals at risk of closure | Geisinger CEO's vision for Risant Health | 5 exec team shake ups | Lawmakers press payers on MA claims denials | Wash. VA hospital to cut staff due to lost revenue from Cerner EHR

May 18, 2023

Oracle cuts 3K Cerner jobs: Report | 5 new Risant Health details | lll. hospital could close in June | From PE to bankruptcy: Envision's last 5 years | HCA to buy 41 urgent care centers

May 17, 2023

Calif. hospital weighs bankruptcy | 7 RCM leaders weigh in on AI | Ill. hospital pays $12.5M to settle billing error allegations | The healthiest county in each state | Wis. system to drop Envision

May 16, 2023

Envision plans layoffs | Why 10 hospitals were at risk of losing CMS funding | 11 top paid healthcare CEOs | 118 stats on physician pay | 7 exec moves at Optum | Centene shareholders reject exec pay proposals

May 15, 2023

Envision files for bankruptcy | Fifth Third Bank acquires healthcare RCM co. | 3 RCM CFO moves | UnitedHealth Group: 50 things to know | 66 hospital execs' plans to beat inflation | 10 providers seeking RCM talent

May 11, 2023

Ochsner cuts 770 jobs | 30 states pitching prior auth reforms | 32 hospitals cutting services | Envision to file for bankruptcy | Best medical schools for 2024: US News

May 10, 2023

6 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | CMS probes Kan. system | Leaders weigh in on Kaiser-Geisinger deal | 8 prior auth updates | Yale New Haven settles overbilling allegations

May 09, 2023

11 recent billing fraud cases | Payers ranked by Q1 profit | St. Luke Hospital CEO resigns | NY system cutting 60 jobs | Epic's new partnerships | 12 top healthcare cos. by revenue

May 08, 2023

Cedars-Sinai lays off 100+ | CMS ditches fight over hospital's candle | 24 systems with strong finances | Texas hospital to appeal price transparency fine | Ohio hospital closes

May 04, 2023

Hospital could lose CMS funding over candle | Where are Leapfrog's 12 'F' hospital | R1 RCM revenues hit $545M in Q1 | CHS, Tenet, HCA, UHS in Q1 | Healthcare jobs cuts up 83%

May 03, 2023

Hospital margins razor thin but stable: Kaufman Hall | Leapfrog's 20 straight-'A' hospitals | VUMC rev cycle leader named executive medical director for finance | Jefferson hospital to end acute care | 10 best states for healthcare

May 02, 2023

UnitedHealth must pay Envision $91M | HHS dropping vaccine rule | Kaiser medical group CEO to exit | CommonSpirit adds 5 Steward hospitals | 6 RCM co. M&As | Surgeon pay in 50 states

May 01, 2023

CMS tightens hospital price transparency enforcement | Texas hospital closing | RN pay in 50 states: 2023 | 10 April RCM headlines | Md. hospital cuts 150 jobs

April 27, 2023

2 hospitals hit with price transparency fines | Kaiser acquiring Geisinger + why Geisinger will keep its name | PeaceHealth cuts 251 jobs | VA Cerner EHR hit with 2nd outage in 1 week

April 26, 2023

9 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Ind. system freezes hiring | 2 hospital bankruptcies | Average salaries for 37 hospital jobs | Bill would give FTC authority over nonprofit hospitals

April 25, 2023

Ohio hospital to close early | 8 recent billing fraud cases | Conifer's revenues flatten in Q1 | Highest-paid payer CFOs | Interim hospital CEO's job eliminated

April 24, 2023

Duke hospital CFO is out | 18 systems with strong finances | Highest-paid payer CEOs | HCA reports $1.36B Q1 income | FinThrive names 2 to C-suite

April 20, 2023

8 systems outsourcing RCM | Independence, Penn piloting prior auth cuts | Calif. hospital files Chapter 11 | 6 best healthcare cos. for career growth | Hospital expenses per inpatient day, state by state

April 19, 2023

5 most time-consuming RCM tasks | 40 hospitals cutting jobs | Exec pay at Tenet, HCA, CHS | Okla. hospital evacuated for bomb threat | Pa. systems installs new RCM platform

April 18, 2023

59 systems with highest transparency scores | Tenet's 6 top-earning execs | 4 RCM CEO moves | CFOs' No. 1 worry | Hospital CEO exits accelerate

April 17, 2023

Lawsuit: Tenet, Conifer failed to prevent theft of PHI | Gold card could cut 10% of UHC prior auths | HCA revenue grew $20.5B since 2015 | 5 highest-paying physician specialties | Interim hospital CEO proposes cutting own job

April 13, 2023

Google Cloud using AI for prior auths | Lifespan restructures leadership | Health tech execs guilty in $1B scheme | AHA slams hospital charity care rankings | 15 best, worst job markets

April 12, 2023

11 recent billing fraud cases | 25 hospitals with imbalanced charity care, tax breaks | Optum has 70K+ physicians | Baycare adopts RCM automation tool | Hospitals balk at 2.8% pay bump

April 11, 2023

Olive AI sells business line to focus on RCM | CMS' inpatient payment rule: 10 notes | 63% of providers dealing with RCM staffing shortages | 16 health systems' labor costs | 25 hospitals where charity care exceeds tax breaks

April 10, 2023

Great healthcare leaders to know | Layoffs loom for CommonSpirit | Ensemble partnerships add 650 employees | 34 billionaires in US healthcare | Optum quietly buys physician group

April 06, 2023

CMS finalizes MA prior auth reforms | Healthcare job cuts up 65% | 10 RCM exec moves | Wis. hospitals can't charge for electronic medical records | 27 cities attracting Gen Z

April 05, 2023

15 specialties ranked by average billings | Virginia Mason lays off 300+ | 9 prior auth updates | Epic CEO's No. 1 software rule | Ore. system's team approach to MyChart messages

April 04, 2023

8 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | 5 reactions to UnitedHealth's prior auth cuts | Hospitals fight effort to cap exec pay | 11 March RCM headlines | Hospitals with paid trustees tied to less charity care

April 03, 2023

CHS' 5 top-paid execs | NC hospital risks Medicare funding for 3rd time | 5 most trustworthy hospitals, systems | Hospital Q1 defaults hit 12-year high | Colo. lawmakers debate hospital charges

March 30, 2023

UnitedHealthcare to cut 20% of prior auths | Novant lays off 50 | Interim CFO leaves Banner | Meet AGS Health's leaders | Covenant pays $69M to settle whistleblower suit

March 29, 2023

Steward hospital to lay off 827 in closure | Big payer moving to cut prior auth requirements | Kettering probes misconduct claims | PE firm invests in Janus | Colo. hospital low on cash after CFO resigns

March 28, 2023

16 systems with strong finances | Ohio hospital to lay off 743 | Ascension St. Vincent taps new leader | The 'burdensome challenge' facing 1 RCM leader | 30 large systems ranked by online reputation

March 27, 2023

18 hospital service cuts | Healthcare employment reaches pre-pandemic levels | Ascension St. Vincent CEO to exit | Kan. lawmakers weigh prior auth reforms | 10 most, least stressed states

March 23, 2023

14 recent billing fraud cases | Empty CMS parking lot stirs questions | HCA by the numbers in 2022 | 10 profitable health systems | Colo. bill to end facility fees rolled back

March 22, 2023

Banner, Intermountain post profits | MedPAC: Hospitals don't need big CMS boost | DOJ will not contest $7.8B UnitedHealth deal | Hospitals oppose site-neutral pay cuts | Md. hospital pays $2M to settle FCA allegations

March 21, 2023

NY hospital to close | 4 deaths linked to EHR, VA says | 14 systems with strong finances | Amazon to lay off 9,000 | 150 top healthcare places to work | 3 systems switching to Epic

March 20, 2023

27 hospitals cutting jobs | Hospitals sue HHS over 'delayed' DSH payments | 7 RCM M&As | 78% of hospital execs weighing RCM AI tools | 10 providers seeking RCM talent

March 16, 2023

Care New England to cut RCM costs | HCA's highest-earning execs | Crozer lays off 215 | 7 RCM co. rebrands | How far is too far for AI in healthcare?

March 15, 2023

8 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Chicago system CEO to step down | Nonprofit hospitals saw $28B in tax exemptions | Va. system eliminates COOs | 9 CFO moves in 9 days

March 14, 2023

Penn Med cuts admin jobs | 39 leaders' revenue boosting tips | Group urges shorter prior auth time frame | South Florida 'ground zero' for healthcare fraud | Healthgrades: 83 top hospitals for patients

March 13, 2023

23 hospitals cutting jobs | The EHR vendor top rated systems use | Chartis acquires rev cycle consultant | Biden's $6.8T budget: 15 healthcare notes | 6 systems deemed 'world's most ethical'

March 09, 2023

Why CFOs are serving shorter stints | Healthcare job cuts up 85% | 10 health systems reporting profits | Fifth Third acquires rev cycle co. | 20 hospitals with smallest CEO-to-worker pay ratios

March 08, 2023

11 health systems with strong finances | Va. system cuts 31 admin roles | 5 recent CEO moves | Penn State Health settles Medicare claim violations | AGS Health opens Philippines office

March 07, 2023

Biden: Budget won't cut Medicare 'a penny' | 9 RCM companies making exec moves | States lift COVID rules in hospitals | Calif. probes Prime hospital after patient death| What patients want most from providers

March 06, 2023

5 hospital closures | 8 prior auth updates | Froedtert freezes hiring for certain positions | Employers find new ways to 'quiet fire' | HCA names Fla. hospital CFO

March 02, 2023

Marshfield Clinic to lay off 346 | MetroHealth CFO is out | EHR vendors ask for prior auth rulemaking delay | Texas gold card rule not yet worth its weight | 'Substantial doubt' about Bright Health's future

March 01, 2023

Who spent $1M to disparage a hospital? | 18 recent billing fraud cases | CEO exits hit 4-year high | RSi names 2 to C-suite | CMS, ONC propose new payer data standard rules

February 28, 2023

Hospital margins see no relief | UPMC, surgeon pay $8.5M to settle whistleblower suit | 10 Feb. RCM headlines | Newly merged system facing significant cuts | Mass General Brigham RCM spinoff lands $55M

February 27, 2023

10 hospital service cuts | Some No Surises Act determinations to resume | Private equity's 'significant' RCM interest | The salary Gen Z considers 'high' | 'Reimbursement wars' keeping execs awake

February 23, 2023

Olive AI cutting business line | 12 RCM M&As | 21 hospitals cutting jobs | Kaiser shifting 1,200 jobs out of HQ | Health group paying $21.6 to settle improper billing claims

February 22, 2023

Texas hospital cuts nearly 50% of staff | 14 systems with strong finances | CMS issued nearly 500 price transparency warnings | Top 7 billionaires in US healthcare | DOJ, Community Health clash over false claim allegations

February 21, 2023

Tenn. system reports RCM vendor breach | 7 systems seeking RCM VPs | Sen. wants harsher price transparency noncompliance penalties | Police shoot man in Ascension hospital | 26 hospital exec moves

February 20, 2023

274+ RCM companies to know | Lawmakers call for MA prior auth reforms | Michigan Medicine names CFO | R1 RCM's tech advancement goals | Healthcare risks worth taking in 2023

February 16, 2023

10 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | R1's revenues hit $1.8B | 4 systems with credit bumps | Ex-Rush hospital COO indicted | Adventist to trim exec jobs | CommonSpirit to end JV, acquire 5 hospitals

February 15, 2023

4 systems with rating downgrades | Groups praise proposed prior auth changes | What proposed Medicare cuts really mean | ApolloMD partners with RCM company | 11 cities hit hardest by inflation

February 14, 2023

8 best rev cycle services, per KLAS | Kan. hospital to lay off 85 | Ascension questioned on nonprofit status | 10 RCM companies making exec moves | 4 ways CMS aims to improve hospital price transparency

February 13, 2023

Olive AI lays off 215 | 31 Best RCM tools, per KLAS | CMS pauses No Surprises Act payment determinations | Tenet CEO lauds retiring Conifer leader | Big payers ranked by 2022 profit

February 09, 2023

St. Luke's trims 2% of workforce | Conifer revenue up to $1.3B in 2022 | 11 recent billing fraud cases | Payers that deny the most ACA claims | 3 systems choosing VisiQuate for RCM

February 08, 2023

6 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | State of the Union: 10 healthcare notes | Okla. system taps RCM partner | 17 hospitals reporting net losses | FCA settlements surpass $2.2B in 2022

February 07, 2023

8 systems with strong finances | Athenahealth lays off 178 | HHS loses 2nd No Surprises Act lawsuit | Prior authorization and Medicare Advantage: 5 numbers to know | 9 hospitals opting for Epic

February 06, 2023

17 hospitals cutting jobs | Interim Cleveland Clinic CFO returning to RCM role | Hospital expenses, state by state | Payers with most MA prior auth requests, denials | 10 fastest-growing C-suite roles

February 02, 2023

9 hospitals cutting services | Cleveland Clinic names CFO | 30 most admired healthcare company | How states are preparing for Medicaid redeterminations | 9 prior auth updates

February 01, 2023

11 orgs outsourcing RCM | A new era of 'hospital purgatory' | 7 January RCM headlines to know | TMA files 4th No Surprises Act lawsuit | 7 reactions to CMS' Medicare Advantage audit ruling

January 31, 2023

Ascension to close 11 clinics | HCA hospitals make 10 exec changes | PHE to end May 11 | CMS updates Medicare cost report for hospitals | Why CEOs are taking pay cuts

January 30, 2023

States eying prior auth reforms | OU Health to cut 100 jobs | The ins and outs of Optum partnerships | Ill. hospital closes | Hospitals suffer worst financial year since the pandemic

January 26, 2023

Ascension Texas makes job cuts | 6 systems transferring staff to RCM cos. | Tenet hospital CEO, CNO out after months | Health systems in 10 years: 20 predictions | 25 most profitable 1-star hospitals

January 25, 2023

What hospitals can expect from labor costs in 2023 | 5 health systems choosing Ensemble | Cleveland Clinic bills for less than 1% of weekly MyChart messages | Calif. system cuts 94 jobs | 15 best, worst states for retirement

January 24, 2023

Sloan Kettering lays off 337 | 20 systems that spend most on contract labor | 8 healthcare finance trends for 2023 | Tufts to eliminate 240 positions | Meet R1 RCM's new-look leadership team

January 23, 2023

Adena sending 340 RCM employees to Ensemble | Calif. hospital CEO, CFO resign | Lawmaker goes after UPMC | Ill. hospital temporarily closing | More questions than answers on noncompetes

January 19, 2023

Conifer CEO to retire, new CFO and COO named | 13 billing fraud cases | Marshfield's Cerner install led to rev cycle issues | Top 10 rural hospitals by margin | Michael Dowling: The unthinkable priority now facing hospitals

January 18, 2023

14 hospitals cutting jobs | New CPT codes added | 9 systems outsourcing RCM | Cleveland Clinic expects $200M loss | Americans delaying medical care over cost hits a high

January 17, 2023

50 best hospitals, per Healthgrades | 5 systems spending millions on EHR installs | Jefferson to trim exec jobs | Pipeline Health to exit bankruptcy | 10 systems with strong finances

January 12, 2023

AdventHealth's Epic install hits $355M | 20 hospitals spend most on contract labor | Tenet selling Calif. hospital | 3 self-disclosed fraud settlements | PHE extended for 12th time | Health system M&A revenues hit $45B in 2022

January 11, 2023

Las Vegas hospital to lay off 970 | 56 best healthcare jobs | Optum inks another rev cycle partnership | 7 RCM company exec moves | 10 rural CFOs to know

January 10, 2023

50 rural hospitals with best margins | 10 recent RCM M&As | R1 RCM's 2023 outlook | 12 HCA exec moves | Wakefield & Associates unveils rebrand | 10 Shkreli Award recipients

January 09, 2023

21 systems with smallest CEO:worker pay gaps | R1 taps 2 execs | HCA hospital execs abruptly resign | Optum taking on Maine system's RCM | 32 executive moves

January 05, 2023

100 hospitals with worst margins | 5 hospital service cuts | Top 'No Surprises' disputes by CPT code | Michael Dowling: Healthcare leaders' great return to normalcy | 5 ways providers reduced denials

January 04, 2023

220 hospitals at immediate risk of closure | Hospital margins see 11th-hour improvement | Allscripts rebrands | 10 parties initiating 75% of out-of-network disputes | NY systems fires CEO

January 03, 2023

52 hospital layoffs | 5 RCM exec moves | Meet the hospital auditor turned CEO | Vendor ordered to return EHR data to CommonSpirit | Ind. hospital shutters ER after appeal

December 29, 2022

30 health systems with strong finances | 5 big-ticket questions for hospitals | Calif. hospital closing sooner than planned | 631 hospitals at risk of closure | The year the workplace grew quiet

December 28, 2022

17 systems outsourcing RCM | 3 letters will make or break health system growth | Cap CEO pay at $800,000, physician says | 25 rural hospital closures | Hospitals suffer winter storm setbacks

December 27, 2022

13 hospitals cutting jobs | Calif. hospital to close | 5 rev cycle leaders' 2023 priorities | Ind. hospital ordered to keep ER open | 6 hospitals choosing Oracle Cerner

December 26, 2022

9 systems with credit downgrades | Colo. hospital workers' future up in air | 8 prior auth updates from 2022 | Skepticism starts at top in Fla. hospital | 12 hospital M&As that drew eyes | 28 hospitals, health systems opting for Epic

December 22, 2022

8 billing fraud cases | What to expect from EHR vendors in 2023 | 3 providers choosing Conifer | Midwest systems brace for severe storm | The loopholes of the 340B program | 1 CEO's surprising path

December 21, 2022

Who owns this hospital? HHS aims to answer | 5 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | Many hospitals take legal action over debt | How Mich. prior auth reform push succeeded | 97 CEO exits

December 20, 2022

5 medical bill that made headlines | $1.7 trillion omnibus bill: 8 healthcare takeaways | HHS floats new rule on attachments for prior auths | Calif. hospital preps for layoffs | Mistrial declared in $158M fraud case

December 19, 2022

6 systems hit with credit downgrades | 19 healthcare orgs. outsourcing RCM | Providence hires treasurer to assist 'recovery journey' | Ky. hospital to lay off 112 | Memorial Hermann invests in Cedar

December 15, 2022

Minn. AG looking into Mayo's collection practices | 10 systems with strong finances | 5 RCM company rebrands | CMS proposes MA marketing, prior auth overhauls | Lab owner convicted for $463M Medicare fraud

December 14, 2022

Trinity tests daily pay option | 2 RCM cos. merge | 11 recent billing fraud cases | Top 15 healthcare cos. by revenue | Tenet nurses 'outraged' by $1.78M false claim settlement

December 13, 2022

5 hospitals cutting services | 3 systems choosing R1 RCM | SC hospital closing | The physician who toppled a $32B crypto giant | Oracle-Cerner deal 6 months later | 23 best-managed healthcare cos.

December 12, 2022

4 rev cycle leaders' 2023 priorities | 12 hospitals cutting jobs | OIG's repeat billing fraud prevention system is broken | 10 biggest medical debt updates of 2022 | Mass. hospital settles $1.78M false claims allegation

December 08, 2022

Dignity, 2 Tenet affiliates settle $22.5M billing fraud allegations | Ill. system cuts, reshuffles 76 top jobs | R1 RCM's 2022 | How payers streamline prior auths | NY to protect patients from payer misinformation

December 07, 2022

CMS pitches prior auth. rule + 4 reactions | MyChart fees on unstable ground | Leapfrog's 115 top hospitals | 13 RCM M&As | High-intensity ER billing is on the rise | Billions in hospital pandemic aid misallocated

December 06, 2022

15 systems outsourcing RCM | HCA, Tenet, CHS margins top 2019 levels | Michael Dowling: 6 rules for cost cutting | New digital health CPT codes for 2023 | 50 states ranked by health | Advocate Health names 25 leaders

December 05, 2022

7 systems cutting services | Insurers' slow payments frustrating hospitals | 2 RCM companies merge | 33 exec moves | Atrium, Advocate Aurora complete merger

December 01, 2022

Ins + outs of fees for MyChart messages | More pain, no gain for hospital margins | Nearly 10% of Texas hospitals at risk of closing | 11 Nov. RCM headlines | Cleveland Clinic posts $469M Q3 loss | TMA files 3rd No Surprises Act suit

November 30, 2022

5 systems choosing Ensemble for RCM | Oracle Cerner to stand trial in brain damage suit | Why insurers end gold-card programs | Officials vote to fire Tenn. hospital board | La. hospital taps CareCloud

November 29, 2022

Fired CEO sues MetroHealth | 5 health systems seeking rev cycle VPs | No Surprises Act dispute hit 'logjam' | The 'great remote work mismatch' | 15 cities where Gen Z hires are flocking

November 28, 2022

More systems charging for MyChart messages | 14 exec moves | Top 5 barriers to automated prior auths | NY gov signs medical debt protection law | SC hospital fills empty wing with prisoners to avoid closure

November 23, 2022

Fired MetroHealth CEO's attorneys allege retaliation | 16 healthcare orgs outsourcing RCM | 12 hospitals cutting jobs | Payers say prior auth laws have negative impact | UPMC's operating income dips 75.5%

November 22, 2022

MetroHealth CEO fired over unreported bonuses | 10 recent healthcare billing fraud cases | Providence closes all Southern Calif. retail clinics | Best hospitals for billing ethics | 6 health systems choosing Oracle Cerner

November 21, 2022

Is Epic's dominance good for healthcare? | 3 RCM cos. making exec moves | 10 accused of 'catfishing' CMS | How the Leapfrog results rank by state | DOJ appealing UnitedHealth-Change merger ruling

November 17, 2022

CommonSpirit, Cedars-Sinai post quarterly losses | Payer-provider fights get messier | 183 rural hospital closures | Optum looks to Silicon Valley for talent | Leapfrog's 14 'F' hospitals | Idaho hospital not for sale, CEO says

November 16, 2022

5 systems hit with rating downgrades | Advantum Health names CEO, CFO | Why a Calif. hospital filed for bankruptcy | Leapfrog's 22 straight-'A' hospitals | Anthem Blue Cross axes bill after patient TikTok appeal

November 15, 2022

Health system cash reserves plummet | Providence losses swell to $1.1B in 2022 | 33 recent executive moves | Payer, providers ditching hushed voices in disputes | Where are the early 20-something job seekers?

November 14, 2022

Why R1 fell short of Q3 expectations | 19 hospital closures, bankruptcies in 2022 | 3 recent rev cycle leadership hires | Hospitals losing billions to rising costs, denials and takebacks | 8 prior authorization updates

November 10, 2022

13 health systems outsourcing RCM | Pa. prior auth reform bill signed | Lawmakers call for price transparency probe | Cone Health taps rev cycle VP | Payers ranked by Q3 profits

November 09, 2022

Meet R1's new CEO, president | Ohio hospital closing earlier than planned | Ariz. voters cap medical debt interest rates | 10 health systems with strong finances | Duke LifePoint's CMS contract again at risk

November 08, 2022

R1 RCM names new CEO, president | Calf. hospital files for bankruptcy | 10 states with most rural hospitals at risk of closure | Conn. physician pleads guilty to billing fraud | Health systems getting big EHR grants

November 07, 2022

631 rural hospitals at risk of closure | 3 states take on prior auth reform | Miss. hospital laying off dozens | Big payer profits recall 'the house always wins' | Franciscan Health to close Ind. hospital

November 03, 2022

'Difficult decisions' loom for hospitals | 10 most expensive states for healthcare | 5 details on the Rural Emergency Hospital final rule | The change Oracle has made to Cerner | Hospitals' relationship with payers worsening

November 02, 2022

CMS drops 4 final payment rules: 15 notes | EHR vendor settles misconduct suit for $45M | 10 October RCM headlines to know | 10 states with largest declines in travel nurse pay | 6 health systems opting for Epic

November 01, 2022

CMS penalizes 2,273 hospitals for high readmissions | 17 hospitals facing maximum Medicare readmission penalties | 10 recent healthcare billing fraud cases | Miss. orders payer to cease operations | Oracle Cerner closing 2 campuses

October 31, 2022

10 hospitals cutting jobs | Pa. lawmakers pass prior auth reform bill | Former Tenet exec asks judge to toss $400M fraud case | 14 fastest-growing healthcare companies | Why rural hospitals aren't interested in new designation

October 27, 2022

Miss. hospital facing closure owes CMS $5.6M | Calif. hospital fires CEO | CHS reports $42M Q3 net loss | 8 recent hospital lawsuits, settlements | Oracle seeks increase of $4.4B loan for Cerner acquisition

October 26, 2022

12 recent RCM M&As | Hospitals tracking for worst financial year in decades | Texas physician guilty in $54M CMS fraud scheme | HCA reorganizes with 12 exec changes | 'Rogue nurse' charged with murder of patients at Atrium hospital

October 25, 2022

15 healthcare orgs. outsourcing RCM | Fitch: Hospitals face lengthy labor pains | Conifer's revenues up to $333M in Q3 | Rising denials, unfavorable payer mix top RCM concerns | Pa. lawmakers pushing prior auth reforms

October 24, 2022

HCA, Tenet profits fall: 11 notes | As hospitals make cuts, losses are loud or quiet | Conifer tapped for RCM partnership | 25 exec moves | CMS' 340B payment plan

October 20, 2022

Sanford Health cutting staff to 'streamline leadership' | 3 rev cycle leaders' biggest accomplishments in 2022 | Renown replaces fired CEO | How EHR install costs add up | 10 most-searched shoppable services

October 19, 2022

Saint Luke's to close 2 hospitals | Sutter Health settles billings charges for $13M | How BJC HealthCare integrated Epic into its rev cycle | Systems with the best, worst price transparency scores | 7 orgs. getting EHR grants

October 18, 2022

2 hospital, health system bankruptcy filings | 65% of hospitals have published 'robust' negotiated rates | What 3 health systems are paying for EHRs | The fast rise and fall of COVID billionaires | 5 updates on prior authorization

October 17, 2022

Big systems move to Epic - why now? | Where inflation has grown most, least | Ore. probes Providence's financial practices | Ohio hospitals cut 2,000 jobs | Cerner parent lays off 200+

October 13, 2022

UH cuts 443 jobs | NM hospital sued over alleged illegal debt collections | CommonSpirit confirms ransomware attack | Recession due in '6 to 9 mos.,' Dimon says | Providence responds to senator's debt collection questions

October 12, 2022

Judge halts Pa. hospital closure | Ill. system cuts 150 jobs | 10 recent RCM M&As | Bright Health ending individual, group insurance business | 3 health systems choosing Oracle Cerner EHRs

October 11, 2022

10 recent billing fraud cases | 4 systems ditch Cerner for Epic | Beaumont-Spectrum combo gets a name | 5 RCM companies launching services | How payers have exploited Medicare Advantage

October 10, 2022

12 systems outsourcing RCM functions | 'Most loved' healthcare workplaces | NYC hospitals to pay $165M in physician sex abuse case | 20% don't think they'll ever pay off medical debt | Healthcare employment returns to February 2020 levels

October 06, 2022

Why Emory moved from Oracle Cerner to Epic | 10 hospitals laying off staff | Olive loses 2 clients, sells some assets | Former Ky. lawmaker gets prison for billing fraud | 3 obstacles to RCM partnerships

October 05, 2022

Calif. system accused of overcharging patients | Pa. hospital enters bankruptcy | 17 hospitals scaling back care | 7 RCM leaders on labor challenges | Summa Health reshuffles exec team

October 04, 2022

7-hospital system files for bankruptcy | Providence responds to billing practice report | Ascension to close hospital, lay off 133 | 9 systems install new EHRs | Hospitals likely to end year in the red

October 03, 2022

Providence to repay overcharged patients | Tenet executive chair resigns | Optum, Change finalize $7.8B merger | Trinity sees $1.4B loss | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent

September 29, 2022

3 top execs out at Olive | 5 systems seeking rev cycle VPs | 1 killed in Ark. hospital shooting | Tenet, UnitedHealth, DaVita must face no-poach claims | 4 reasons systems pursue RCM partnerships

September 28, 2022

Why 9 hospitals closed this year | 5 states with lowest average healthcare costs | Epic, Oracle Cerner's big growth plans | Why Texas will be the center of No Surprises Act litigation | Bon Secours responds to 'profits over patients' report

September 27, 2022

Pa. hospital to lay off 334 | What Optum gets in the Change deal | CMS changes reduced outpatient overpayments | Emory swaps Cerner for Epic | Medicare Part B premiums, deductibles to decrease in 2023

September 26, 2022

10 health systems with strong finances | Envision on brink of bankruptcy | 50 Dartmouth Health workers shifting to Conifer | Hospital, physician groups sue feds over surprise-billing rule | CommonSpirit sees $1.3B operating loss | 10 hospitals hiring RCM

September 22, 2022

Hospitals get big grants to install Epic | CHS closes hospital | States with highest, lowest physician office visit prices | Yale New Haven Health lays off workers | Hospital prices 'bleeding families dry,' consumer group says

September 21, 2022

AMA, AHA dropping No Surprises Act suit | 11 hospitals laying off workers | Texas 'gold card' rules take effect Oct. 1 | 5 systems hit with credit downgrades | Mich. physician convicted of fraud

September 20, 2022

Ohio hospital to lay off 978 | Judge clears UnitedHealth-Change deal | What 4 systems paid for EHR installs | Ascension posts $1.8B loss | 4 RCM firm rebrands

September 19, 2022

Lawmaker wants probe of HCA's billing practices | 'Pandemic is over,' Biden says | 12 recent billing fraud cases | Calls grow to cap medical costs | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

September 15, 2022

House passes MA prior authorization bill: 4 notes | Oracle's plan to 'modernize' Cerner | Nurse guilty in $100M scheme | Where inflation has grown most, least | World's top 5 hospitals in 11 specialties

September 14, 2022

Advocate Aurora, Atrium merger delayed | How 4 revenue cycle execs envision growth | AdventHealth, UChicago Med strike deal | A timeline of Borrego Health's troubles | AMA, physician groups join lawsuit against Cigna

September 13, 2022

Healthcare chain files for bankruptcy | How 1 rev cycle VP is retaining staff | Leadership changes at Oracle Cerner | AMA releases 2023 CPT code set | 10 states with largest brain drains

September 12, 2022

Beaumont-Spectrum cuts 400 jobs | 8 recent RCM deals | NJ hospital faces closure | 319 price transparency compliant hospitals, by state | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Man dies after fall from Ill. hospital

September 08, 2022

The prevalence of quiet quitters | Where rev cycle leaders see disruption opportunities | 9 best health systems to work for: Fortune | Layoffs hit Calif. hospital | What patients are willing to pay more for

September 07, 2022

OhioHealth to lay off rev cycle staff | R1 gets $2.3B in financing | 14 health systems with strong finances | UnitedHealth, Walmart team up | States ranked by percentage of hospitals complying with price transparency law

September 06, 2022

Health systems outsourcing RCM | CVS' $8B Signify buy: 6 details | CEO, physicians sentenced for $27M fraud | Iowa hospital to close | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Where every insurance premium dollar goes

September 01, 2022

'Quiet quitting' at hospitals | Calif. system relocates revenue cycle employees | Health systems eliminate execs as costs rise | 10 RCM headlines from Aug. | Wellstar closing Atlanta hospital

August 31, 2022

Ascension to pay $19.7M to end wage suit | Feds: Evil Corp a threat to US hospitals | 'Vomit at your insurance companies': Video goes viral after Anthem denies treatment | Epic in the last 30 days | How Kaiser, HCA + 12 systems are faring financially

August 30, 2022

10 systems lay off staff | Tenet, Centene spar over contract | Epic eyes 'nationwide health IT infrastructure' | How the future excites 4 rev cycle leaders | Safety issues put NC hospital's Medicare contract at risk | Cleveland Clinic posts $1B loss

August 29, 2022

Hospital finances down | Top health system employers by state | 6 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Ore. system won't claw back wages | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | Former exec accused of stealing from Alaska hospital

August 25, 2022

Centene settles overcharging allegations for $32M | Pa. system inks 10-year RCM deal | 7 billing fraud cases | UPMC operating income down 86% | Some pros have a better idea for quiet quitters: Just quit

August 24, 2022

6 short-staffed hospitals curb care | RCM firm expands reach with 2 deals | Intermountain's income hits $2.7B | How rev cycle leaders' roles are evolving | Nurse charged with murder in patient death

August 23, 2022

What 4 systems paid for EHR installs | CHS to close Fla. hospital | Rev cycle leaders' top priorities | Advocate Aurora posts $600M loss | 17 CMS actions | Texas system president abruptly resigns

August 22, 2022

What Cerner pays top talent | No Surprises Act final rule: 3 takeaways | Pa. system to lay off 245 | What 4 rev cycle leaders are excited about | Health plan, providers settle fraud claims for $70.7M

August 18, 2022

Another hospital deal canceled | Novant hospital narrowly kept CMS contract | 5 revenue cycle leaders talk staffing challenges | 8 health systems with strong finances | MaineHealth, Anthem BCBS settle dispute

August 17, 2022

Democrats' $739B bill is now law: 7 healthcare notes | Top 10 hospitals for consumer loyalty | Fitch: Hospital finances are deteriorating | UnitedHealth, Allina criticized for worker monitoring practices | RCM M&A: 6 recent deals

August 16, 2022

A $7.8 trillion work problem festers | Providence posts $934M loss | 10 billing fraud cases | Gen Z + 'quiet quitting' | Health centers rake in big profits | Revenue Management Solutions buys OrboGraph | Hospitals' unsustainable financial challenges

August 15, 2022

Conifer email hack exposes patient information at 5 hospitals | Mass General Brigham posts $949M loss | Payer surrenders insurance license | No Surprises Act suit tossed | Ore. system tries to claw back $2M in wages | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

August 11, 2022

Ga. hospitals' price disclosures 'exemplary' after fines | Former Calif. healthcare execs hit with RICO suit | 6 hospitals cut inpatient care | Cigna 'drastically' underpaid hospitals, suit says | Colo. system CEO is out

August 10, 2022

Providence's collection agencies broke law, Wash. AG says | Tenet, Steward feud after $1B deal | Credit score provider to exclude medical debts | 39 guns found stashed in NJ hospital | Duke LifePoint hospital retains Medicare funding

August 09, 2022

Northwestern Med to bring RCM services in-house, hire 200 | 6 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | MarinHealth goes live with Epic | Adventist lays off staff | 8 indicted in $150M billing fraud scheme

August 08, 2022

Systems cut ties over EHR pick | PE firm combines 2 RCM cos. | 7 healthcare notes from Democrats' landmark $739B bill | Sutter workers say pay missing | Big payers ranked by revenue

August 04, 2022

Top 10 RCM software vendors | NY practice pays $850K to resolve improper billing claims | Hospitals that treat most Black patients paid less | 13 hospitals cutting services | Revecore acquires 2 RCM firms

August 03, 2022

Employers push back on hospital prices | Health systems recoup staff wages | 10 hospitals laying off workers | PE firm buys Aspirion | 4 health systems switching to Epic

August 02, 2022

CMS' final inpatient payment rule: 6 notes | Oracle job cuts hit US | 5 best, worst states for healthcare | 8 top RCM stories | Dignity, UCSF hospital sued with Facebook over data-sharing | NY physician indicted in fraud scheme

August 01, 2022

Pa. hospital used for $25M billing scam | Hospital margins in the red | HCA hit with SEC complaint, antitrust suit | OIG pushes CMS to collect $226M | CHS sells hospital | UnitedHealth, Change merger trial begins

July 28, 2022

CMS drops 3 final payment rules | 9 billing fraud suits, settlements | CEO, COO abruptly quit at Calif. hospital | CHS posts $326M loss | Meet Waystar's exec team

July 27, 2022

429 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS | Ore. hospital board faces recall after COO fired | Lawmakers urge CMS to revise pay proposal | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Renown Health: 5 ways to tackle staff shortages

July 26, 2022

Ex-CEO of Texas system charged in $1.2B fraud crackdown | US News: 20 best hospitals + No. 1 by state | UHS profit dips 50% | Pa. hospital to close | 'Buy now, pay later' targets healthcare

July 25, 2022

Oracle Cerner shakes up EHR leadership | HCA, Tenet profits sink | Hospitals 'rob Peter to pay Paul' | Why Amazon wants to buy One Medical: 6 details | Mass. hospital sued for lost wages

July 21, 2022

Feds charge 36 over $1.2B healthcare fraud | 3 trends that will affect providers' profits | Meet FinThrive's executive team | Gun violence medical bills top $1B | 10 health systems with strong finances

July 20, 2022

Olive lays off 450 | 13 best healthcare cos. for millennials | Providence shrinks exec team as part of new model | 10 Epic, Cerner updates | $500K in ransom money returning to providers

July 19, 2022

5 specialties that drive most revenue to hospitals | 10 systems outsource RCM | False billing scheme hindering Tenn. hospital reopenings | Stolen Kaiser iPad had 75,000 patients' info | CEO pay skyrockets

July 18, 2022

CMS pitches outpatient payment rule: 5 takeaways | Sutter, R1 ink partnership | Ore. system lays off 2 leaders | $38M hospital bill challenged | Calif. hospital won't lose Medicare funding

July 14, 2022

NY hospital didn't properly train rev cycle workers targeted for layoffs, union says | Medical billing co. owner convicted in $600M scheme | Epic's revenue climbs to $3.8B | 27 providers with high-performing rev cycles | Layoffs hit Pa. hospital

July 13, 2022

Cerner parent mulls thousands of layoffs | 5 most 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | Insurance payment for childbirth, state by state | Physician convicted in $35M fraud case | Anthem, Northside Hospital reach contract | Calif. system to cut 190 jobs

July 12, 2022

UNC hospital's Medicare contract at risk | What 205 CFOs, rev cycle VPs told R1 | SSM nurse, paramedic stabbed | Memorial Hermann invests in RCM co. | 20% received a surprise medical bill despite ban

July 11, 2022

Duke LifePoint hospital's Medicare contract at risk | Cedar lays off 24% of workforce | CMS pitches physician pay rule: 7 takeaways | 2 fatally shot at Texas hospital | NY physician convicted of billing fraud

July 07, 2022

Affiliations up closure risks for some hospitals | Another Vt. hospital seeks double-digit rate hike | 148 best hospitals, per Money + Leapfrog | Feds recover $5B from healthcare fraud | Meet Conifer's leadership team

July 06, 2022

10 best RCM platforms for health systems | ProMedica lays off nonclinical employees | 9 billing fraud busts | 18% of ACA claims are denied, KFF finds | Waystar upgrades cloud-based platform

July 05, 2022

UVM Health seeks 19.9% rate increase | Ransomware attack on debt collector affects 600 healthcare orgs | 8 hospital layoffs | Top 100 hospitals, per Fortune | Payers' price transparency rule now in effect

June 30, 2022

48% of RCM departments face labor shortages | Ariz. hospital lays off 315 | Police kill armed patient at Baylor Scott & White ER | Olive launches RCM suite | 15 physicians to pay $2.8M to settle kickback allegations

June 29, 2022

NY hospital to lay off rev cycle staff | Former hospital exec convicted in $1.4B billing scheme | Epic's strategy since the Oracle-Cerner deal | Hospitals hindered by skyrocketing expenses | AHA wants quick 340B payback

June 27, 2022

Supreme Court sides with HHS in payment case | Ariz. hospital to close | 13 healthcare voices on Roe v. Wade overturn | Ex-healthcare CFO sentenced | NC considers laws to 'de-weaponize' medical debt | Tenn. hospital defends CEO selection

June 23, 2022

Top 10 RCM technologies | Physician resolves billing fraud claims for $500K | Why 6 hospitals closed this year | America's 25 healthiest communities | How Colo.'s hospital price transparency law will work | Meet R1's new president

June 22, 2022

R1 acquires Cloudmed | Ariz. hospital preps for mass layoff | Hospitals slam 'woefully inadequate' pay proposal | CMS mulls $810M payment cut | Tenn. hospital shakes up C-suite

June 16, 2022

7 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | CMS fined Northside $1M for unposted prices — now what? | Ark. system CEO resigns | Hospitals will lose $3B if payment cut isn't stopped | Dolly Parton donates $1M to Vanderbilt | Meet R1 RCM's leadership team

June 15, 2022

Supreme Court rejects $1.6B cut to hospital pay | 10 exec resignations | UnitedHealth, OU Health cut ties | Ga. hospital CEO is out | R1 strikes partnership | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent

June 13, 2022

352 hospitals get CMS warning | Pay for 55 hospital jobs | Steward settles kickback case | Why Centene bought a Ritz hotel | Hospital cost-cutting plans aren't working | Physician pays $9.5M to settle false billing case | Hospitals lose payments challenge

June 09, 2022

CMS fines hospitals for unposted prices | 5 hospitals cut inpatient care | Rev cycle leaders' 6 biggest challenges | NY physician pays $600K to settle false billing claims | Aetna cancels Cerebral contract | HCA makes 24 leadership changes

June 08, 2022

HCA drives up prices, suit claims | DOJ cracks down on MA plans | 5 hospital CFO resignations | Most hospitals fail at price transparency | Prisma tech dies after patient altercation | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

June 06, 2022

13 hospitals cut services | Medical biller must forfeit $2M | Physician, nurses stabbed at Calif. hospital | New AI tool corrects coding errors | 27 exec moves | What is hampering hospital price transparency?

June 02, 2022

11 health systems with strong finances | 7 dead in hospital campus shootings | Oracle-Cerner deal gets approval | Pa. systems to form $1B regional giant | 10 best cities for work-life balance

June 01, 2022

UnitedHealthcare, WakeMed split | 10 hospitals laying off workers | Pa. hospital sued over fatal shooting | 4 systems switch to Epic | Ascension Wis. hospitals to raise prices | CareMax, Steward ink deal | Pandemic loans add to hospital financial woes

May 31, 2022

7 health systems outsource RCM | Ex-healthcare CEO guilty in fraud scheme | Calif. hospital in jeopardy | How Stanford stays competitive for IT talent | Providers dropping Anthem | 5 specialties with biggest pay hikes

May 26, 2022

7 health systems outsource RCM | Ex-healthcare CEO guilty in fraud scheme | Calif. hospital in jeopardy | How Stanford stays competitive for IT talent | Providers dropping Anthem | 5 specialties with biggest pay hikes

May 25, 2022

Fla. hospital can't cover payroll | Trinity Health plans layoffs | No Surprises Act blocked 2M bills | Advocate Aurora faces antitrust suit | 20 top critical access hospitals | Conifer inks deal | 'Buy now pay later' healthcare co. gets funding

May 24, 2022

Walmart favors these 18 systems for employees | Hospitals spotlight payers' record profits | 7 states producing the most CEOs | 8 payer disputes | Boston hospital trims 118 jobs | 9 recent billing fraud cases

May 23, 2022

15 states hit most, least by resignations | UnitedHealth embraces telehealth | 5 health system CEOs resign | Trinty's operating income down 79% | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Where tech workers are moving

May 19, 2022

Private payers pay hospitals 224% of Medicare rates | Tenet hospital's Medicare contract at risk | Ore., Miss. hospitals lay off staff | 8 health orgs outsource RCM | Wyo. system offers up to 50% off bills | Anthem rebrand approved

May 18, 2022

Court rules against $229K Centura bill | Mass General Brigham agrees to cut spending by $70M a year | Contract dispute takes Anthem, Northside to Ga. Supreme Court | Hospitals slam unneeded care ranking | Financial stress on the rise

May 17, 2022

Fla. hospital misses payroll | PHE set to extend past July | 10 hospitals that best avoid unnecessary care | Okla. hospital pays $1.1M to settle billing fraud case | Experts warn of COVID wave 'almost like omicron'

May 16, 2022

NY hospitals lay off staff, cite inflation | Hospitals await PHE signal today | 15 exec moves | Providence sees $510M operating loss | AHA responds to hospitals' reported asks for price hikes

May 12, 2022

Hospital finances are hurting | HHS sends $450M to providers | 'Evil empire' UnitedHealth schemes to underpay: Envision | Personal inflation rate in 7 questions | Oscar Health to exit 2 states | Medical debt fell amid pandemic

May 11, 2022

Ardent to outsource more RCM work | Atrium, Advocate Aurora to merge | Continue public health emergency, hospitals urge HHS | Healthiest, unhealthiest counties in each state | Cost of treating these diseases grew, fell most

May 10, 2022

UnitedHealth, Q1's most profitable payer | Tech industry to offshore more remote jobs | Ore. mental hospital's Medicare funding at risk | 39 hospitals aced or failed patient safety: Leapfrog | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

May 9, 2022

Hospitals tap insurers for price hikes | ScionHealth, R1 ink 10-year RCM deal | 15 financially strong systems | Memorial Hermann sues BCBS Texas | 25 exec moves | What private insurers pay vs. Medicare, by state

May 5, 2022

Aetna draws surgeons' ire | HHS' surprise-billing appeal on hold | 12 hospitals scaling back care | 40 practices sue UnitedHealth over reimbursement | Fired Mercyhealth VP sentenced for wire fraud, tax evasion

May 4, 2022

Prior auth 'gold cards' gain steam | 5 systems outsource RCM | 441 rural hospitals at risk of closure, cuts | 7 hospital layoffs | UnitedHealthcare limits Aduhelm coverage | COVID hospitalizations up in 40 states

May 3, 2022

Fla. system outsources RCM | 21 hospitals with most ER visits | How self-insured employers broker lower hospital prices | Half of female revenue execs mulled quitting | Physician can't bill Medicare for 3 years | Allscripts sells hospital unit

May 2, 2022

Tenet hospitals sue Cigna over reimbursement | Optum to manage UnitedHealthcare drug prior auths | CMS: No fines for hospitals' unposted prices in April | 19 exec moves | Attorneys seek to revive $411M Sutter antitrust suit

April 28, 2022

Texas orders payer to stop operations | Wyo. system to outsource RCM | OIG: Prior auth denials by MA plans concerning | Cerner, Epic team with White House | NY physician pays $564K to settle false billing claims

April 27, 2022

Texas hospital to shut down | EHR vendors by beds lost, gained | UnitedHealthcare to change radiation prior auths | In healthcare, a Big Quit unlike the others | Fauci: US 'out of pandemic phase'

April 26, 2022

UnitedHealth to sell Change's claims tech | 150 top places to work in healthcare | Walmart heir creates new health system | 125+ hospitals sue HHS over Medicare pay | Physician indicted in $10M fraud scheme | EHR vendors by market share

April 25, 2022

RCM firm breach exposes 510K patients' data | 4 Baptist hospitals to outsource RCM | Hospital expenses per inpatient day, by state | Tenet reports IT problems in Fla. | 15 best, worst job markets | 50% of healthcare costs tied to 5 conditions

April 21, 2022

CMS floats 1,495 updates to ICD-10 codes | Mass. hospital to end inpatient care | Anthem's Q1 profit: $1.8B | Epic CEO to get honorary degree | 21 charged in $149M COVID fraud schemes | 10K families stuck with $50M in unpaid medical bills

April 20, 2022

States fight rising hospital prices | SC hospital offers 50% off unpaid bills | A recession unlike the last for hospitals | Largest commercial insurer by state | Cerner adds scheduling tool | $3K bill for 1.8 mile ambulance ride goes viral

April 19, 2022

CMS' new inpatient payment rule: 10 notes | Fat Joe to lawmakers: Make hospitals post prices | New role at Northwell can veto patient debt suits | 10 hospital RCM job opportunities | 14 top-paid healthcare CEOs

April 18, 2022

How RCM leaders would overhaul prior auths | Kaiser to restructure in 2 states | CMS revises surprise-billing arbitration | HHS sends $1.75B aid to providers | Wash. to change charity care law | 23 exec moves

April 14, 2022

Hospital near closure gets anonymous $1M | UnitedHealth's $80B Q1 | 9 RCM deals to know | Physician group to pay $24.5M in false claims case | Tech burned by travel nurse sues Hackensack | What's behind duplicate hospital bills?

April 13, 2022

Providence to pay $22.7M to settle unnecessary care suit | Healthcare, an inflation anomaly | Ala. hospital on brink of closure | Hospitals with most Medicaid patients | Chicago hospital CEO out of job | 7 new Epic features

April 12, 2022

Hospitals with most Medicare patients | HHS wants data on 2K providers' billing | 15 most, least financially literate states | CEO added to $120M false claims case | Vt. hospitals denied rate boost to counter inflation

April 11, 2022

10 hospitals that give the most free care | Physician admits to $28M billing fraud | Mark Cuban wants pharma co. VC-free | CMS floats delay of radiation oncology model | 26 exec moves | PE firm buys Revecore | CMS terminates psych hospital contract

April 7, 2022

Judy Faulkner's net worth at new high | HCA's return to corporate office plan | Impasse of hospitals, insurers slows Ind. lawmakers' cost-cutting push | Fla. system to pay $20M to settle false claims case | COVID cases up in 28 states | 8 hospital deals

April 6, 2022

Top hospitals' payer mix | Best + worst states for remote work | Former hospital CEO, CFO face false claims suit | MaineHealth flagship to drop Anthem | How Cleveland Clinic decides what work to halt | Healthcare's 33 billionaires

April 5, 2022

Optum, Change set $650M breakup fee, extend deal | 7 hospital layoffs | Biden wants to update ACA | COVID shot payments for uninsured end tonight | Intermountain, SCL Health merge | Staff deficits cause monthslong waits for Medicaid

April 4, 2022

345 hospitals get warning over undisclosed prices | 23 exec moves | BCBS Ill. president abruptly exits | Ascension, AdventHealth unwind partnership | IU Health's plan to cut prices | Ex-hospital CEO accused of assault with deadly weapon

March 31, 2022

HHS to claw back $100M in COVID aid over reporting issues | Hospitals' use of Equifax for propensity to pay OK: court | CMS floats hospice pay rule: 4 notes | Physician sues Epic over questionnaires | 9 most influential healthcare cos.

March 30, 2022

BCBS fined $5M over claim errors, pay delays | Mich. passes prior auth reforms | Average charges for 8 procedures in ERs, retail clinics, urgent cares | Why rudeness is on the rise | Americans have $100B+ in health savings accounts | nThrive to rebrand

March 29, 2022

Most patients don't fight denied claims | Epic's new tech | Calif. hospital to lay off 658 | UnitedHealth to buy LHC Group | Biden's $5.8T budget: 9 healthcare details | NY hospital needs $159M lifeline | 6 systems with strong finances

March 28, 2022

PE firms to buy Ensemble Health | Feds restore billions in halted pay to Texas hospitals | Police shoot, kill patient in Fla. ER | 2 min. may cost Tufts $400M | Mo. hospitals halt services over IT, cash flow issues | 23 exec moves

March 24, 2022

CommonSpirit launches outcome-based pay model | Wis. bans health insurer | 7 billing disputes | Reckless or routine? Workarounds point of debate in nurse's trial | Fla. fines Medicaid vendor $9.1M over billing delays

March 23, 2022

TeamHealth hit with upcoding suit | ProMedica to lay off 200 | $413M in HHS relief aid, by state | Hospitals to ONC: Test electronic prior auth changes first | Supreme Court rejects Epic's trade secrets case | 6 medical bills in the news

March 22, 2022

Kaiser sued over alleged underpayments | What keeps RCM leaders up at night | 3 short-staffed hospitals cut services | NY system tries to recoup $228M | 7 healthcare billing fraud cases | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

March 21, 2022

Cerner adds payment tools | AMA eyes lawsuit targeting prior auth 'abuses' | 5 health systems outsourcing jobs | Mo. hospitals pause admissions amid IT trouble | 12 states with highest uninsured rate | 15 best, worst states for physicians

March 17, 2022

9 most in-demand RCM jobs | Anthem Blue Cross ends payment for consultations | DOJ can join $800M fraud suit against Tenn. system | COVID aid meltdown: 6 notes | 10 most segregated hospital markets | Oracle's potential Cerner buy: 7 key dates

March 16, 2022

$36K hospital bill goes viral on TikTok | CMS unveils state DSH allotments | The 1,500+ bed hospitals with 5 stars for price transparency | Medicare Advantage plans got $12B in excess pay: Watchdog | Hospitals ask patients to ditch N95s

March 15, 2022

Novant sued over $2K ER fee | 11 hospital layoffs | Calif. targets hospital costs | 6 payer-provider contract disputes, resolutions | Telestroke billing is spotty, study finds | 9 'most ethical' health systems

March 14, 2022

3 systems that outsourced RCM to Optum | Calif. physician charged in $36M billing fraud scheme | Sutter defeats $411M antitrust suit | Providence exec to join Amazon + 23 exec moves | Memorial Hermann, BCBS reach deal

March 10, 2022

12 physicians sentenced for $250M billing fraud | NY system to lay off 874 | 5 medical bills in the headlines | HHS to launch single login for patient portals | Anthem to rebrand | House cuts $15.6B in COVID aid from spending bill

March 9, 2022

Aetna, Optum must face 'dummy code' suit | Fla. hospitals to pay $12.7M to resolve improper claims allegations | Congress eyes 151-day telehealth extension | 5 payers flagged for coding, reimbursement errors | 8 systems with strong finances

March 8, 2022

Northwell inks 10-year RCM deal | NY system shakes up RCM leadership | HHS: COVID funding used up | Case over $303K hospital bill reaches Colo. Supreme Court | Broward Health, UnitedHealthcare hit contract impasse

March 7, 2022

260+ RCM companies to know | Russian donation to Mayo scrutinized | Calif. health plan fined $55M over care authorization delays | 892 hospitals at risk of closure | No Surprises Act could limit medical debt reported to credit agencies

March 3, 2022

Steward must face overbilling class action | Tenn. physician convicted of $50M billing fraud | 25 US hospitals among Newsweek's best in the world | 15 states hit most, least by the 'Great Resignation' | 8 CMS actions

March 2, 2022

HHS to revise surprise-billing arbitration | UnitedHealthcare nixing paper checks | Biden's State of the Union: 7 healthcare details | CMS to reweigh MIPS data | Largest payer in each state | 37 critical access hospital closures

March 1, 2022

Tenet calls off Conifer spinoff | Calif. hospital to lay off RCM staff | Providence sued over debt collection | Cerner CEO joins Humana board | 50 groups to Congress: Keep Medicare sequester pause

February 28, 2022

17 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | UnitedHealthcare axes paper prior auths | 16 exec moves | Physicians: ACO redesign is 'direct contracting in disguise' | 9 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Healthcare workers on why they quit | 83 hospital benchmarks

February 24, 2022

DOJ challenges $13B UnitedHealth-Change deal | Patients are coming after hospital prices | Judge rejects HHS surprise billing rule | 7 hospitals laying off workers | HCA, Tenet, CHS revenue grows to $90.7B | Catholic Health hit with credit downgrade

February 23, 2022

$80K bill highlights No Surprises Act loophole | DOJ has until Feb. 27 to block UnitedHealth-Change deal | Maine providers report payment delays from Anthem BCBS | CMS cuts ACO track from rural payment model

February 22, 2022

NC system hit with deceptive billing suit | 3 tips for managing denials | Mark Cuban wants to buck healthcare's status quo | 10 systems with strong finances | Gen Z anxiety linked to remote work | 9 hospitals hiring RCM talent

February 21, 2022

CMS asks 124 hospitals for plan to post prices | 55 hospitals hit with Medicare penalties 8 years straight | Payers reinstate COVID cost-sharing | Mass. General settles overlapping surgery suit for $14.6M | OIG audit targets malnutrition codes

February 17, 2022

R1 adds provider contracts | Mayo: Out-of-network appointment ban not about money | 'Big 6' payers ranked by profit | 9 hospitals cutting services | Ohio providers to pay $3M to settle improper billing case | 6 suits challenge No Surprises Act

February 16, 2022

Layoff list, expired meds: Why Ill. hospital lost Medicare funding | NC officials battle over hospital price disclosures | Hartford HealthCare hit with 2nd antitrust suit | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Athenahealth acquired for $17B

February 15, 2022

Mayo bars out-of-network MA patient appointments | Epic adds payment tool | Wash. hospital fires 4 execs | Fla. system settles improper payment case for $5.5M | Hospitals urge HHS to save direct contracting model

February 14, 2022

Patient received $13K bill after kidney donation | Fla. physician convicted of $110M billing fraud | 6 payers ranked by revenue | GoFundMe launched for tech burned by travel nurse | 48 best hospitals to work for: Forbes

February 10, 2022

86% of hospitals defy price disclosure rule | 13-year Medicare pay dispute will return to HHS | NH hospital settles false claims case | Meet 12 R1 leaders | Wash. hospital execs target of no-confidence vote | 100 top critical access hospitals

February 9, 2022

Conifer spinoff may not happen | Mich. surgeon guilty of $19M billing fraud | Sutter antitrust trial begins: 5 notes | 9 hospitals hiring RCM talent | 10 UnitedHealth execs to know | Omicron found in NY deer

February 8, 2022

Medicare penalizes 38 top-rated hospitals | 33 top RCM tools: KLAS | RI hospital ineligible for fed'l funding | 6 medical bills making headlines | Travel nurse allegedly sets coworker on fire at NJ hospital | Healthgrades' 50 top hospitals

February 7, 2022

Where $11B in provider aid went | Medical billing firm warns of data breach | States move to cut patient debt | Cerner-Oracle deal faces antitrust review, lawsuits | OIG: Calif. health plan was overpaid $54M | 16 states renew fight over CMS vaccine rule

February 3, 2022

5 health orgs outsourcing RCM | Overrated tech hospitals should skip | 9 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Repayment of Medicare advances a top credit risk: Moody's | Medicare to cover at-home COVID tests | 10 exec resignations

February 2, 2022

Union accuses HCA of Medicare fraud | 7 hospital layoffs | An unusual omicron symptom | UnitedHealthcare reprocesses 1.6M COVID vaccine claims | Game-changing EHR improvements at 8 systems | DOJ recovers $5B from false claims

February 1, 2022

CMS dings 764 hospitals for patient complications | No Surprises Act compliance: 3 leaders share advice | 13 Epic, Cerner updates | 207 days: Average time to fill senior RCM roles | Spectrum, Beaumont create 22-hospital system

January 31, 2022

Hospitals: Halt advance Medicare pay recoupment | Aetna loses cancer coverage suit | CHS owes fees in $98M fraud case | Pa. hospital closes today | 14 systems with strong finances | Mass. system ousts CEO

January 27, 2022

Cerner execs may get $64M 'golden parachute' payouts | Payers back HHS in surprise-billing suit | Pharmacist sentenced for $180M fraud | $25M in patient debt erased | HCA to add 8 hospitals

January 26, 2022

State to Mass General Brigham: Curb costs or get fined | 113 great healthcare leaders | NC hospitals billing patients eligible for charity care | 9 payer exec moves | 'Endemic' can be dangerous

January 25, 2022 

Change mulls sale of assets | Omicron subvariant found | HHS sends $2B to providers | 9 hospital RCM job opportunities | ThedaCare sued Ascension to keep staff and lost

January 24, 2022 

Patient billing info exposed in Jefferson Health breach | 17 exec moves | ONC seeks input on prior authorization | Woman charged $847 'facility fee' for telehealth visit | Fla. hospitals can use state surprise-billing dispute process | 6 COVID forecasts

January 20, 2022 

Calif. system to outsource RCM jobs to Optum | HCA hit with antitrust suit in Fla. | CMS vaccine rule enforceable in all 50 states | Cerner CEO will stay post Oracle acquisition | Omicron likely peaking in these 3 states

January 19, 2022

Ohio system settles false claims case | UnitedHealth annual profit tops $17B: 13 details | Top 10 health tech hazards for '22 | No Surprises Act resources released | 10 hospital RCM job openings | 5 CEO resignations

January 18, 2022

20 hospitals providing most low-value care | Physicians charged in $100M fraud scheme | Omicron symptoms, recovery: What we know | 11 hospitals see payroll issues after ransomware hit | MedPAC: Boost pay for hospitals, not physicians in '23

January 13, 2022

Texas hospital loses Medicare contract | 8 hospital layoffs | UnitedHealthcare settles underpayment suit for $10M | Morgan Health partners with Kaiser | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent

January 12, 2022

UC San Diego Health settles false claims case | Conifer beefs up offshoring strategy | Best places to work in healthcare: Glassdoor | Viewpoint: Consumers not persuaded by hospital price disclosure excuses | CIOs' favorite work-from-home tools

January 11, 2022

26 medical orgs fight surprise-billing process | 14 best-paying healthcare jobs | Viewpoint: IU Health price freeze is a PR stunt | Ransomware attack delays pay for healthcare staff | Payers must cover at-home COVID tests | 8 exec resignations

January 10, 2022

Ill. hospital closes, cites Medicare contract termination | R1 to buy Cloudmed in $4.1B deal | Worst of omicron yet to come for Midwest | 10 hospitals with highest contract labor expenses | Universal healthcare on the table in Calif.

January 6, 2022

NC physician faces charges over $46M in Medicare billings | 11 hospitals halting services over staff shortages | 9 hospitals hiring RCM talent | 8 orgs certified to decide surprise-billing disputes + what they charge | 43 exec moves

January 5, 2022

Hospitals in Ill., Texas face Medicare termination | 335 hospitals get warning over undisclosed prices | UnitedHealthcare: Proposed ER denial policy not in effect | When the omicron surge may peak | Final bills erroneously sent to 4K NY hospital patients

January 4, 2022

13 systems with strong finances | New variant found in France | UPMC hit with $250K claims notification penalty | Md. alters patient debt collection rules | Theranos founder guilty of fraud

January 3, 2022

Viewpoint: NY hospitals need $1B now | Pa. hospital closes | 10 tech buzzwords to leave in '21 | Some Americans get 4th COVID shots | Surgeons sue UnitedHealth, Aetna over claims denials | COVID hospitalizations up in 34 states

December 30, 2021

Surprise-billing ban starts Jan. 1: 9 things to know | 17 hospital credit rating upgrades | COVID hospitalizations up in 29 states | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | CMS approves Medicaid overhaul in Calif.

December 29, 2021

Ill. hospital loses Medicare contract | Billing issue affects data of 1,661 Advocate Aurora patients | Surgeons sue UnitedHealth, Aetna over denied claims | 16 states facing hospital staff shortages | Physicians worried about omicron's paradox

December 28, 2021

10 states where nonprofit hospitals report lowest expenses | NJ hospital loses $850K billing dispute | Mayo to advise on building, operating hospital in Indonesia | 20 things to know about UnitedHealth | Healthcare billing fraud: 10 lawsuits, settlements

December 22, 2021

8 hospitals flagged for billing errors this year | 9 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Cloth masks may be knives in omicron's gunfight, experts warn | 12 hospital bankruptcies, closures | Viewpoint: Telehealth parity rules prevent cost savings

December 21, 2021

IU Health freezes prices | HHS flags billing errors at NY hospital | Biden's plan to fight omicron | HIPAA guidelines updated: 7 details | 149 top hospitals: Leapfrog | States where COVID hospitalizations cost the most, least

December 20, 2021

Oracle to buy Cerner for $28B | Calif. physician guilty in $355M billing scheme | Nonprofit hospitals in these 10 states report highest expenses | Omicron may spark 'viral blizzard' by Feb., expert warns | State-by-state breakdown of $9B in provider aid

December 16, 2021

Optum-Change revise deal timeline | 11 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Payroll processes affected at 7 hospitals after vendor ransomware hit | US health spending up 9.7% | Mass. physician charged in $37M kickback scheme | Amazon taps health leader

December 15, 2021

Texas hospital's Medicare funding at risk | Omicron is fastest spreading COVID strain: WHO | Ill. hospital settles allegations it kept insurance overpayments | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | 79 payer C-suite moves | 46 top hospitals: Leapfrog

December 14, 2021

HHS releases $9B in COVID aid | Scripps' EHR automates price markups | Centene CEO to retire | 5 systems laying off, outsourcing IT staff | Texas hospital's payroll process affected in vendor ransomware hit | DSH cuts nixed from $1.7T spending bill

December 13, 2021

Medicare cuts averted | 10 hospital closures | 5 payers tagged for coding, reimbursement errors | 24 exec moves | AMA, AHA sue feds over surprise-billing rule | MedPAC likely to back payment boost for hospitals in '23

December 9, 2021

9 hospital layoffs | Borrego Health to outsource billing | Most patients with medical debt owe $2K+ | 11 hospitals halting nonurgent surgeries | 23 top rural hospitals | SEC charges 3 former dialysis co. execs in revenue manipulation scheme

December 8, 2021

UnitedHealth owes TeamHealth $60M, jury says | Calif. hospital plans 677 layoffs | Bill to avert Medicare cuts passes House | 25 hospitals with most telehealth claims | Hospitals push for surprise-billing rule changes

December 7, 2021

Supreme Court won't revive Atrium antitrust suit | Change Healthcare to lay off 170 | 9 hospital RCM job openings | Physician Medicare spending fell $12.1B in 2020 | Lawsuits for unpaid medical bills rose 37% in Wis. | 72 top teaching hospitals: Leapfrog

December 6, 2021

Calif. hospital files for bankruptcy | Texas hospital pays $18.2M to settle false claims suit | 73 hospital closures, by state | 33 exec moves | How much hospitals charge for COVID vaccines in each state | UnitedHealthcare, Optum to step up collaboration

December 2, 2021

HCA hospital keeps Medicare contract | AMA: Allowing Medicare cuts would be 'reckless' | Biden's COVID plan for winter | Pharma marketer sentenced in $180M fraud scheme | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, IT talent

December 1, 2021

9 systems with strong finances | 10 hospital RCM job openings | Healthcare worker vaccine mandate blocked nationwide | CMS scraps payment model component | UnitedHealth expects revenue of $317B+ in '22 | Zoom integrates with Cerner EHR

November 30, 2021

Medicare payment rule baffles Supreme Court | UnitedHealthcare underpaid TeamHealth, jury finds | Calif. hospital may close without buyer | 19 countries reporting omicron cases | Congress urged to stop $14.1B in Medicare payment cuts | 8 Cerner updates

November 29, 2021

COVID aid for rural health providers, by state | UnitedHealth names CMO + 5 payer exec moves | Omicron variant: 10 details | 6 orgs erase $5.7B+ in medical debt | Mercyhealth moves to end inpatient care at Ill. hospital

November 24, 2021

Houston hospital's Medicare contract at risk | Higher penalties won't sway all hospitals to post prices: consultant | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders | Surprise billing in US: 4 details | Medical debt disproportionately affects Black Americans

November 23, 2021

HCA defeats billing fraud claims | BCBS of NC demands rate cuts | HHS distributes $7.5B in COVID aid | Humana, Allina ink value-based deal | HHS secretary defends surprise-billing arbitration process | Biden to invest $1.5B in healthcare workforce

November 22, 2021

Fla. physician sentenced in $29M false claims case | PE firms to buy Athenahealth for $17B | Calif. hospital to lay off 328 | Insurers balk at paying for Aduhelm | 34 exec moves | Sale saves 2 Pa. hospitals

November 18, 2021

20 most cost-efficient systems | New fed'l rule requires health plans to report costs | Surprise-billing rule lets insurers dictate 'deflated rates,' air ambulance cos. allege | CommonSpirit eyes sale of 14 hospitals | 5 hospital RCM deal

November 17, 2021

11 top client-rated RCM solutions: Black Book | 152 lawmakers push back on surprise-billing rule | 15 CMS actions to know | COVID cases up in 29 states | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Payers, providers seeing more cut contracts

November 16, 2021

14 healthcare bankruptcies | Adventist picks R1 for billing | Biden signs $1.2T infrastructure bill: 5 healthcare notes | 7 payer-provider disputes, resolutions | Former Sanford CEO got $49M payout | Cerner names 1st chief health officer

November 15, 2021

VillageMD taps R1 RCM | 8 hospital layoffs | Ex-UnitedHealth exec says insurer only paid surprise bills after complaints | Miss. church wipes 955 patients' medical debt | S&P raises CommonSpirit's debt rating

November 11, 2021

NY hospitals put 4,880 liens on patient homes over unpaid debt | 8 hospitals cutting inpatient care | Aetna accused of using dead, out-of-state physicians to bolster network | Memorial Hermann, BCBS swap termination notes | 11 execs nearing retirement

November 10, 2021

Why 6 medical bills made headlines | Leapfrog's 'F' and straight-'A' hospitals | Oak Street Health facing DOJ probe over potential false claims | 10 hospital RCM job openings | CHS doesn't expect ER volumes to fully bounce back

November 9, 2021

10 most cost-efficient hospitals | UPMC was overpaid $6.4M: OIG | UnitedHealth behavioral unit sued over claim bundling | Healthcare fraud self-disclosure protocol updated | Tenet strikes $1.2B surgery center deal

November 8, 2021

946 UNC patients' billing info potentially exposed | Calif. hospital to end acute care | UnitedHealthcare, Prisma hit contract snag | UPMC gains support in battle with feds | CMS penalized 93% of hospitals for readmissions in last decade

November 4, 2021

UnitedHealth, Change strike new timing deal with DOJ | Healthcare staff must be vaccinated by Jan. 4 | Kan. hospital drops health-sharing plans | Healthcare affordability: States ranked | Ark. lab owner indicted in $100M billing fraud case

November 3, 2021

CMS drops 3 payment rules: 12 details | Pa. system to lay off 293 | Major payers accused of restricting $90B in provider payments | Ga. patient received $688 ER bill without being seen | 11 recent healthcare billing fraud cases

November 2, 2021

Geisinger to pay $18.5M to settle billing fraud allegations | 11 systems with strong finances | 5 top coding issues that result in denials | Jefferson Health buys insurer | Cerner's plan to avoid more layoffs | 10 hospital RCM job opportunities

November 1, 2021

39 hospitals hit with max readmission penalties | HHS sued over surprise-billing rule | No. 1 RCM priority for 5 hospital execs | 6 top reasons inpatient claims get denied | CMS finalizes kidney disease payment rule | 24 exec moves

October 28, 2021

CMS penalizes 2,499 hospitals for high readmissions | PAC erases $212M of patient debt | UnitedHealthcare sues TeamHealth, alleges $100M fraud | 5 payers adopting virtual-first models | Hospitals slam study saying wealthy facilities got more COVID aid

October 27, 2021

DOJ: Kaiser defrauded Medicare of $1B | TransUnion to sell RCM unit for $1.7B | Cigna, Texas hospital hit contract impasse | $26.8B in provider relief aid is unspent | 9 called-off hospital deals

October 26, 2021

Anthem wants probe of Sentara after contract scuffle | Ariz. physician indicted in 10-year billing fraud case | Gulf Coast Health Care files for bankruptcy | 10 RCM job openings | COVID aid applications due today | Ind. system must face false claims suit

October 25, 2021

Billing vendor breach exposes Humana, Anthem members' info | Lawsuit: Mass. system fired CFO for voicing billing concerns | UnitedHealthcare to retroactively pay providers for vaccines | HCA's profit triples | Cerner to lay off 150

October 21, 2021

OIG: UnitedHealth top recipient of questionable payments | HCA moves to toss antitrust suit | Tenet's Q3 operating income: $1B | Northwell taps Cedar for financial engagement | SC medical practice pays $1.25M to settle improper billing allegations

October 20, 2021

Hospitals to CMS: Fix 'problematic' prior auths | 10 specialties with highest markups over Medicare | Ex-Texas nurse convicted of capital murder | NY labor unions fight rising hospital prices | Average charge of a COVID hospitalization, by state

October 19, 2021

Outdated hospital billing a challenge for new debt collection rules | Ensemble sets IPO terms | Hospitalized COVID patients could owe thousands as waivers end | UnitedHealthcare unveils virtual-first plan | Catholic Health's credit downgraded amid strike

October 18, 2021

CMS asks 32 hospitals for price-posting plan | Provider sued over Medicare freeze | 4 hospital bankruptcies | Conn. hospitals seek consolidation to simplify billing | 26 exec moves | Americans spend 12M hours a week on phone with insurers

October 14, 2021

Calif. alters patient debt collection | Viewpoint: Downcoding, payment delays a 'revenue grab' by insurers | SSM chief talks Optum RCM deal | Mayo, UnityPoint + 8 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Unvaccinated hospital workers demand jobs back in Texas

October 13, 2021

UPMC defends billing in battle with feds | Cerner CEO's plan to fix EHRs | 10 highest-paid payer CEOs | 506-bed Pa. hospital must face overpayment suit | 47% of remote workers report anxiety as peers return to office

October 12, 2021

Anesthesiologists to DOJ: Probe UnitedHealth | Texas bans COVID vaccine mandates | 11 hospital closures | Northwell shifts to direct contracting for staff benefits | Americans' financial health far from baseline: poll

October 11, 2021

Optum, SSM ink RCM deal | US to join $800M false claims suit against Tenn. system | Anthem sued over denial of air ambulance bill | 12 hospital credit rating upgrades | 19 exec moves

October 7, 2021

10 hospitals outsourcing RCM, IT tasks | Cerner unveils new rev cycle tech | 11 hospital credit downgrades | Anthem shakes up leadership | Hospitals paying $24B more for clinical labor | AMA adds CPT codes for pediatric COVID vaccine candidate

October 6, 2021

NY suspends prior auths | 2,200 unvaccinated Kaiser workers on leave | CMS overpaid $636M for neurostimulator surgeries: OIG | Labor costs strain hospital profits | UnitedHealthcare, Wellstar contract impasse affects nearly 80,000

October 5, 2021

UnitedHealthcare, Anthem behind on billions of hospital payments | 14 systems with strong finances | 1,400 unvaccinated workers leave Northwell | Trinity revenue hits $20.2B | Average helicopter air ambulance charge tops $30K

October 4, 2021

256 hospitals warned of price disclosure violations | Few hospitals penalized under MIPS | CMS' surprise-billing rule an 'undeserved gift' to payers: AMA | Police: Pa. hospital employee shot, killed co-worker | 21 exec moves

September 30, 2021

Walmart Health challenged by billing | Cyberattack forces Ind. hospital's IT shutdown | Dr. David Feinberg on his move from Google to Cerner | ICD-10 coding changes kick in: 8 takeaways | 74% of employees say remote work is essential

September 29, 2021

7 hospitals tagged by OIG for billing errors this year | Pa. hospital to close | CMS' final payment rules take effect Oct. 1: 21 takeaways | 73% of health insurance markets highly concentrated: AMA | 7 Epic updates

September 28, 2021

How 7 execs attract, retain RCM + IT talent | Intermountain to offer flat-rate prices at outpatient imaging sites | Unvaccinated Northwell leaders out | 2 largest nonprofit systems see finances bounce back | Walmart selects Epic EHR for health centers

September 27, 2021

9 hospitals laying off workers | Why 3 hospital bills went viral | Intermountain selects price transparency partner | CMS to pay for booster shots | 2 deaths linked to ivermectin misuse in NM

September 23, 2021

30 Ala. hospitals at risk of closing | Ascension tech arm cuts 330 jobs | Mich. physician convicted in $100M fraud case | Hospitals worried about surprise billing law | Newsweek's best hospitals in 10 specialties

September 22, 2021

Hospitals aren't getting families estimates for kids' hospital costs | $5B in suspicious Medicare payments went to 20 insurers: OIG | 10 RCM job openings | Hospitals to lose $54B this year | 2 NC hospital board members resign over HCA ownership

September 21, 2021

20 most cost efficient hospitals: Lown Institute | Cleveland Clinic shares strategy, roadblocks to posting prices | $225M worth of patient debt eliminated | $317K: The average charge of a complex COVID hospitalization | HCA to buy 5 Utah hospitals

September 20, 2021

Texas hospital explains $555K billing error | CMS penalizes Anthem | 42 medical workers charged in $1.4B healthcare fraud takedown | 50 largest public hospitals | 33 exec moves

September 16, 2021

CMS penalizes 3 UnitedHealthcare plans | 8 hospitals hiring RCM talent | FEMA to cover $900M COVID bill for NYC public hospitals | Fla. cardiologist pays $6.75M to resolve false claims allegations | Beaumont closes 180 beds over staffing

September 15, 2021

Texas 'gold card' law to cut prior auth delays | $5.7B: The 3-mo. cost of unvaccinated COVID hospitalizations | Colo. hospitals must bill Medicare before injured patients | 6 HCA deals | Make price disclosure noncompliance fee $5.5K a day: researchers

September 14, 2021

CMS to nix breakthrough tech coverage + 10 more actions | Henry Ford closes 120 beds over staffing | Texas hospital pays $555K to resolve improper claims allegations | 25% of high-priced hospitals in unconcentrated markets: analysis

September 13, 2021

CMS floats billing, financial disclosure rules | HHS to release $25B+ in aid to hospitals | Vt. hospital seeks $210M increase in patient payments | AMA asks employers to challenge prior auths | UnitedHealthcare pays less for COVID shots: pediatricians

September 9, 2021

Anthem, BCBS hit with antitrust suit | TransUnion eyes sale of rev cycle unit | A physician's case for refusing to treat unvaccinated patients | UnitedHealth: Shifting procedures out of hospitals saves $684 on avg. | WVU Medicine to launch insurance co.

September 8, 2021

10 ACOs with most shared savings | Nurses quit Calif. hospital in 1 day over EHR | 10 hospital RCM job openings | 8 healthcare billing lawsuits, settlements | AHIP requests legal liability protection from surprise billing rule through '23

September 7, 2021

AMA releases 405 CPT code changes | 8 systems with strong finances | UPMC hit with false claims suit | Hospitals urge action on billions of unused relief funds | Amazon wants to offer in-person care in 20 more cities

September 2, 2021

Wyo. system to outsource RCM operations | 67 financial benchmarks | 48 hospitals lose legal challenge over DSH payments | Healthcare bankruptcies hit 'unprecedented' low | 10 systems seeking RCM talent

September 1, 2021

Va. hospitals suing fewer patients over unpaid debt | Unvaccinated should avoid travel this weekend: CDC | Hospitals seek delay of $36B in Medicare cuts | 7 Cerner updates | Medicare fund expected to be exhausted by 2026

August 31, 2021

Sutter reaches $90M false claims settlement | Top hospital employers by state: Forbes | Epic CEO's net worth tops $6B | Texas hospital settles upcoding allegations | Where telehealth coverage stands in 13 states

August 30, 2021

Sutter's $575M antitrust settlement is final: 4 details | Chicago hospital under investigation over use of charitable assets | COVID deaths hit 6-month high in US | HHS taps 4 firms to audit COVID grants | 22 exec moves

August 26, 2021

UnitedHealth-Change deal: Where it stands | Mayo, feds battle over $11.5M in tax refunds | Nonprofit hospitals invest for returns, not mission: KHN | Delta to up health insurance cost for unvaccinated staff | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

August 25, 2021

6 hospitals laying off workers | Hospitals lose appeal in outlier payment case | Fla. hospital terminates physician who charged $50 for mask opt-outs | CMS ups pay again for at-home COVID shots | 11 Epic contracts, go-lives

August 24, 2021

CMS to delay enforcing insurer price disclosure rule | Miss. hospital sued 100+ employees over debt | Delta variant hinders financial recovery for hospitals | NJ health plan can't pay out claims | 10 states with most for-profit hospitals

August 23, 2021

OIG flags billing errors at 820-bed Ky. hospital | Payers end cost-sharing waivers for COVID care | ACOs don't cut costs: study | UnitedHealthcare to end paper proof of payment in 12 states | New Cerner CEO to get $34.5M in first 15 mos.

August 19, 2021

Wellstar sues Kaiser over $41.7M in payments | 10 hospital credit rating upgrades | Epic adds payment security platform for EHRs | 7 states with COVID hospitalizations at all-time highs | 78% of systems using RCM automation

August 18, 2021

8 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Anesthesiologists sue UnitedHealth over surprise bills | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | La. hospitals: Medicare Advantage prior auth limits care | Healthcare's richest self-made women: Forbes

August 17, 2021

CMS threatens to pull HCA hospital's Medicare contract | Wis. system fires VP accused in kickback scheme | Anthem, Dignity strike new contract | Health systems miss out on $2.5B in physical therapy revenue a year | AMA issues CPT codes for boosters

August 16, 2021

CMS holds off on price disclosure fines | UnitedHealthcare loses Medicare overpayment appeal | 9 systems with strong finances | Ex-Broward director gets prison time for kickbacks | How much telehealth costs hospitals: 13 numbers to know

August 12, 2021

Why a hospital bill from 1955 went viral | Tenet to shed $1.1B of debt | Sentara settles improper claims allegations | Cyberattack cost Scripps $112.7M | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders | 140+ hospitals, groups mandating vaccines

August 11, 2021

Management failures put Calif. system's Medicare contract at risk | HCA hit with antitrust suit | Telemed co. owner indicted in $784M fraud scheme | 1.1M people got unauthorized COVID-19 booster shot: CDC | 5 payer-provider feuds, resolutions

August 10, 2021

Hospitals can be $3,700-per-day hotels: UC Davis | Ascension settles false claims case | Bank of America's plan to reimagine healthcare payments | Meet Tenet's new CEO | Senate Dems unveil $3.5T budget: 5 healthcare notes

August 9, 2021

Cardiologist gets 6.5 years in prison for billing scam | Doximity riddled with vaccine misinformation | Calif. hospital settles false claims case for $11.4M | Wash. system to end contract with Premera Blue Cross | 16 exec moves

August 5, 2021

19 financial benchmarks for systems | What 25 hospitals charge for telehealth | Trump-commuted health exec inks settlement with feds | 11 hospitals seeking RCM talent | Aetna, CVS to enter ACA marketplace in 8 states

August 4, 2021

Chicago hospital defeats debt fraud suit | Staff demand pay after Tenn. hospital closes | NY system to lay off up to 118 | R1's profit up 22% | La. hospital avoids spending $200M on EHR install | US ranks last in healthcare

August 3, 2021

CMS' inpatient payment rule for '22: 7 takeaways | Pa. system sues insurer for $1B | Vanderbilt wants CHS to change collection tactics | Blue plans not 1 entity, providers say | HCA, Tenet sell 9 hospitals

August 2, 2021

DOJ joins false claims suits against Kaiser | CMS unveils 4 final payment rules: 16 details | Pa. hospital to lay off 110 | NPs get prison time for telemed fraud | 19 exec moves | Humana fined over out-of-network, emergency coverage

July 29, 2021

Northwell loses $1.25B COVID-19 coverage suit | 13 hospitals cutting services | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | 5 Epic updates | Infrastructure bill extends Medicare pay cuts, spares provider relief aid

July 28, 2021

8 hospital credit rating upgrades | 20 hospital layoffs | 14 hospitals sue HHS over physician training pay | Ex-Cerner COO joins healthcare payment co. | The No. 1 hospital in each state: US News

July 27, 2021

7 hospitals outsourcing RCM tasks | Epic pays hospitals that use its algorithms | The 20 best hospitals: US News | CHS' billing practices under fire | Fla. physician sentenced in $20M fraud scheme

July 26, 2021

Billing vendor warns of data breach | Fla. hospital CEO dies in accident | 14 hospital closures | NM hospital settles billing fraud case | Telehealth costs at Amazon, Walmart, Walgreens, CVS | 13 exec moves

July 22, 2021

18 systems with strong finances | Dignity, Anthem end contract | 3 Beaumont execs to depart | Miss. pharmacist pleads guilty to $180M billing fraud | Parents hit with $270K bill from 'birthday rule' inspire changes | 10 hospital RCM job openings

July 21, 2021

9 top-used telehealth billing codes | Pay cut forces Health Partners to lay off 560 | OIG: Insurer discounts to encourage use of select hospitals OK | Americans' medical debt tops $140B | Patient: Fla. hospital lost organ meant for biopsy

July 20, 2021

CMS wants bigger fine for hospitals that fail to post prices + 6 more payment rule updates | 21 exec moves | Prime, 2 physicians pay $38M to settle false claims case | UnitedHealth CEO: ER usage may see permanent drop

July 19, 2021

COVID-19 cases up 69% in 1 week | Trinity, Henry Ford workers protest vaccine mandates; 35+ hospitals requiring shots | YouTube health exec wants hospital partners in misinformation fight | What Geisinger, Stanford think of new OSHA rules

July 15, 2021

Aetna drops $50M overbilling suit against Mednax | Surgeons balk at CMS' payment rule | Waystar to buy Patientco | La. hospital eyes affiliation to skirt $200M EHR install | 6 billing fraud suits, settlements

July 14, 2021

CMS floats physician payment rule, wider telehealth reimbursement | Medicare expansion part of Senate Democrats' $3.5T spending plan | Physician sentenced for defrauding 3 insurers | Humana quietly funding clinics

July 13, 2021

7 credit rating downgrades | 15 best, worst states for businesses | CoxHealth, CEO sued over 'COVID' promo code tweets | NM church erases medical debt for 782 households | Meditech names CEO; Cerner exec departs

July 12, 2021

CMS' payment rules for 2022: 21 notes | Hospitals criticize Biden exec order | Hospital prices 'transparent as hieroglyphics' | 10 hospitals with top-ranked community health investments | 30 exec moves

July 8, 2021

Ransomware hits RCM vendor, affects 1.2M | RIP 'Uber of healthcare' | Lab CEO charged in $86M fraud scheme | Amazon Care wants Aetna, BCBS to cover its services | Physicians go unpaid at NH system | 9 RCM job openings

July 7, 2021

Surprise-billing rule bans retroactive ED denial policies | Hospitals often charge uninsured at highest price: WSJ | Medicare has new director | Audit questions NY hospital's sustainability | Fla. hospitals brace for tropical storm

July 6, 2021

CMS may link device security to Medicare funding | 'Causing chaos': Physicians slam Aetna's eye surgery policy | 17 states with rising COVID-19 cases | CMS floats kidney disease payment rule | Vt. system seeks 7% commercial insurance price boost

July 5, 2021

CMS pitches surprise-billing rule: 10 notes | SCOTUS to hear cases on 340B cuts, DSH payments | Ohio system to pay $21M to settle false claims case | R1 buys VisitPay | Tenet hospital delays Cerner EHR rollout amid strike

July 1, 2021

Lawmakers seek probe into Tenet's use of relief aid | Hospitals in NY, Neb. end inpatient care | 11 RCM job openings | How much each state spends per person on healthcare | Americans' increasing inability to pay for care: 5 studies

June 30, 2021

'It'd be catastrophic': Dallas hospitals face $1.1B annual losses without Medicaid waiver | Conn. physician ordered to pay $15M for billing fraud | CMS pitches ACA enrollment changes | Ore., Wash., hospital beds in short supply amid heat wave

June 29, 2021

Site-neutral pay cuts upheld | OIG tags NY hospital for billing errors | UnitedHealth hit with class-action suit over breast surgery coverage | Hospital CEO turnover by state | ERs face overwhelming summer | CMS floats home health payment rule: 6 details

June 28, 2021

Court revives Aetna-Optum 'dummy code' suit | Neb. hospital to close | 3 insurers accused of running 'ghost networks' in Calif. | Key hospital metrics show recovery | Texas physician gets 7 years in prison for fraud

June 24, 2021

10 financially strong systems | Ex-Kan. hospital administrator sentenced for embezzling $556K | 11 RCM job openings | Nonprofit, system-affiliated hospitals more likely to comply with price disclosure rule | HCA to sell $2.4B of debt

June 23, 2021

Most US News' top hospitals defy price disclosure rule | Mayo physician fired after writing book with confidential info. | Cerner exec turnover: 7 changes to know | How 30+ US systems pursue profits abroad

June 22, 2021

7 hospital layoffs | Ex-CEO of Hacienda Healthcare pleads guilty to fraud | LifePoint to buy Kindred | BCBS, UnitedHealth end trademark feud | 5 EHR contracts, go-lives

June 21, 2021

Why 5 hospitals closed this year | HCA trauma fees far exceed rivals | 21 top-rated healthcare financial solutions: Black Book | Ala. nurse fired over TikToks | UVM Health still calculating losses from ransomware attack

June 17, 2021

Supreme Court upholds ACA | Northwell exec: Debt ombudsman to 'check and balance' collections | Tenet to sell 5 Fla. hospitals | 10 RCM job opportunities | Calif. anesthesia group files for bankruptcy

June 16, 2021

Minn. hospital offers 40% off some bills as part of settlement | Elective surgery backlog disrupts Ore. system | 14 healthcare CEOs with best staff reviews | Anthem joins Civica Rx | UnitedHealth's workforce: 6 numbers to know

June 15, 2021

Northwell's new role: medical debt ombudsman | Ballad to abolish debt of 82,000 patients | NY system lays off workers | Top 100 hospitals charge 7x cost of care: study | Most hospitals opt for fee over price disclosure

June 14, 2021

NY hospital halts admissions | UnitedHealthcare delays ER rule; hospitals demand repeal | Cerner cuts 500 jobs | 17 states without surprise billing protections | Hospital workers' suit over vaccine mandate dismissed

June 10, 2021

UnitedHealthcare: 1 in 10 claims could be denied under ER rule | NJ hospital out $1.8M after cost report error | 12 systems hiring RCM talent | 2 Baltimore systems mandate COVID-19 vaccines for staff | Humana sued over data breach

June 9, 2021

Hospitals blast UnitedHealthcare's new ER policy | Texas hospital reinstates mask policy | 20 top smart hospitals in the world: Newsweek | CMS ups pay for at-home vaccinations | 4 things to know about OptumCare

June 8, 2021

Lab sues UnitedHealth over COVID-19 test payments | Sutter to lay off 400 | Union severs ties with NewYork-Presbyterian over costs | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, IT expertise | Centura sues crowdfunding site

June 7, 2021

UnitedHealthcare unveils retroactive ER denial policy | Walmart prefers these 17 health systems | Ascension's IT layoffs start with 100 cuts in Ind. | Cerner won't require all staff to return to office | Intermountain's health plan names CEO

June 3, 2021

Texas hospital files for bankruptcy | 1 in 3 hospitals see denial rates in 'danger zone' | Sentara, Cone Health nix merger | 11 systems hiring RCM talent | Cigna, Mary Washington split affects 15,000 patients

June 2, 2021

Supreme Court's ACA ruling looms | Okla. cancer hospital closes | 1 in 3 Americans skip care over cost concerns | Mass. anesthesia group settles surprise billing allegations | Hospital workers sue over vaccine mandate

June 1, 2021

5 systems laying off IT, RCM workers | HHS: Some COVID-19 data reporting optional June 10 | Ascension: Pandemic caused $1.9B hit | Surprise billing fears fuel vaccine hesitancy | 15 top-paid S&P 500 healthcare CEOs

May 27, 2021

DOJ charges 14 in $143M COVID-19 scams | 4 hospitals sue HHS to void Medicare pay ruling | 10 systems seeking RCM talent | Texas NP sentenced, ordered to pay $52M for insurance fraud | Va. system, Cigna hit contract impasse

May 26, 2021

NY system to outsource 500 IT + RCM jobs | Google, HCA partner: 7 details | Meet CMS' new administrator + 15 HHS leaders to know | 6 hospitals cutting services | HHS earmarks $4.8B for COVID-19 testing for uninsured

May 25, 2021

Advocate Aurora to keep 12k workers remote | 10 systems with strong finances | No 'easy button': Scripps CEO on ransomware recovery | Hospitals see margins improve to 2.4% | Anthem received millions in overpayments: OIG

May 24, 2021

Baptist Health ends RCM deal, moves 600 workers in-house | CMS to end Next Gen ACO model | Providence owes surgeon $1 over lost privileges | 6 RCM business moves to know | CDC: Fully vaccinated can largely skip testing

May 20, 2021

HHS must revise hospital DGME payments, court rules | JPMorgan launches health co. | Trinity, Penn Medicine + 8 systems hiring RCM talent | Top 12 health systems for diversity | Wis. employers swap UnitedHealthcare for network vowing 15% lower costs

May 19, 2021

Va. physician gets 59 years in prison for $20M fraud | How many hospital beds 7 EHR cos. gained, lost | Providence operating loss hits $222M | Anthem, Epic go in on data sharing with providers | CommonSpirit, Essentia abandon hospital deal

May 18, 2021

CHS sued 19K patients over unpaid bills amid pandemic | SCA fires back at DOJ in collusion case | Aetna investigates potential 'waste, fraud' at Texas hospital | CMS further delays breakthrough tech rule | Mednax taps R1 for RCM services

May 17, 2021

How Scripps is adjusting billing amid 16-day IT outage | 3 Ascension hospitals to pay $21M for alleged kickbacks | Mich. hospital outsources billing | 22 exec moves | Upcoding suit against Providence won't be revived, court rules

May 13, 2021

'Unique historical fear' of billing could hamper vaccinations at Ill. system | World's 20 largest healthcare cos. | 10 systems hiring RCM talent | Tools + metrics that best measure RCM performance: 2 execs share | HHS mulls fed'l aid deadline extension

May 12, 2021

32 hospitals sue HHS over DSH payments | Hospitals want billions in remaining fed'l aid | UnitedHealth CEO: Negative pandemic effects to fade in '22 | 8 private equity deals in healthcare | Zotec adds 3 leadership roles

May 11, 2021

8 hospital layoffs | Mass. health system to launch insurance co. | U of Miami to pay $22M to settle false billing case tied to physician offices | R1's revenue hits $342.6M in Q1 | RI hospital exec dodged 2 layoff attempts

May 10, 2021

Hospitals get 1st warning on price transparency failure | 3 charged in $46M telemed kickback scheme | Hospitals charge above average $159 for COVID-19 tests | Kaiser's Q1 net income: $2B | Cigna CEO: Preventive care back to pre-pandemic levels

May 6, 2021

What put Mission Health's Medicare contract at risk? | Dignity hospital to pay $10M to settle improper billing claims | 9 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Physicians want insurers to cover COVID-19 gear in Calif. | OIG tags NJ hospital for overbilling

May 5, 2021

Execs misrepresented NM hospital's finances, audit finds | EHR co. to settle kickback charges for $3.8M | The 53 participants in CMS' direct contracting model | AMA adds 3 CPT codes for Novavax vaccine | Cerner CEO to depart

May 4, 2021

R1 to buy VisitPay in $300M deal | UnitedHealthcare, Renown hit contract impasse over 16% price increase request | HHS to pay vaccine fees not covered by insurers | BCBS Assoc. drops rule that limited competition | HCA buys rural Ga. hospital

May 3, 2021

CMS' final CJR rule: 5 takeaways | Kaiser, Ascension Technologies to lay off hundreds | 7 low-value services cost Medicare $500M a year | Fla. hospitals dodge $250M in Medicaid cuts | HCA to sell 4 Ga. hospitals

April 29, 2021

Fla. sues HHS over $97M in denied payments | CHS records $64M Q1 loss | BCBS Assoc. beats cancer coverage suit | CMS star ratings are out: 4 details | 8 hospitals hiring RCM talent

April 28, 2021

CMS floats '22 inpatient payment rule: 8 takeaways | Insurers end COVID-19 cost waivers | Median hospital operating margin: 1.4% | Hospital price transparency PSA debuts during Oscars | Biden's $1.8 trillion spending plan: 5 notes

April 27, 2021

UHS to return $188M in fed'l aid | Top 100 hospitals + 15 systems: Fortune/IBM Watson | Meet Novant's 1st chief of payer performance | Lobbying over surprise billing heats up | Prosecutors seek retrial for health exec granted clemency in $1.3B fraud case

April 26, 2021

4 healthcare execs sentenced in $189M fraud scheme | UnitedHealth's plan to make Optum a $100B giant | 15 health systems with strong finances | Software breach hits 40 systems | HHS' top 10 compliance priorities

April 22, 2021

5 CMS payment models under review, delayed | Colo. Supreme Court to review patient's $229K bill | Biden's pick to lead CMS on hold | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | The telehealth services BCBS is making permanent

April 21, 2021

Stanford Health sues Anthem | 18 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | Harvard hospital settles improper billing case for $2.7M | 5 credit rating downgrades | 10 most common passwords used by healthcare staff

April 20, 2021

Humana overcharged Medicare nearly $200M: OIG | Conifer names CTO | NC system sues insurer over $1.5B payout | UVA Health to drop thousands of suits over unpaid bills | Hospitals bolster opposition to site-neutral payments

April 19, 2021

RCM vendor breach hits 5 systems | Hospital chain reports late payroll | Salary for 29 physician specialties, ranked | 2 RCM leaders on best tech to boost collections | Fla. system to fire nurse charged with threatening to kill US vice president

April 15, 2021

Change shareholders OK $13B UnitedHealth deal | Patient recruiter gets 10 years in prison for telemed fraud | Montefiore fires employee for EHR snooping | How COVID-19 affected rev cycle operations | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

April 14, 2021

CMS bans coding hospitals use to hide prices | Mo. physician collects $26M in wrongful termination suit | Lawmakers urge 'vigorous oversight' of price disclosure rule | 9 best systems to work for: Fortune | House passes Medicare sequester delay

April 13, 2021

9 hospital layoffs | BCBS of Mass. accused of allowing systematic overpayments | 1 dead in Ohio hospital shooting: Police | 7 challenges to comparing prices across hospitals | 31 numbers that show the standing of 4 EHR giants

April 12, 2021

CMS pitches 4 payment rules: 12 notes | Microsoft buys Nuance in $16B deal | Biden's $1.5 trillion budget proposal: 6 healthcare takeaways | Lawyers want $184M slice of Sutter antitrust settlement | CMS adds 24 telehealth codes

April 8, 2021

CMS proposes 2 payment rules: 5 details | SC urgent care network pays $22M to resolve false claims case | NJ hospital, Horizon BCBS end 6-year legal feud | 35 healthcare billionaires | 11 hospitals hiring RCM talent

April 7, 2021

UnitedHealthcare taps new CEO | States ranked by ER visit rate | 12 health systems with strong finances | Cardiologists sue SSM Health for $50M over lost privileges | Prior auths led to serious adverse event, 30% of physicians say

April 6, 2021

Hospital expenses per inpatient day in 50 states | HCA defends ER admission rates | One Medical erroneously billed patients for vaccine | 31 payer exec moves | For-profit hospitals spend more on charity care than nonprofit ones

April 5, 2021

Nev. hospital received $23M in overpayments: OIG | Investment group urges ouster of HCA audit chair | Behavioral health CEO, VP face billing fraud charges | Physicians accuse UnitedHealthcare of squeezing competition | 18 exec moves

April 1, 2021

Wis. physician admits to $26M billing fraud | RCM vendor's ex-employee posted patient info on web | 'A gut punch': Fla. hospitals slam $500M in cuts | Okla. cancer hospital to close | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

March 31, 2021

OIG tags Miss. hospital for overbilling | 74-year-old LA hospital closing | CMS delays some application requests for rural payment model | Northwell hospital charged 30x more for COVID-19 tests in ED | Calif. hospitals sue AG over conditions for deal

March 30, 2021

474 face criminal charges for COVID-19 fraud: DOJ | Ill. hospital CEO suspended amid vaccine scandal | HHS flags $81M in relief aid paid to Calif. clinic | Feds to further review $13B UnitedHealth, Change deal | 20 top rural & community hospitals

March 29, 2021

Ex-healthcare CEO pleads guilty to $60M billing fraud | Ind. nurse charged with felony after patient death | NJ system sues insurer over $2.5B payout | CMS urged to rescind exception denials lowering pay | Patient orgs: 8 health insurance types to avoid

March 25, 2021

Va. health system sues insurer after $150M in losses | Chicago hospital exec resigns amid vaccine controversy | NY hospital reviewing COVID-19 billing practices | Union opposes HCA's purchase of Ga. hospital | 11 hospitals hiring RCM talent

March 24, 2021

Wash. health system blames Cerner for bankruptcy | Novant mistakenly billed patients for vaccines | Calif. med group to close, lay off 151 | 9 hospital construction projects worth $1B+ | Med management firm exec pleads guilty to $91M fraud

March 23, 2021

Hospitals seek billions in remaining relief payouts | New Medicare rule will cut pay to hospitals for some surgeries | Sutter hospital fined after nurse's death | 12 billing fraud suits, settlements | CMS payment models under review, delayed

March 22, 2021

Hospitals hide price data from search results | 14 sentenced in $200M Texas hospital fraud scheme | 10 CMS actions to know | Chicago hospital CEO pushed vaccines to his church | Hospitals ask DOJ to probe UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare deal

March 18, 2021

CMS cuts 4 telehealth services from coverage list | Tenet CFO sells $12M in shares | UnitedHealthcare restores free access to some claims data | Probe launched after Ind. nurse unhooked oxygen from COVID-19 patient | 12 hospitals hiring RCM talent

March 17, 2021

Ill., Texas hospitals mistakenly billed patients for vaccine | LA hospital to close, lay off 451 | Amazon to launch telehealth service nationwide | CMS delays breakthrough tech rule, seeks applications for primary care payment model

March 16, 2021

Largest US hospitals defy price disclosure rule | Baylor Scott & White job cuts, outsourcing to save $600M | Mayo gets $60M gift | Aetna can't seek alleged hospital overpayments: court | CMS ups reimbursement for vaccine administration

March 15, 2021

UnitedHealth, Tenet sued over alleged 'no-poach' deals | 30 best places to work in healthcare, biopharma: Fortune | Medical debt collector may face $21M tab for data breach | Top integrated EHR, RCM vendors for community hospitals: Black Book

March 11, 2021

6 hospital layoffs | Sutter's $575M antitrust settlement gets preliminary OK | Leapfrog adds billing ethics questions to hospital survey | $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package: 7 details | Amazon expanding health centers to 5 states

March 10, 2021

Texas pharma CEO charged in $134M scheme | 'Ticking time bomb' could invalidate thousands of health rules: suit | Billionaire unloads CHS stock | UnitedHealthcare denied dismissal of class-action cancer therapy suit | 4 credit downgrades

March 9, 2021

CMS delays kidney care payment model | Tenn. hospital months behind on bills | 5 ways providers can avoid overpayment | 15 hospitals with strong finances | NY surgeon settles fraudulent billing case for $783K

March 8, 2021

UnitedHealthcare advances $100M billing fraud suit | NY physician charged with murder | 100 top rural, community hospitals | Breach exposes 65,000 Humana members' info | Sutter to begin sweeping review of finances

March 4, 2021

Aetna: Mednax destroyed evidence in $50M overbilling suit | 22 US hospitals on Newsweek's 100 best in the world | Mich. healthcare CEO gets 15-year sentence for $150M fraud | Deal may save Chicago's Mercy Hospital | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

March 3, 2021

4 charged in $32M false claims scheme | Tenn. hospital abruptly closes | Optum to buy 715-physician group | 13 Epic, Cerner updates | Calif. hospital CEO resigns after vaccine protocol broken

March 2, 2021

CMS reviewing new payment model | Ga. system warns patients of billing scam | 1 dead, 1 injured in Houston med office shooting | Epic workers, managers clash over diversity initiatives | Tenn. hospital hasn't admitted patients in months

March 1, 2021

Texas physician sentenced for $10M fraud scheme | CMS: Insurers must cover COVID-19 tests for the asymptomatic | UHS cyberattack loss: $67M | $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill heads to Senate | Renown's rev cycle VP on staying inspired on hard days

February 25, 2021

HHS suggests targeted reviews into potential upcoding | 21 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | Texas healthcare CFO gets prison time for defrauding IRS | Hospital revenue may fall $122B this year: study | W.Va. hospital to pay $320K billing fraud settlement

February 24, 2021

Chicago clinic charged patients $195 vaccine fee | 7 credit rating actions | $114M verdict upheld against ex-lab CEO, marketers | Mass. system gets $800K in anonymous bitcoin donations | Google, Ascension launch EHR search tool

February 23, 2021

Supreme Court won't hear false claims case challenging physician opinion | Top CHS execs get pay raises + 5 notes on insurance exec pay | 7 health systems among 'world's most ethical companies' | IT vendor pays ransom to recover 30,000 patients' data

February 22, 2021

CMS cuts pay to 774 hospitals | NY physician charged with manslaughter in patient death | House Dems' COVID-19 relief bill: 8 things to know | 5 hospitals that tapped RCM partners | Cerner pays $4M to settle retirement plan suit

February 18, 2021

EHR install costs add to Ballad's $49M operating loss | CHS sheds 18 hospitals | Oncologists lose appeal over Medicare pay cuts | R1's annual revenue hits $1.3B | How much Medicare claims dropped at start of pandemic

February 17, 2021

How much hospital volume dropped amid COVID-19, by state | 217 top maternity hospitals | 9 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Dialysis provider hit with false claims suit | Biden fills HHS: 13 new leaders | How Cigna, UnitedHealth + 3 other payers fared in Q4

February 16, 2021

How Banner modernized its revenue cycle | Iowa hospital: Surgeon's libel suit poses public welfare threat | 16 providers that paid HIPAA settlements | 18 exec moves | Competing SC hospitals partner to fill emergency care gap

February 15, 2021

Sutter's 277 job cuts mostly in IT | 7 hospital closures | NC system sees physician exodus after HCA takeover | 22 states with telehealth reimbursement provisions | How price transparency may change medical debt collection: Patient advocacy expert

February 11, 2021

Chicago hospital files for bankruptcy | Tenet delays Conifer spinoff | 26 hospitals among Forbes' best large employers | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | 19 M&A deals | Hospitals ask Supreme Court to reverse pay cuts

February 10, 2021

Hospitals barred from suing over $840M pay cut | Ex-administrator admits to embezzling $500K from Kan. med center | Centene to cut 3,000 jobs | 1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minn. clinic | Tenet to retire $478M of debt

February 9, 2021

Colo. medical center apologizes for canceling vaccine appt. over unpaid bill | Healthgrades' 50 top hospitals | 11 health systems with strong finances | Doctors on the Go owner sentenced in fraud, kickback case | Cerner exec turnover: 5 notes

February 8, 2021

Hospitals fight UnitedHealthcare's lab, drug policy changes | 9 hospital layoffs | CEO gets 15-year sentence for $150M healthcare fraud | Vt. ACO sued over payroll data | Novant ends prompt pay discounts at NC system

February 4, 2021

UnitedHealth names CEO | 5 hospital credit downgrades | Tenet ordered to pay $10M to whistleblowing cardiologists | Front-runner emerges for top CMS job | Some physicians halt COVID-19 testing over low reimbursement

February 3, 2021

KLAS: 10 best RCM tools | Fla. hospital fires worker for EHR snooping | Biden's healthcare picks: 35 notes | Pa. health orgs form ACO | 40% of insured patients incur half of annual out-of-pocket spending in 1 visit, study finds

February 2, 2021

Optum erroneously billed patients for COVID-19 vaccine | 'I really feel angry': Insured patients hit with huge bills due to liens | NJ physician sentenced in $24M telemed scheme | NM hospital slated to close | 16 hospitals seeking EHR, IT expertise

February 1, 2021

Cigna ends prior auths for some CT exams | Montefiore fires employee for EHR snooping | GOP senators propose $618B COVID-19 package | Sutter cuts 200 jobs | Athenahealth settles kickback case for $18M

January 28, 2021

Baylor Scott & White to cut, outsource 1,700 jobs | 'Birthday rule' lands parents with $270K hospital bill | UnitedHealth must redo 67K claims, judge rules | NY hospital nurse killed in snowplow accident | Cigna CEO sells $12.7M in shares

January 27, 2021

CMS withdraws 3 proposed rules | 2 dead after hostage standoff at Texas medical office | Humana to open 100+ Medicare clinics | Apria Healthcare pays $40M to settle billing fraud claims | 17% of in-network claims denied by ACA plans

January 26, 2021

7 plead guilty in $931M telemed fraud scheme | 19 hospital credit rating actions | Some large hospitals defy price transparency rule | Delta poaches Mayo Clinic exec | Intermountain's health plan CEO resigns

January 25, 2021

Price transparency updates from Mayo, Providence + 6 others | 897 hospitals at risk of closure, by state | 2 plead guilty in $109M Medicare fraud case | Donors erase debt of 430 patients | Study: RCM beats out IT as top user of AI in hospitals

January 21, 2021

Cigna used COVID-19 hospital surge to deny claims, suit alleges | Biden halts Trump's last-minute health rules | Excellus BCBS pays $5.1M to settle data breach | 5 orgs that erased millions in medical debt | HCA to acquire Ga. hospital for $73M

January 20, 2021

Pharma mogul ordered to pay $344M for fraud | 3 health exec orders Biden plans today | OIG to CMS: Take action on 100 'error-prone' providers | Cigna wins $5.8M in false claims case | UnitedHealth profit: $2.2B | CHS taps into junk-bond frenzy to cut debt

January 19, 2021

Deceptive billing suit against Cleveland Clinic advances | Texas hospital closes over unpaid rent | Cerner shakes up C-suite | Breakdown of 14 new CMS actions | CHS revenue tops $11.7B

January 14, 2021

CMS starts price transparency audits: 6 details | 29 best healthcare jobs: US News | Ex-CFO of health staffing firm pleads guilty to aiding tax evasion | 35 Next Gen ACOs saw savings, bonuses in 2019 | Banner to pay $200K HIPAA settlement

January 13, 2021

AdventHealth's Epic install to cost $660M | 14 highest-paid healthcare jobs | Mercyhealth rev cycle VP on price transparency prep, 2021 strategies | Fitch: 22 nonprofit hospitals hit with downgrades last year | Best places to work in healthcare: Glassdoor

January 12, 2021

UnitedHealthcare suspends some prior auth rules | Ex-Broward exec faces bribery charges | R1 forecasts $4B in new patient revenue | 25 stats on medical coder salaries | Texas, Pa. hospitals lose suit challenging Medicare payments

January 11, 2021

ER operator declares bankruptcy | Healthcare exec wants $43M in penalties dismissed after clemency | CMS updates physician payment rates | Biden plans stimulus package worth trillions | 20 things to know about Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech

January 7, 2021

Fired physicians win $10.6M arbitration award against Tenet | 14 health systems with strong finances | Miss. hospital defeats false claims suit | HHS to dish out $22B for testing, vaccines | DC hospitals treat victims of Capitol riot: 5 notes

January 6, 2021

115 hospitals sue HHS over DSH payments | Northwell rescinds 2.5K debt suits filed amid pandemic | $13B deal: Optum to buy Change Healthcare | Providers favored in arbitration decisions, study finds

January 5, 2021

Ransomware delays UVM Health's EHR rollout | Houston Methodist offers $500 to staff who get COVID-19 shot | 15 largest gifts to health orgs | 7 Conifer leaders to know | Wis. pharmacist who left vaccines out believed they were 'unsafe'

January 4, 2021

46 hospitals sue HHS over bad debt policy | Envision, UnitedHealthcare break ties | Tenn. loses another hospital | OIG suggests changes to CMS wage index approach | Wis. pharmacist arrested, accused of intentionally ruining vaccines

December 31, 2020

2 Kan. hospitals close | Wis. hospital: 500+ vaccine doses intentionally destroyed | 12 latest billing fraud suits, settlements | Montefiore, UnitedHealthcare hit impasse | Price transparency rule may challenge IT systems

December 30, 2020

Hospitals lose price transparency appeal | Judge stops ProMedica from ending insurance contracts | Wash. church to erase $21M+ in medical debt | Hospital workers upset over vaccine distribution | The next evolution of EHRs

December 29, 2020

10 hospitals outsourcing RCM functions | NY hospital staff cut line for vaccine | UCHealth patients sue debt collector | New to patients' paperwork: Binding arbitration agreements | 15 exec moves

December 28, 2020

Duke Health, Geisinger sue HHS over Medicare payments | Trump signs COVID-19 relief bill | 485K+ Aetna, Blue Cross members affected by data breach | 10 health IT trends for 2021 | CHI Fransican, Virginia Mason ink definitive agreement to merge

December 24, 2020

Top 25 RCM software vendors: Black Book | Calif. health plan files for bankruptcy | Wis. hospital sues 231 patients over debt since vow to curb practice | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Chicago hospital committed to closing despite Ill. board rejection

December 23, 2020

Mayo returns $156M in fed'l aid | Aetna sued over denied cancer therapy coverage | Ambulances exempt from surprise-billing fix | Trump demands changes to COVID-19 relief bill | KLAS: The leading EHR vendors for interoperability

December 22, 2020

OIG tags Kan. hospital for billing errors | Fla. physician guilty of $29M fraud | Congress passes COVID-19 relief: What hospitals should know | CMS to start price transparency audits in Jan. | Kaiser to give 85K staff 'hero bonus'

December 21, 2020

Texas hospital settles false claims suit for $48M | Black Book: Top 25 RCM outsourcing vendors | Congress agrees on $900B COVID-19 relief deal | Billionaire sells $109M of CHS stock | 'Bound to be loopholes': Patients may face unexpected vaccine bills

December 17, 2020

HHS sends hospitals $24.5B in relief aid | Intermountain, UnitedHealthcare launch ACO | 1 in 3 would defer COVID-19 care to avoid bill | Home health firm owners charged in $10M billing scam | CHI St. Luke's, BCBS of Texas split affects 65K

December 16, 2020

Chicago hospital can't close, state officials say | BCBS of Mich. to open 6 primary care clinics | RIP Medical gets $50M gift | 10 cities with most people in financial distress | Cerner to buy research firm for $375M

December 15, 2020

Mass. physician indicted in $10.6M billing fraud case | Humana co-founder dies of COVID-19 | Missed opportunities for health IT: 5 CIOs weigh in | Iowa church wipes out $5M in medical debt | MedStar employee arrested, accused of setting fires at work

December 14, 2020

Lawmakers strike deal to ban surprise billing | CHS refinancing up to $2B in debt | Tenn. hospital closes | CMS rule aims to simplify prior auths | 29 Leapfrog 'straight-A' hospitals

December 10, 2020

21 hospital closures this year | UVM Health cyberattack losses to exceed $63M | Tenet inks $1B+ deal for surgery centers | NC system settles billing suit | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | 5 Epic updates

December 9, 2020

15 hospital layoffs | Average cost of hospital COVID-19 test in each state | Advocate Aurora gives $66M in staff bonuses | La. hospital learns of data breach at payment vendor | Court rejects FTC bid to block Pa. hospital merger

December 8, 2020

Most, least expensive states for ER visits | Leapfrog names 2020 Top Hospitals | Tenn. hospital gave 11% commission for overdue bill collection | Trump plans exec order on COVID-19 vaccines | CDC unveils new ICD-10 codes

December 7, 2020

Baylor Scott & White cuts 102 finance jobs | 4 EHR installs costing $100M+ | CMS delays radiation oncology model, launches new payment model | Biden picks HHS, CDC leaders | Sanford, Intermountain halt merger talks

December 3, 2020

CMS' 2021 outpatient payment rule: 5 notes | VCU Health outsources 577 rev cycle jobs | 8 health systems with strong finances | Tenn. hospital blames involuntary diversion for closure | Montefiore warns of privacy breach linked to billing scam

December 2, 2020

CMS' final physician payment rule: 6 takeaways | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | 60+ groups to Congress: Pass surprise billing fix | 85 hospitals postponing surgeries | COVID-19 sidelines 70 workers at W.Va. hospital | Optum CEO is back

December 1, 2020

Tenet names CEO of rev cycle business | Trump's COVID-19 adviser resigns | Trinity's net income jumps $605M | Ore. nurse on leave over anti-mask TikTok | Calif. hospital server problem exposed patient data for 4.5 years

November 30, 2020

11 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Sanford settles billing fraud allegations | Billionaire sells $40M more of CHS stock | UnitedHealth delays coding changes | Calif. health system CEO resigns + 9 exec moves

November 25, 2020

NY hospital warns of possible mass layoffs, bankruptcy | Cerner launches free telehealth offering | 134 rural hospital closures, state by state | Cigna intentionally blew up $48B Anthem deal, suit claims | Sanford CEO is out | 7 Epic updates

November 24, 2020

HCA defeats billing fraud suit | COVID-19 sidelines 1,000 Cleveland Clinic staff | Medical biller charged with healthcare fraud | Ascension Q1 net income: $1B | SD hospital loses bid to recoup indigent care fees | Wash. hospital splits with Virginia Mason

November 23, 2020

Kaiser EHR error breached patient billing info | 25 exec moves | CMS finalizes Stark Law overhaul: 6 notes | Sanford CEO: I've had COVID-19, won't wear mask as 'symbolic gesture' | CMS selects primary care payment model participants

November 19, 2020

32 hospital bankruptcies this year | Houston physician gets prison time for $17M billing fraud | Minn. hospital closes | 16 hospitals hiring Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent | OIG: Medicare overpaid hospitals for defunct devices

November 18, 2020

Healthcare exec pleads guilty to part in $1.2B Medicare scam | 13 latest private equity deals | Chinese billionaire sells $41M worth of CHS stock | Survey: Out-of-network COVID-19 test prices inflated | Ex-employee defrauded Ga. hospital to buy 93 guns

November 17, 2020

Kaiser settles false claims suit for $6.4M | Thousands of medical practices close under pandemic stress | 20 most common passwords | Physician urges Beaumont to oust top execs | Neb. rev cycle firm expands

November 16, 2020

31 exec moves | CommonSpirit posts $800M net income | 2 killed in Conn. hospital explosion | Biden's take on digital health: 4 things to know | 12 hospitals have closed during pandemic

November 12, 2020

Va. physician convicted on 52 charges in billing scheme | 'We're about to enter COVID hell,' experts warn | Ore. hospital replacing 2,000 computers after ransomware attack | Biden forms 52-person COVID transition team | 5 states with highest obesity rates

November 11, 2020

Patients report charges for 'super COVID tests' | Tenet to lay off workers, shed urgent care centers | Texas system shuts down IT network | ProMedica hit with antitrust suit | CMS' final Medicaid, CHIP rule: 4 notes

November 10, 2020

Feds charge NJ physician in $24.6M billing fraud case | 11 hospitals laying off workers | Meet the 13 members of Biden's COVID-19 task force | Envision names rev cycle president | 10 states with the most for-profit hospitals

November 9, 2020

Cigna denied COVID-19 testing coverage for 4,400 patients, med group claims | 19 hospitals with strong finances | Epic CEO: Hospitals need 'chief imitation officers' | 23 exec moves | What healthcare execs can expect under Biden presidency

November 5, 2020

Patients report 'COVID' fee on medical bills | UnitedHealth ordered to redo 67K claims | COVID-19 threat sidelines 190 Texas hospital workers | 16 hospitals hiring Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent | HHS pitches plan to eliminate unnecessary regs

November 4, 2020

ER physicians accuse UnitedHealth of illegal underpayments | OIG tags Ill. hospital for erroneous billing | Ex-Tenn. health system CEO indicted for theft | 500+ BCBS of Mich. employees take buyouts | Verma: CMS aims to expand telehealth

November 3, 2020

Calif. system pays $31.5M to settle overbilling case | 39 hospitals facing maximum Medicare readmission penalties | CMS finalizes dialysis payment rule: 5 notes | 7 Cerner updates | Tower Health hit with 3-notch credit downgrade

November 2, 2020

CMS fines 2,545 hospitals over readmission rates | 21 exec moves | Ga. hospital closes | Hospital bankruptcy wave looms | CMS' final home health payment rule for '21: 4 notes | How CHS, HCA, Tenet and UHS fared in Q3

October 29, 2020

CMS releases final price disclosure rule: 5 things to know | 13 Epic updates | 6 hospitals hit by ransomware attacks in 24 hrs. | Mass. hospital COVID-19 outbreak tied to eating in break room | 16 rural hospital closures this year

October 28, 2020

CMS releases Quality Payment Program results: 6 takeaways | Medicare to cover COVID-19 vaccine | Anthem's profit sinks 81% | LifePoint partners with R1 RCM | Intermountain + Sanford: 5 things to know about the $15B merger

October 27, 2020

9 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | How HCA plans to cut costs next year | Intermountain, Sanford to form 70-hospital system | 5 hospitals hiring rev cycle VPs | VA goes live on $16B Cerner EHR

October 26, 2020

24 exec moves | HCA posts $668M profit | 16 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent | Chicago area to lose 14th hospital in 20 years | ProMedica health plan to terminate Ohio hospital's in-network

October 22, 2020

CMS delays cancer therapy payment model | Ga. hospital closes | Hospitals fail to tell uninsured COVID-19 patients their bills are covered | CHI St. Luke's threatens split with Molina | Healthgrades' 214 top hospitals for critical care

October 21, 2020

SC hospital billing error affects 12,636 patients | Healthcare CEO, CFO get prison time for pocketing employees' benefit contributions | Tenet reports $197M loss | What UnitedHealth, Humana, Anthem and Cigna execs are saying about telehealth

October 20, 2020

9 hospitals with strong finances | 4 healthcare execs charged in $55M billing scheme | CommonSpirit, BCBS of Texas split to affect thousands | Calif. systems refused, delayed COVID-19 transfers due to patients' insurance | NH system files for bankruptcy

October 19, 2020

Hospitals return $2.3B in fed'l aid | OIG: Cedars-Sinai overbilled Medicare | 47 hospital closures, bankruptcies | Trinity delays Epic install | 21 exec moves | Why UVA Health is seizing patients' home equity

October 15, 2020

Kaiser blasts 30% price hike sought by Ore. system | 8 hospital layoffs | CMS misclassified hospital readmission penalties | Medicare to cover 11 new telehealth services | Trump, Biden to hold dueling town halls

October 14, 2020

UnitedHealth posts $3.2B profit | Up to 28 Ky. hospitals at risk of closure | COVID-19 patient hit with $52K surprise medical bill | Cerner unveils new tools | 5 hospital mergers called off this year | 25 EHR implementation firms ranked by KLAS

October 13, 2020

Jefferson Health to cut 500 jobs | NC hospital gets 7 takeover bids | Medical scribe costs offset in 1 year + 3 notes from EHR studies | Hospitals haven't gotten paid much for uninsured COVID-19 patients | 5 hospitals buying land for expansions

October 12, 2020

Trump pitches $1.8 trillion COVID-19 relief package | 19 exec moves | Trinity's revenue dips to $18.8B | HCA returns $6B in fed'l aid | CMS' new repayment terms for Medicare loans: 5 details | 8 latest lawsuits involving hospitals

October 8, 2020

4 physicians charged in $100M billing fraud | Trump refuses to do virtual debate | 2 Minn. systems to split with Humana | Epic partners with Lyft | Feds: Lawyer tried to extort Baltimore hospital out of $25M

October 7, 2020

6 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | HHS threatens to withhold funding from hospitals over COVID-19 data | States ranked by uninsured rates | Ex-Mayo worker wrongly viewed 1,600+ patients' info | Trump halts COVID-19 relief negotiations

October 6, 2020

LA hospital can force Anthem to cover ER visits | OIG tags Calif. hospital for erroneous billing | 5 states with most, fewest COVID-19 restrictions | UHS hospitals back online after 8-day outage | HCA sells hospital, exits Miss.

October 5, 2020

7 hospitals with strong finances | Investors extracted $400M from hospitals that couldn't afford supplies | 7 Cerner updates | Mayo, IRS face off | 21 exec moves | UHS EHR remains down after cyberattack

October 1, 2020

Hospitals get Medicare loan relief | 86 charged in $4.5B telemed scheme | UnitedHealth, Anthem end some telehealth coverage | 16 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent | Hospital execs: Lower reimbursement coming post-COVID

September 30, 2020

Baylor St. Luke's regains Medicare pay for heart transplants | 5 Epic updates | Last night's presidential debate: 7 healthcare takeaways | Wellforce lays off 232 | BCBS of Ariz. CEO: Work between payers + hospitals must strengthen

September 29, 2020

Texas hospital, managers pay $16M to settle false claims suits | IT security issue knocks UHS offline | 5 hospitals hiring rev cycle VPs | House releases $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief package | 10 safest states for schools to reopen

September 28, 2020

2 Ga. hospitals to close | 100 largest hospitals, systems | NYC Health + Hospitals settles Medicare fraud suit | 17 exec moves | CMS lowers Medicare Advantage premiums | Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Humana and UnitedHealth's virtual care strategies: 13 notes

September 24, 2020

Trump preparing healthcare exec orders | 4-day Nebraska Medicine computer system outage wreaking havoc | Medicare loans leave hospitals in limbo | Sam's Club launches $1 telehealth visits | Healthcare billing fraud: 9 latest lawsuits, settlements

September 23, 2020

Ascension reports $1B loss | House bill extends Medicare loan repayments | Epic EHR to integrate with Microsoft Teams | 10 healthiest US communities | Pa. physician pays $1.2M to settle billing fraud case

September 22, 2020

UnitedHealth accused of illegally deflating reimbursements | 9 hospital layoffs | Fla. physician admits submitting $20M in fraudulent claims | HHS unveils reporting requirements for COVID-19 relief aid | CMS: Vermont's all-payer model needs revamp

September 21, 2020

Hospitals face loss of Medicare pay for failing to disclose prices | 20 exec moves | Geisinger fires employee for viewing 700+ patients' records | CMS finalizes 2 payment models: 5 notes | 8 benefits health systems offer to retain top talent

September 17, 2020

Chicago hospital defeats 'ghost payroll' case | Uninsured rates by state | NY hospital brings back 3,426 furloughed workers | CMS' new emergency care payment model: 3 details | 16 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent

September 16, 2020

8 health systems with strong finances | New relief bill forgives $45B in Medicare loans | 11 Cerner updates | Pa. system merger will hike prices 20%, FTC expert predicts | COVID-19 test charges: 1 cent to $14K

September 15, 2020

CMS scraps Medicaid fiscal accountability rule | 10 ACOs with most shared savings | Fire closes UPMC hospital | Judy Faulkner: 5 predictions for healthcare post-pandemic | How Coram CVS Specialty Infusion Services enhanced claims processing

September 14, 2020

Baylor Scott & White hospital tagged for billing errors | Epic CEO among 400 wealthiest Americans | LifePoint gets $1.5B in fed'l relief aid | 20 exec moves | Health systems opt out of Trump's payroll tax deferral | 20 bold predictions for health IT

September 10, 2020

W.Va. hospital pays $50M to settle false billing suit | Hospital employees wrongly viewed George Floyd's medical records | Quorum buys rev cycle firm | Blackbaud security breach hits 11 systems | 8 healthcare jobs with most growth through 2029 + wages

September 9, 2020

Ill. hospital expects $30M revenue drop from new competition | 8 latest hospital closures | Senate unveils scaled-back COVID-19 relief bill | What Google pays for 18 tech jobs | Furlough updates from 92 hospitals, systems

September 8, 2020

Ariz. hospital tagged for erroneous billing | Urgent care network pays $12.5M in billing fraud case | 26 exec moves | Orlando Health forced in-network referrals, surgeon says | Houston hospital voids charges for tests patients didn't consent to

September 3, 2020

CMS' final IPPS rule for 2021: 7 takeaways | NH hospitals: CMS approved discriminatory Medicaid rates | Walmart partners with Oak Street Health to open clinics | Big nonprofit hospitals spend less on charity care than for-profits, study finds

September 2, 2020

10 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Hospitals want redo in site-neutral payment case | Is Amazon's Halo good or bad for healthcare? | Manager of NY clinics gets 13 years in prison for kickback scheme | 26 hospitals bringing back furloughed workers

September 1, 2020

7 health systems with strong finances | AMA releases 329 CPT code changes | 10 hospitals hiring rev cycle VPs | Tower Health records $19.6M in Epic install costs | How has the pandemic affected rev cycle? 587 finance leaders weigh in

August 31, 2020

CMS to require COVID-19 tests for pay boost | Fla. hospital closes | 6 Epic updates | AHIP: Out-of-network providers price gouging COVID-19 tests | 20 exec moves | CMS extends Stark Law overhaul

August 27, 2020

CMS threatens to pull Chicago hospital's Medicare contract | Aetna fined for denying ER claims | Hospitals face closure as $100B in Medicare loans come due | UPMC's revenue tops $11B | 16 hospitals hiring Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent

August 26, 2020

Feds to hospitals: Report COVID-19 data or lose funding | NY hospital will go 'belly up' without changes, chair warns | Advocate Aurora posts $914M loss | PE-owned hospitals charge more, study finds | Physician pays $530K to settle billing fraud case

August 25, 2020

Ascension to cut IT jobs | 38 hospitals laying off workers | Hospital operating margins down 96% | 6 payer CEOs earning $15M+ | Optum in the past 100 days: 6 notes | Centura asks court to dismiss surprise-billing suit

August 24, 2020

Pa. hospital, RCM vendor settle billing fraud allegations | 23 exec moves | AdventHealth posts $799M operating loss | HHS tied billions in hospital aid to reporting data with TeleTracking | Centene underpaid TeamHealth, jury rules

August 20, 2020

Fla. hospital terminates Medicare contract | Ex-CEO gets 3 years in prison for healthcare fraud | White House to insurers: Pledge to expand telehealth benefits | Calif. hospital forced to evacuate | Geisinger partners with VisitPay

August 19, 2020

10 health systems with strong finances | Don't write off neck gaiters yet, researchers say | Texas RCM firm expands | Cleveland Clinic, Aetna partner to curb health spending | Baptist Health launches $100M digital transformation

August 18, 2020

Hospitals to get Medicare pay hike | UnitedHealth ditches paper checks | Hospitals must repay $100B pandemic lifeline | Ex-NJ hospital workers charged with embezzlement | Epic to consolidate 4 departments | ICD-10 codes for COVID-19 symptoms inaccurate

August 17, 2020

HHS sends $1.4B to children's hospitals | 18 latest hospital closures | 'We just want to be treated fairly': Fla. hospitals push for more CARES Act cash | Medical biller gets prison time for stealing payments | NY hospitals take $20B hit

August 13, 2020

Cigna accused of denying reimbursement for COVID-19 services | Waystar to acquire RCM company valued at $1.3B | 266 hospitals with 5 stars for patient experience | CMS expands artificial heart coverage | 351 health cos. make Inc. 5000

August 12, 2020

CMS launches new rural hospital payment model: 10 things to know | Conifer CEO to step down | This face covering is worse than not wearing a mask | Texas system faces $174M shortfall, lays off 200 | 15 states with most, fewest COVID-19 restrictions

August 11, 2020

7 of many Steward accused of illegal 'revenue enhancement' scheme | Tenn. hospital closes | Mass General Brigham expects up to $1.5B patient revenue drop | OIG: Medicare overpaid hospitals $267M | Lawmakers to probe health insurer profits

August 10, 2020

Hospitals 'unfile' bankruptcy to get fed'l aid | Trump signs 4 measures on COVID-19 aid: 5 notes | Kaiser posts $4.5B net income in Q2 | Health systems lost $2B a month on postponed joint replacements | 16 exec moves | Va. hospitals sue over payment cuts

August 6, 2020

DOJ sues Cigna, alleges coding fraud | Medicare payment rules for '21: 11 notes for hospital execs | NY hospital lays off CFO | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q2 | 11 Cerner updates | States ranked: COVID-19 positivity + spread rates

August 5, 2020

11 hospitals return $192M in fed'l aid | CMS pitches outpatient payment rule: 5 takeaways | 7 latest hospital credit downgrades | R1 revenue tops $314M in Q2 | Fla. hospital to close | NJ hospital error left patient with surprise bill

August 4, 2020

R1 acquires Cerner's RCM business | 9 health systems with strong finances | CMS pitches physician payment rule: 6 things to know | Trump signs exec order to expand telehealth | 10 best, worst states for healthcare

August 3, 2020

Mo. hospital loses Medicare contract | CMS finalizes 3 payment rules for '21: 5 takeaways | Texas hospital scraps $20M Cerner contract | Fla. physician charged in $681M billing fraud | 19 exec moves + 6 hospitals laying off furloughed workers

July 30, 2020

How much fed'l aid HCA, CHS + UHS received in Q2 | W.Va. hospital closes | Maine hospital wants out of bankruptcy to get PPP loan | 16 hospital credit rating actions + 7 hospitals hiring rev cycle VPs

July 29, 2020

Anthem pays $27K bill after TV report | CHS profit hits $70M, plans to sell 5 more hospitals | Tower Health raises $200M from sale of 24 properties | Lifespan pays $1M HIPAA settlement | 17 hospitals bringing back furloughed workers

July 28, 2020

Centura faces class-action suit over billing | Ga. hospital to close | The 20 hospitals on US News' Honor Roll + No. 1 hospital in each state | 9 systems opening hospitals | GOP unveils $1T COVID-19 relief bill: 9 notes

July 27, 2020

9 hospital layoffs, closures | OIG: Hospitals can sell debt directly to RIP Medical | Banner expects $1B in revenue losses | 5 latest billing fraud suits, settlements | Hospitals must tell HHS how they spent COVID-19 aid

July 23, 2020

HCA receives $1.7B in CARES Act cash | COVID-19 hotspot funding per hospital, state by state | Ex-Mayo employee sentenced for stealing $171K | St. Luke's can sue hospital accused of inflating reimbursements | CHS, Quorum to pay $18M to end stock-drop suit

July 22, 2020

Kaleida cites $25M EHR expense among reasons for loss | HCA reports $1B profit | AHA: Hospital margins could sink to -7% | States ranked: COVID-19 positivity + spread rates | 4 disputes involving UnitedHealth, physician staffing firms

July 21, 2020

What hospital rev cycle changes work? 8 execs weigh in | R1 to sell EMS business | Fla. system brings back 640 furloughed workers | 10 states with most COVID-19 restrictions | Who should pay for COVID-19 tests? Vague guidance creates confusion

July 20, 2020

Site-neutral pay cuts are legal, appeals court rules | HHS sends $10B to hospitals in COVID-19 hot spots | Optum's Q2 revenue: $33B | Texas, W.Va. hospitals to close this month | CMS to resume claims audits

July 16, 2020

OIG: Hospitals overbilled Medicare by $1B | What billing claims reveal about COVID-19 patients | States ranked by uninsured rates | Banner rolls out Cerner RCM platform | Hospital prices for COVID-19 tests: $20 to $850 | COVID-19 death rates by state

July 15, 2020

TeamHealth accused of billing fraud | 16 hospital credit downgrades | States ranked by COVID-19 spread, test positivity rate | Lawsuit: UnitedHealth used $1B+ from employer plans to settle payment disputes | Banner inks $200M deal to acquire Wyo. hospital

July 14, 2020

Healthcare billing company hacked; 274K patients' info exposed | COVID-19 aid per hospital, by state | NJ hospitals: Insurers denied 1,000+ claims for COVID-19 care | Hospitals, payers urge CMS to scrap inpatient payment proposals | NY hospital closes ICU

July 13, 2020

Hospitals to get $4B in COVID-19 relief | 8 health systems with strong finances | UHS enters $122M false billing settlement | 9 hospitals return $166.5M in fed'l aid | UnitedHealth reverses policy that limited insulin pump coverage

July 9, 2020

NY hospital refiles for bankruptcy | 40 Fla. hospital ICUs at capacity | Conifer names execs | 20 healthcare cos. return PPP loans | Okla. hospital, physician group pay $72M to end false claims suit | Medicare vs. private payers: Rates for 10 services

July 8, 2020

Walmart launches insurance agency | 10 most concentrated hospital markets | Quorum exits bankruptcy, names CEO | Colo. permanently expands telehealth coverage | St. Luke's acquires 12th Pa. hospital | 77 hospitals got $5M+ in PPP loans

July 7, 2020

Calif. surgeon charged in $600M billing scheme | CMS pitches dialysis payment rule: 5 takeaways | 15 states with the most COVID-19 restrictions | 34 hospital groups to HHS: Delay price disclosure start | Top 5 telehealth codes

July 6, 2020

Insurers cutting telehealth coverage as COVID-19 cases surge | Texas hospitals get $1.1B boost | HealthPartners to lay off 200 | 10 Epic updates | Advocate Aurora sells 2 hospitals for $190M | 36 critical access hospital closures, state by state

July 2, 2020

CHS sells Fla. hospital | 6 latest hospital credit downgrades | TeamHealth's racketeering suit against UnitedHealthcare advances | 26 states with fastest, slowest COVID-19 spread | House passes bill with $30B for hospitals | 7 Cerner updates

July 1, 2020

Former hospital exec charged in $1.4B billing scheme | Kan. hospital to close | COVID-19 to cost hospitals $323B | Okla. votes to expand Medicaid | Trinity furloughs, lays off another 1,000 workers

June 30, 2020

Trinity cuts jobs, projects $2B revenue drop | 25 states where COVID-19 is spreading fastest, slowest | Piedmont to pay $16M to settle false claims suit | IBM Watson Health names 100 top hospitals | 5 hospitals hiring rev cycle VPs

June 29, 2020

14 health systems with strong finances | Nashville General accused of concealing bailout funds | 22 exec moves | Ex-CFO sues Tenet unit | Epic, Cerner, Allscripts, Meditech: 12 key comparisons

June 25, 2020

HHS hasn't delivered $72B in hospital bailout funds | How the 3 largest nonprofit systems fared last quarter | Ky. hospitals secure $383M reimbursement settlement | BCBS of NC to pay primary care clinics to stay open | DOJ raises false claims penalties

June 24, 2020

Hospitals lose legal battle over price disclosure rule | Layoffs hit Cerner | 10 states with most COVID-19 restrictions | U of Iowa Hospitals workers to give up PTO or take furloughs | 5 systems cutting physician pay

June 23, 2020

Ex-employee used Ga. hospital funds to buy 100 guns | 42 hospital closures, bankruptcies | 9 exec moves | Hospitals get $30B in infrastructure bill | Blue Shield of Calif. launches real-time claim adjudication | Medicare has spent $1.9B on COVID-19 care

June 22, 2020

Cleveland Clinic cancels raises, faces $500M shortfall | Michigan Med lays off 738 | SD hospital regains Medicare contract | Ex-Nuvance CIO claims unjust firing over accounting mishap | 11 states with fastest COVID-19 spread | 258+ rev cycle cos. to know

June 18, 2020

7 health systems report $1B+ losses | CHS defeats EHR false claims suit | TriHealth cuts 440 jobs | Advocate Aurora, Beaumont explore $17B merger | Fla. AG drops investigation into hospital's $150 COVID-19 tests | 260+ telehealth companies to know

June 17, 2020

NC hospitals defeat billing fraud suit | $2.1B in bailout funds go to CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS | Epic, BCBS parent partner | Aetna: COVID-19 test charges are 'egregious' | Health consulting firm declares bankruptcy | Breweries help Inova raise money

June 16, 2020

Hospitals accused of bilking Medicare get $50B bailout | Ill. system furloughs 460 | 10 common HIPAA violations + 3 most common primary care billing codes | HCA to sell Miss. hospital | Telemedicine as a revenue generator: Big ideas from Beebe Healthcare

June 15, 2020

10 hospital layoffs | COVID-19 patient says $1.1M tab adds to 'survivor's guilt' | Texas system files for bankruptcy | Viewpoint: Subscription model beats fee-for-service | 15 exec moves | Hospitals identify possible compromise in price disclosure fight

June 11, 2020

Trinity Health gets $2.2B infusion | COVID-19 aid per safety-net hospital, state by state | Optum hires ex-BCBS of NC CEO | Duke pitches $3B hospital deal | CMS: Permanently higher telehealth rates under review | 10 latest lawsuits involving hospitals

June 10, 2020

Safety-net providers get $25B infusion | Houston hospital to close | 10 states with the most COVID-19 restrictions | Medtech exec charged in $69M billing fraud scheme | How to address telehealth pay gaps | COVID-19 cases rise in 19 states

June 9, 2020

8 nonprofit systems got $1.7B bailout, furloughed 30,000+ | OIG tags Ohio hospital for billing errors | Kaiser returns $500M from CARES Act | 130 rural hospital closures, state by state | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders

June 8, 2020

10 latest hospital credit downgrades | NewYork-Presbyterian gets $567M in CARES Act cash | Patients sue UK HealthCare over collection practices | Which specialties bill out of network the most? | 12 exec moves | Hugging during a pandemic: 10 do's & don'ts

June 4, 2020

R1 to buy Cerner's RCM business | 10 health systems with strong finances | CMS extends Next Gen ACO program + 4 other payment model updates | 9 states with fastest COVID-19 spread | Kaiser employee inappropriately accessed 2,756 patients' records

June 3, 2020

Private equity lands $1.5B in Medicare loans | 29 hospital bankruptcies this year | Predatory billing report flags 28 hospitals | Funding errors overpay Baystate $63M | COVID-19 billing policies: 5 updates for hospitals

June 2, 2020

Northwell receives $1B in CARES Act cash | 18 hospitals with high-performing revenue cycles | W.Va. hospital to close | Physician compensation grew most for these 5 specialties | Tenet to offer $600M of notes | 10 states needing most financial help

June 1, 2020

Ark. hospital gets $8.8M COVID-19 bailout by mistake | 16 exec moves | CARES Act cash per hospital bed: 4 notes | PeaceHealth receives $373M infusion | UnitedHealth CEO faces questions over reimbursement | Healthcare billing fraud: 6 lawsuits, settlements

May 28, 2020

Hospitals lose 'two-midnight' rate cut appeal | Emory to furlough, cut hours of up to 1,500 | Providence posts $1.1B loss | 20 healthcare companies with biggest profits | Beth Israel physicians: Hospitals are paid wrong, and it's leading to financial ruin

May 27, 2020

Ascension posts $2.7B loss | 14 exec moves | CMS expands telehealth for MA plans, moves to cap insulin costs | SC health system sues CHS over Medicare payments | Baylor Scott & White to lay off 1,200 | 47 diagnosis codes CMS wants to revise

May 26, 2020

20 health systems get $5B bailout | 10 specialties that generate most hospital revenue | Essentia lays off 900 | Hospital operating margins dip 282% | 11 states with fastest spread of COVID-19 + 10 states with biggest growth in unemployment

May 21, 2020

Hospital expenses per visit, state by state | Tenet gets $2B infusion | 58 diagnosis codes CMS wants to delete | 15 states with the fewest COVID-19 restrictions | Intermountain Q1 revenue tops $2.3B | 100 great hospitals in America

May 20, 2020

Epic install, pandemic hit Tower Health's finances | BJC furloughs 3,000 | CMS floats nearly 500 new codes | Colo. hospital CEO: 'We made people afraid to come back' | COVID-19 and payer negotiations: 5 trends

May 19, 2020

Which health systems received the biggest bailouts? | UCHealth requires employees to use PTO | 3 states where COVID-19 cases are rising fastest | Mayo's operating income down 88% | Optum strikes rev cycle deal with Tenn. hospital

May 18, 2020

COVID-19 pushes CommonSpirit to $1.4B loss | Hospitals with larger margins get bigger bailouts | House passes relief bill with $100B for hospitals | Why 15 hospitals closed this year | 40 healthcare companies make Fortune 500 | 15 exec moves

May 14, 2020

CMS offers hospitals $1.9B in incentive payments | World's 20 largest healthcare companies | Hospitals blast CMS for doubling down on price transparency | AHIP to insurers: Extend prior auths for surgeries | 10 cities least likely to recover from pandemic

May 13, 2020

COVID-19 by the numbers: 51 stats, dollar figures and dates to know | $100B for hospitals in new relief package | Judy Faulkner: 5 areas of focus for Epic | 27 million lose health insurance | 12 M&A deals involving CHS, HCA and Quorum | 61 CISOs to know

May 12, 2020

CMS' proposed inpatient payment rule for 2021: 8 takeaways | 25 hospitals get biggest slice of $12B bailout fund | Estimated volume loss for 30 service lines | Adventist-led model shifts billing to payers | 16 latest hospital credit downgrades

May 11, 2020

14 health systems receiving biggest bailouts | Univ. of Rochester Med Center furloughs 3,400 | 9 states ready to safely reopen + 32 counties where Americans are staying home the most | HHS extends attestation deadline for emergency funds | 10 exec moves

May 7, 2020

9 health systems with strong finances | Walmart returns $12M from provider relief fund | 243 hospitals furlough workers | Ariz. hospital gets bailout after execs take pay cuts | Bankrupt hospitals can apply for PPP loans | Highest-paid healthcare CEOs

May 6, 2020

Pa. hospital to close, lay off 694 if sale collapses | Hospitals expect $200B hit from COVID-19 | Humana waives office, telehealth costs for 4.5M | 34 states get 'F' for healthcare price transparency | Walmart Health expands as physicians face cash crunch

May 5, 2020

Federal COVID-19 aid per hospital, state by state | UnityPoint gets $74M bailout | 8 states see uptick in COVID-19 cases, deaths | How insurers are using strong balance sheets to help hospitals | IT projects 12 systems are putting on hold

May 4, 2020

Hospitals losing $1.4B in revenue a day | 20 top CAHs | HHS doles out $22B to COVID-19 hotspots, rural hospitals | Cerner's share of EHR market drops | Physicians urge CMS to restart Advance Payment Program

April 30, 2020

CHS, HCA and UHS get $1B bailout | Bankrupt hospitals sue feds to access PPP loans | Ky. hospital closes | 'Free' COVID-19 tests may come with a catch | How Phoenix Children's transitioned 6K visits to telemedicine in 1 week

April 29, 2020

Cash crunch may force 100 hospitals to close | Updated COVID-19 peak dates, state by state | CHS turns profit despite dramatic revenue drop | Optum in talks for $470M telehealth buy | Maine hospital trims workforce by 10%

April 28, 2020

Mayo gets $1B infusion | HHS launches portal for COVID-19 reimbursement | SSM Health furloughs 2,000 | COVID-19 vulnerability: Where does your state rank? | Pa. hospital to cease inpatient care

April 27, 2020

CMS suspends Advance Payment Program | Closed hospitals receive part of $50B bailout | Insurers extend prior auths for elective services | West Tennessee Healthcare furloughs 1,100 | Hospital operating margins plummet

April 23, 2020

HHS divvies up $40B in hospital aid | Henry Ford Health furloughs 2,800 | UnitedHealth exec pay: 3 notes | Chicago Lakeshore Hospital closes after losing Medicare contract | Telehealth reimbursement: 7 things health clinics need to know

April 22, 2020

Tower Health furloughs 1,000 amid dramatic revenue drop | CMS lifts freestanding ER billing restrictions | Hospitals get $75B in bailout bill | CHS to sell Texas hospital | S&P gives 39 hospitals negative rating outlook

April 21, 2020

COVID-19 financial hit forces W.Va. hospital to close | Hospital aid package delayed | Clinicians get MIPS credit for COVID-19 data | Banner cuts exec pay, plans furloughs | How Cleveland Clinic rapidly scaled its telehealth program

April 20, 2020

CMS to release next $30B in hospital aid: 5 notes | COVID-19 peak dates, state by state | HHS language points to surprise billing ban | $41M billing fraud settlement involves 2 healthcare execs | What the surge in contactless payments means for hospitals

April 16, 2020

Tenn. hospital closes | 27 healthcare execs on Trump's economic revival task force | Humana covers 150 more telehealth services | Rural, safety-net hospitals need federal cash fast | UnitedHealth posts $3.4B profit

April 15, 2020

Ariz. hospital bailout requires exec pay cuts | Federal aid per COVID-19 case, state by state | Tenn. hospital settles false billing case | COVID-19 hits rural America as more hospitals close | Fitch puts 15 hospitals on rating watch negative

April 14, 2020

Kan. hospital abruptly closes | CMS delays new payment model | 46 telehealth services UnitedHealthcare covers + their codes | Kaiser taps $2.4B credit line | Physician faces felony charge after altercation over social distancing

April 13, 2020

CMS pitches 3 payment rules for 2021: 5 takeaways | HHS sends $30B to hospitals; CEOs blast uneven distribution of aid | 13 hospital credit downgrades | No cost-sharing for COVID-19 antibody testing, CMS says | Hospitals receive $51B in advance payments

April 9, 2020

354 rural hospitals at high risk of closing, state by state | $30B in hospital aid is coming, Verma says; Dems seek another $100B for hospitals | 23 insurers waiving costs for COVID-19 treatment | Ballad Health to furlough 1,300

April 8, 2020

CMS to speed $34B in payments to hospitals | SC health system lays off 900 | UnitedHealth fast-tracks payments | 700+ Henry Ford Health employees test positive for COVID-19 | CMS finalizes Medicare Advantage rates: 5 notes

April 7, 2020

Quorum Health files for bankruptcy | Moody's: $100B in federal hospital aid won't cover lost revenue | 11 health systems with strong finances | New code released for COVID-19 claims | Tenn. hospital to close April 15

April 6, 2020

NY hospitals face $400M in cuts | OIG report details hospitals' major COVID-19 challenges: 5 notes | Trump administration to use COVID-19 relief funds to pay for uninsured | Quorum considers bankruptcy | Conifer lays off 136

April 2, 2020

OIG tags Pa. hospital for improper billing | Trinity to furlough 2,500 | Hospitals seek $25K per bed from emergency relief fund | How Northwell updated its EHR to manage surge of patients | Ga. man orchestrated COVID-19 billing fraud scheme, feds say

April 1, 2020

Fla. hospital target of price-gouging investigation | Bon Secours furloughs 700, expects to lose $100M a month | Cash-strapped hospitals brace for surge of COVID-19 patients | HCA CEO donates salary to employee fund, NJ hospital execs take pay cut

March 31, 2020

CMS makes sweeping regulatory changes: 6 things you should know | NC health system furloughs 300 | Humana, Cigna waive costs for COVID-19 treatment | 9 health systems suspend billing for COVID-19 | W.Va. hospital to close

March 30, 2020

CMS expands speedy payments to hospitals: 5 things to know | SC, Ohio hospitals halt billing COVID-19 patients | DOJ sues Anthem | COVID-19 threatens to close physician offices nationwide | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders

March 26, 2020

Senate passes $2T COVID-19 relief plan: What's in it for hospitals | Insurers remove prior auth requirements, expand telehealth coverage | COVID-19 hospital charges may top $1.4T | US cities race to reopen shuttered hospitals as COVID-19 spreads

March 25, 2020

W.Va. hospital closes | Uninsured woman wants Medicaid to cover $35K COVID-19 bill | Mission Health issues refunds after billing change | Pa. hospital furloughs 225+ employees | CEOs of NJ, Ind. hospitals test positive for COVID-19

March 24, 2020

Pa. hospital needs $40M or it will close April 1 | Hospitals face financial fallout from COVID-19: 6 things to know | Mercyhealth furloughs employees not involved in direct patient care | $2T coronavirus spending plan stalls

March 23, 2020

Hospitals ask for $100B emergency bailout | CMS waives reporting for Medicare payment programs | Will COVID-19 overwhelm hospitals near you? 16 things to know | Northwell delays bill payments for COVID-19 patients

March 19, 2020

Trump signs $100B coronavirus relief plan: 5 details | W.Va. hospital will close this week | Are hospitals in your city ready for a surge of COVID-19 patients? 4 scenarios | 'Revenue is about to trickle to nothing': Layoffs hit anesthesia provider

March 18, 2020

CommonSpirit halts billing COVID-19 patients | Miss. hospital owner found guilty in $10.8M billing scheme | Trump expands Medicare telehealth coverage | Hospitals seek $1B for coronavirus response | 10 best, worst states to practice medicine

March 17, 2020

'We'll improvise': A cash-strapped hospital prepares for coronavirus | Kan. hospital abruptly closes, blames physicians | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders | 12+ health systems canceling, postponing surgeries | Hospitals to Congress: Halt Medicare sequester

March 16, 2020

Medicare pricing for coronavirus tests: 3 things you should know | Advocate Aurora, Providence halt billing coronavirus patients | 16 exec moves | Nonprofit hospitals in these 10 states report lowest expenses | Prior authorization changes for DME: 5 notes

March 12, 2020

Cost of seeking coronavirus test: A $10K ER bill | Direct Contracting payment models: 11 key dates to know | 20 top rural & community hospitals | WHO: Coronavirus is a pandemic | Nonprofit hospitals in these 10 states report highest expenses

March 11, 2020

7 latest hospital credit downgrades | Patient mobile payments jump 63% | NY hospital shuts down ORs after inspection | Billing and coding for coronavirus: 7 things you should know | Ariz. hospitals' billing practices violate federal law, court rules

March 10, 2020

BCBS of Texas will reimburse ER claims, pay $10M fine | VCU Health overhauls debt collection practices | HHS' final interoperability rules: 7 details | Fla. medical biller sentenced in fraud scheme | Why 8 hospitals closed so far this year

March 9, 2020

Tenn. hospital won't charge tornado victims | 9 ways coronavirus can wreak havoc on patient finances | 26 exec moves | NC health system files for bankruptcy | $8.3B spending bill lifts telehealth restrictions | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in 2019

March 5, 2020

Feds investigating NYU Langone's Medicare payments | 5 hospitals cutting jobs | Hospitals may get paid for treating uninsured coronavirus patients | Walmart Health vs. CVS MinuteClinic: 4 key differences | OIG: Kan. hospital incorrectly billed Medicare

March 4, 2020

14 health systems with strong finances | MGMA calls for changes to prior authorization process | 12 Cerner updates | Why American work culture could exacerbate coronavirus | Nursing home chain settles false billing case for $9.5M

March 3, 2020

OIG tags CHI St. Vincent for improper billing | Wash. health system apologizes for billing glitch | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders | CHS to end inpatient care at 2 Fla. hospitals | 100 top rural & community hospitals, state by state

March 2, 2020

Texas health system files for bankruptcy, owes BCBS $29M | CMS' new emergency care payment model: 5 things to know | Hospital expenses per inpatient day, state by state | 19 exec moves | Physician allegedly sponsored UFC fighters as part of $120M scheme

February 27, 2020

Aetna, Optum misused CPT codes to hide admin charges, AMA says | 16 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | NC AG demands answers from HCA about billing complaints | NY hospitals face billions in Medicaid cuts | 8 latest billing fraud lawsuits

February 26, 2020

12 EHR implementations that cost $100M+ | HCA reverses decision to close Fla. hospital | Uber Health leader: Providers can say goodbye to swivel chairs | BCBS of Mich. expands risk-based contracts | 100 top CAHs, state by state

February 25, 2020

Woman sued over $31K hospital bill: 'I wish you'd have let me die' | 15 women rev cycle leaders to know | Atrium swaps Cerner for Epic | Insurer clinic competition 'very worrisome for hospitals' | CommonSpirit, Kaiser + 9 other systems' financial results

February 24, 2020

NY hospital fails to disclose Cerner billing issues | Mich. ACO exec gets prison time for stealing Medicare bonus | CMS wants to change bundled payment program: 6 details | 25 exec moves | Aetna draws criticism for automatic down-codes

February 20, 2020

U of Vt. Health blames loss on Epic install | Amazon Care goes live | Trump commutes sentence for woman involved in $200M Medicare scheme | Cerner shakes up C-suite | Board member bankrolls hospital network with $17M in loans

February 19, 2020

Tenn. hospital defends suing 11,000 patients over bills | Highest-earning nonprofit hospitals offer less charity care | Fortune names 9 best health systems to work for | W.Va. hospital to close, lay off 600 | Humana tackles inaccurate provider directories

February 18, 2020

Feds: Fla. physician bilked $26M from insurers | Mayo mistakenly accepts 364 students | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders | Tenn. hospital misses payroll | Medicare payment change causing home health agencies to cease services

February 17, 2020

Mass. hospital's faulty data slashed Medicare payments statewide | Coding for coronavirus: 6 notes | 13 exec moves | CMS: Hospitals must post prices for these 70 services | How to balance Gen Z's desire for digital health tools with boomers' reluctance

February 13, 2020

Hospitals in Mo., Kan. file for bankruptcy | Anthem, Cigna & more launch prior authorization pilot | Creditor seeks to oust hospital chain CEO | EEOC goes after Yale hospital for testing clinicians age 70+ | Ga. hospital gets cash lifeline

February 12, 2020

CMS to change prior authorization process | AdventHealth will drop Cerner for Epic | 453 rural hospitals vulnerable to closure | Tenet settles false claims suit | Healthgrades' best 50 US hospitals | St. Louis nurse must pay $48K in billing fraud case

February 11, 2020

30 latest hospital credit downgrades | Feds used DrChrono patient data in investigations | Ala. hospital sued 1,000+ patients last year | Patients face 'retrospective denials': 4 things to know | Ill. system to pay $850K to end workers' overtime suit

February 10, 2020

Calif. health system lays off 920 | New federal surprise billing proposals: 7 notes | EMR problems lead to Neb. hospital credit downgrade | 25 executive moves | Google, Amazon raise 2 more reasons to worry about your IT talent

February 6, 2020

HCA wins bid to dismiss ER 'cover charge' suit | 60 systems, Epic oppose interoperability rules | 9 NY hospitals at risk of losing CAH status | McKesson, Change Healthcare to end partnership | How Baylor Scott & White doubled income as admissions fell

February 5, 2020

Hospitals, payers set 2-day prior authorization limit | Fla. physician sentenced in $40M billing scheme | 10 updates on Cerner | Pa. hospital loses license | Walmart Health expands: 5 notes | 10 largest health insurers

February 4, 2020

8 health systems with strong finances | Adventist Health cuts 651 jobs | KLAS: 5 best RCM solutions | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders | NY hospital closes | 100 CIOs to know

February 3, 2020

CMS cuts payments to 786 hospitals | SC hospital sued over debt collection practices | 17 exec moves | Pa. hospital discovers payroll system data breach | 5 latest CMS policy changes

January 30, 2020

IRS revokes hospital's tax-exempt status | Vanderbilt University Medical CEO: 3 revenue wins for AMCs | Calif. physician group pays $2.9M to settle false billing case | 9 systems opening hospitals | Sections of HIPAA not permissible, judge rules

January 29, 2020

Texas hospital fights $300K typo penalty | Medicare widens DNA sequencing coverage | HHS interoperability rule: Epic, Cerner + 4 others react | Physician settles case over inflated NP charges | 6 hospital bankruptcies, closures + 45 financial benchmarks

January 28, 2020

Payroll problems plague Tenn. hospital | Beaumont fires employee for leaking 1.2K patient records | 5 most-searched medical procedures for cost | Surgeon lets patients pay by volunteering | 16 exec moves + 20 latest lawsuits involving hospitals

January 27, 2020

Embezzlement allegations hit NJ health system owners | Epic may sue HHS | Cost of claim status inquiry + 7 other manual tasks | CHS buys time for turnaround | Calif., Wash. hospitals close | PA median salaries, by state

January 23, 2020

NC health system: Billing victims for rape kits was an error | 16 medical groups back 'Medicare for All' | Microsoft alerts users of data breach | Investigation into CarePoint's finances prompts new laws | Coronavirus: 7 things you should know

January 22, 2020

Medicare to pay for acupuncture | Tenn. hospital misses payroll | CMS: Newark Beth Israel put patients in immediate jeopardy | Gen Z gets medical debt advice from TikTok | Pa. hospital racks up 40 citations, shuts down

January 21, 2020

Epic to stop working with Google Cloud | Aggressive creditor forced hospital chain into bankruptcy, CEO says | Healthcare billing fraud: 5 latest settlements | 19 exec moves | Difference between highest, lowest outpatient charges: 297%

January 16, 2020

Mo. hospital abruptly closes, misses payroll | Dr. David Feinberg: Google 'super proud' of Project Nightingale with Ascension | CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS: 32 things to know | 16 hospitals seeking Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech talent

January 15, 2020

UnitedHealth posts $5.1B profit | Advocate Aurora's plan to more than double revenue | Wash. hospital lays off 463 | How CVS will lower costs for Aetna members | 10 best, worst cities for an active lifestyle

January 14, 2020

Hospitals sue to halt site-neutral pay cuts | 7 latest hospital credit downgrades | FBI warns of Maze ransomware | W.Va. health system files for bankruptcy | 4 NY hospital execs on what 'Medicare for All' would mean for them

January 13, 2020

HCA acquires tech company | Why 'lien doctors' skip billing insurance | NBA player helps erase $1M+ in medical bills | Court rules against Dignity in out-of-network payments case | 5 startups changing the way physicians get paid

January 9, 2020

Feds accuse Ind. health system of billing fraud | Chicago psych hospital loses federal funding, lays off 275 | Healthcare affordability scorecard: Where does your state rank? | 10 hospitals hiring RCM leaders | CHS settles class-action suit for $53M

January 8, 2020

Mercy Health warns of data breach at RCM vendor | 7 health systems with strong finances | Hospital rates have soared, study finds | Wis. health system will pay $10M to end whistleblower suit | Horizon BCBS issues $40.5M in member rebates

January 7,2020

How UMass Memorial cut exec payroll in half | 22 hospital bankruptcies in 2019 | Calif. physicians pay $949K to settle billing fraud suit | 20 things to know about Allscripts, Athenahealth | Pa. hospital bankruptcy leaves 1,000 physicians scrambling

January 6, 2020

Pa. hospital sent bills to collections before patients | St. Louis hospital delays payroll | Houston Methodist, UnitedHealthcare split affects 100,000 | Cedars-Sinai expands charity care eligibility | 4 new surprise billing laws to know

January 2, 2020

Fla. hospital to close billing department, lay off 63 | AHA largely silent on suing patients for unpaid bills | The decade in healthcare: 12 unforgettable milestones | BCBS of Tenn. specialty drug change prompts backlash

December 31, 2019

Hospital chain files for bankruptcy | NYU cardiologist sues Apple | KLAS' 7 revenue cycle 'unicorns' | Physician charged with murder sues Ohio hospital for defamation | Top physician challenge of 2020: Getting paid

December 30, 2019

Pa. hospital misses payroll | Top 5 rev cycle stories of 2019 | Adventist to take over 20th Calif. hospital | NY launches healthcare price comparison site | Equitable way to pay physicians? Structured salaries only, Mayo suggests

December 26, 2019

Paychecks late at Tenn. hospital | Defective EHRs suffer little in fraud probes: 'Almost too big to fail' | Sutter posts $613M operating loss | Owner, COO of Texas urgent care clinics charged in bribery scheme

December 24, 2019

Kan. hospital's Medicare funding at risk | 7 latest hospital credit downgrades | Cerner's year in review | Hospitals claim VA owes millions in unpaid bills | 10 cities with the largest physician pay growth

December 23, 2019

Aetna, Cigna and BCBS hit with fines over improper denials | 8 latest hospital bankruptcies | TeamHealth's ER billing scrutinized at Nashville General | 20 hospital CFOs, revenue cycle execs share advice, challenges and what's ahead for 2020

December 19, 2019

Ind. hospital suing for bills it never sent, patients claim | BCBS whistleblower warns of 200K 'critical' vulnerabilities | Ex-UPMC nurse accused of secretly recording 206 patients | Viewpoint: Legal medical billing would be fraud in other sectors

December 18, 2019

Hospitals avoid $4B payment cut, for now | Mass. hospital settles false billing case | Memorial Hermann, Cigna to end contract | Leapfrog names 2019 Top Hospitals | 'Rogue' Mich. hospital employee improperly viewed 4K patient records

December 17, 2019

Hospitals lose bid to halt site-neutral pay cuts | NC hospital misses payroll | Grady Memorial flood prompts state of emergency declaration | Texas hospital overbilled Medicare by $10M, OIG says

December 16, 2019

Ex-debt collectors erase $1B in medical bills | Hospitals win millions from CMS | 21 exec moves | NY physician gets prison time in $30M billing scheme | 10 hospitals hiring rev cycle leaders

December 12, 2019

UHS accused of improperly diverting $100M from DC hospital | BJC HealthCare outsources IT, cuts 200 jobs | BCBS strikes deals with hospitals to share financial risk | 4 trends in physician pay

December 11, 2019

Why Anthem doesn't want to own physician practices | Moody's: Nonprofit hospitals' revenue will rise in 2020 | Mount Sinai's ED is a 'war zone,' nurse says | Novant sees success with Revenue Cycle University

December 10, 2019

Humana billing error affects 25,000 members | 9 health systems with strong finances | 300 Mass. hospital employees accept buyouts | Conn. hospitals to receive $1.8B under settlement with state

December 9, 2019

OIG tags Indianapolis hospital for erroneous billing | Key lawmakers reach surprise billing deal | UPMC to close hospital | 11 exec moves | Ky. hospital CEO: Revenue from Anthem can't keep up with costs

December 5, 2019 

BCBS: Tenn. hospital uses 'suspicious' billing tactics | Mayo will close network hospital | OIG to recover $6B in fraudulent payments | Deals in the works to create 34-hospital system in La.

December 4, 2019

Hospital groups sue to block price transparency rule | Cerner CEO unveils next layer of Amazon partnership | FBI investigates NJ hospital over transplant scandal | 10 latest hospital closures | 'Venmo it to me': The emerging generational payment gap

December 3, 2019

Hospitals tap into Giving Tuesday | Mosaic Life CEO: 'Medicare for All' would mean no operating margin | Private equity firm sets sights on Quorum Health | 340B hospitals balk at giving pricing info to CMS

December 2, 2019

12 latest hospital credit downgrades | OIG: Medicare overpaid hospitals $502M | Best Buy's healthcare strategy: Get insurers to pay | 10 executive moves + 7 hospitals hiring billing specialists 

November 27, 2019

CMS' new Medicare cost tool doesn't work | Ascension's quarterly revenue hits $6.5B | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | Idaho university reverses decision to reject Medicaid coverage | 29 best-managed healthcare companies

November 26, 2019

Physicians slam UVA's billing practices | CHS absorbs $47M of patient debt | UnitedHealth to open Medicare hubs in Walgreens stores | Surgeon gets prison time in $580M billing scheme | CMS opens applications for primary care payment models

November 25, 2019

7 bankrupt hospitals will go up for auction | M Health Fairview to cut 500 jobs amid $80M shortfall | Hospitals' uncompensated care continues to rise | Fla. healthcare mogul must pay $44M in Medicare fraud case

November 21, 2019

7 latest hospital billing fraud settlements | Quorum hit with 2-notch credit downgrade amid rev cycle transition | Kaiser plans $13B expansion | Supreme Court rejects hospital's Medicare payments challenge  

November 20, 2019

House delays DSH cuts | CommonSpirit's operating loss quadruples | Wash. hospital could run out of cash by 2021, CEO says | Quorum considers shedding 4 hospitals | Cerner moves forward after ending rev cycle deal with Adventist

November 19, 2019

Ex-CEO faces 20-year Medicare ban for billing fraud | BCBS launches national provider network | CHS under investigation by former La. AG | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | Surprise-billing proposal targets provider directories

November 18, 2019

17 latest hospital credit downgrades | CarePoint issues 2,700 layoffs | 7 healthcare groups react to price transparency rule | 25 exec moves | Jackson Health VP's advice for rev cycle leaders: 'Dig into your data'

November 14, 2019

Layoffs hit Cerner | Vanderbilt triples operating income after Epic rollout | Dignity Health must face class action over ER fees | Sanford to hire billing auditor | Private equity pushes into healthcare: 5 latest deals

November 13, 2019

CMS wants to ramp up oversight of Medicaid payments | BCBS enters data-sharing deal | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q3 | Ascension leader shares 8 reactions to reports on system's work with Google | 12 hospital credit rating actions

November 12, 2019

Texas hospital operator files for bankruptcy | Average hospital expenses per inpatient day across 50 states | NYU Langone reaches $3B fundraising goal | Why a Wyo. hospital's bad debt climbed 50%

November 11, 2019

OIG: Hospitals wrongly billed Medicare $54M | 25 executive moves | Quorum's net loss swells to $76M amid rev cycle troubles | Montefiore cuts 149 jobs | Texas hospital waives bills for 14 injured in mass shooting

November 7, 2019

CEO of Calif. clinics gets prison time for billing fraud | 10 health systems with strong finances | 2 UPMC hospitals denied tax-exempt status | ER nurse stuck with $900K hospital bill for premature baby | Tenet agrees to pay $66M to end kickback suit

November 6, 2019

19 hospital bankruptcies, state by state | Miami system bets bond money on plan to draw insured patients | Kaiser CEO: Some employees would lose jobs under Warren's 'Medicare for All' | Fla. hospitals to list prices for 44 procedures on web

November 5, 2019

Kaiser can't stop Hawaii health system from balance billing | Wake Forest Baptist may bring 800 billing jobs in-house | W.Va. hospital lays off staff amid cash flow crunch | Texas hospital enters bankruptcy | 10 major cities with highest uninsured rates

November 4, 2019

CMS' final outpatient, physician payment rules for 2020: 9 things to know | 10 states with highest, lowest nurse salaries | Warren's 'Medicare for All' funding plan | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent

October 31. 2019

Wash. hospitals restructure after rev cycle vendor caused cash flow crisis | CHS slashes net loss by $308M | How 8 health systems minimize billing disputes | CMS urged to delay radiation payment model | Ex-CEO of Mo. hospital admits to billing fraud

October 30, 2019

1,500+ hospitals get value-based bonuses | Humana to lay off 800 | HCA reports $612M profit | CMS pitches paying for advanced cancer screening tests | Ohio hospital nurse on leave over Facebook post

October 29, 2019

Sanford Health inks $20M false claims settlement | Mastercard pushes into healthcare | NY regulator investigates UnitedHealth algorithm | Phoenix hospital to close

October 28, 2019

CMS delays primary care payment model | 33 exec moves + 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | Texas Health Aetna CEO out after 8 months | Banner acquires Colo. hospital

October 24, 2019

Insurance exec gets prison time for defrauding Pa. hospitals | Billing error affects 82K Texas Health Resources patients | Amazon buys healthcare startup | Ga. system pays patients' out-of-network costs

October 23, 2019

W.Va. hospital files for bankruptcy | Beaumont CEO: Ban surprise billing, don't control prices | FTC orders major payers, 2 health systems to turn over data | Lawsuit delays Baptist Health's $361M hospital takeover

October 22, 2019

CMS loses bid to preserve site-neutral pay cuts | Fla. hospital closes, lays off 300 | UnitedHealthcare to limit outpatient surgery payments to hospitals | 22 exec moves | Mass. AG: Price transparency tools don't work 

October 21, 2019

Physician convicted in $12M upcoding scheme | Layoffs hit Dignity Health | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Michael Jordan opens medical clinic | UnitedHealth, Optum offer care + coverage package

October 17, 2019

Tenn. healthcare execs charged in $38M billing fraud case | Cerner sends 1,300 employees to Adventist | Tenet says bankrupt hospital owner needs to pay up | Wayne State to physicians: Join our practice group or you're fired

October 16, 2019

Tenet spends $630K to derail 'Medicare for All' | Amazon funds workers' travel to Calif. cancer hospital | CMS sanctions UnitedHealthcare plan | 17 trends in health IT today | How 340B works with Medicaid in every state

October 15, 2019

9 latest hospital credit downgrades | CDC gives vaping illness a name | BCBS of NC updates protocols after CEO scandal | Prior authorizations are medical groups' top gripe | ACA ruling expected this month

October 14, 2019

Centra resumes billing after 3-month EHR shutdown | 10 states with highest uninsured rates | Feds sue Texas hospital execs over $167M loan | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Rush CIO Dr. Shafiq Rab on using AI to optimize rev cycle

October 10, 2019

HHS pitches sweeping revamp of anti-kickback rules | BCBS plans accused of overpaying NY hospitals by $85M | Cerner CEO outlines strategy behind Amazon partnership | Mass. hospital to close in 2020

October 9, 2019

CHS to erase $50M in medical debt | Layoffs hit UnitedHealthcare | Meet the new brand linking 13 hospitals in Minn. | Cleveland Clinic's chief managed care officer weighs in on value-based care  

October 8, 2019

CMS terminates Ill. hospital's Medicare contract | Trump's executive order could lead to surprise medical bills | Physicians, medical group CEO pay $6.7M to settle billing fraud case | 23 executive moves | Ala. system pays hackers after ransomware attack

October 7, 2019

8 hospitals with strong finances | Cerner sends 360 jobs back to Adventist | Okla. hospital lays off staff, halts most services | CommonSpirit reports $582M operating loss | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent

October 3, 2019

Trump to issue executive order on Medicare | 56 hospitals hit with maximum readmission penalties | Ill. hospital shuts down | Ransomware disables 3 Ala. hospitals

October 2, 2019

Ex-hospital CEO charged in $114M billing scheme | 10 ACOs with the most shared savings | Hospitals slam CMS proposal to reveal negotiated rates | Biggest healthcare price markups are in Texas | Northwell to build voice-enabled EHR with Allscripts

October 1, 2019

CMS penalizes 2,583 hospitals for high readmissions | 9 physicians charged in $2.1B billing fraud scheme | 13 hospitals with the most ER visits | How Pelosi's drug-pricing plan could wipe out 340B

September 30, 2019

Healthcare execs, physicians charged in $675M billing fraud bust | Baptist Health cuts medical coding jobs | 20 exec moves | Impeachment push threatens bipartisan efforts on surprise billing

September 26, 2019

Medicare billing error affects 411,000 seniors | Blame insurers for surprise medical bills, TeamHealth exec says | Staff shortage forces Tenn. hospital to halt admissions | Hospitals to Congress: Repeal Medicaid DSH cuts

September 25, 2019

CMS finalizes cuts to Medicaid DSH payments | Sutter's pricing practices under microscope | Walmart is building a healthcare workforce | Best Buy could have $46B opportunity in healthcare

September 24, 2019

CMS wants to end 'pay and chase' model | Ala. hospital, former exec strike deal in false billing case | Sanders unveils plan to erase $81B in medical debt | Ill. hospital stops accepting patients

September 23, 2019

17 medical professionals charged in $258M billing fraud bust | Walmart Health taps Zotec for RCM services | Tenn. hospital misses payroll | 27 exec moves | Catholic Health freezes hiring as losses mount

September 19, 2019

Hospitals win challenge to site-neutral pay cuts | Former Texas hospital exec gets 10 years for $16M fraud | AHA urges CMS to delay radiation payment model | Twitter users reveal their most absurd medical bills

September 18, 2019

Hospitals win challenge to site-neutral pay cuts | Former Texas hospital exec gets 10 years for $16M fraud | AHA urges CMS to delay radiation payment model | Twitter users reveal their most absurd medical bills

September 17, 2019

Hospital operator closes facilities in Ariz., Texas after leadership exodus | UnitedHealth acquires Equian | Ohio hospital hit with 2-notch credit downgrade amid IT transition | 10 states with highest uninsured rates

September 16, 2019

Watchdog: Mass. hospitals upcoding to boost pay | Physician charged in $1.2B fraud scheme pleads guilty | 30 exec moves | Politico: Physician staffing firms behind $30M campaign to sink surprise-billing legislation  

September 12, 2019

VA may be forced to pay billions in ER claims | 5 latest billing fraud settlements | UVA Health vows to revamp debt collection practices | Surprise-billing proposal gains steam in Congress

September 11, 2019

Rat bite leaves man with $500K medical bill | Crowdfunding campaigns for cancer care often fall short | Anthem restores autism therapy rates after controversy | Hospital operator loses 2 top execs

September 10, 2019

Sutter faces class-action suit over pricing | UVA Health sues thousands of patients over medical debt | 7 health systems with strong finances | Time is running out to stall Medicaid DSH cuts

September 9, 2019

OIG tags Calif. medical group for erroneous billing | Johns Hopkins All Children's faces record fines | 26 exec moves | Miami hospital to repay $412M in Medicaid payments | Pa. hospital closure delayed

September 5, 2019

• AMA releases 394 coding changes | Tenet, HCA most exposed to Hurricane Dorian | Fitch: Nonprofit hospital margins rebound in 2018 | Allsripts CEO Paul Black on the Apple Health partnership

September 4, 2019

• Sanders wants to pay off $81B of medical debt | Montefiore's operating income drops 50% | Rural hospital staff bought supplies at Dollar General, former nurse says | Why AMA, AHA oppose Apple Health Records

September 3, 2019

• CMS wants to change rules for maintaining Medicare billing privileges | 25 exec moves + 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Healthcare exec gets prison time for kickback scheme | Tools, automation and bots: How health systems improved rev cycle performance

August 29, 2019

CEO resigns amid Tenn. system's financial troubles | Why Judy Faulkner says Epic is successful after 40 years | 2 Fla. hospitals stripped of Medicaid funds | OSU Wexner clears $4B revenue mark

August 28,2019

Ohio hospital's Medicare funding at risk | 12 Cerner implementations, go-lives | UNC Hospitals put on probation by Joint Commission | 3 physicians pay $1.1M to settle kickback allegations | Texas Health Resources' net income quadruples

August 27, 2019

Mystery group spends $13M on surprise-billing ads | Physician charged with murder sues Trinity Health | 4 tips from hospital rev cycle leaders + 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Mayo Clinic's operating income jumps 88% in Q2

August 26, 2019

Ex-employee accused of stealing $1M from Idaho health system | 6 hospital credit downgrades | Kaiser to court: Block balance-billing of health plan members | 26 exec moves | Apple Health partners with Allscripts

August 22, 2019

Why a Ky. hospital lost its Medicare funding | Hackers steal Calif. hospital's website domain | Phoebe Putney rev cycle VP's advice on metrics | Trump considers payroll tax cut - what it could mean for healthcare

August 21, 2019

NY hospital faces financial peril without buyer | UHS execs escape lawsuit over billing practices | Viewpoint: Plan to lower hospital prices likely to backfire | Ill. hospital to close Sept. 30

August 20, 2019

Trump's hospital price plan raises thorny legal questions | 29 rev cycle metrics to track long term | Memorial Hermann can't ax $6.4M defamation award | Why 14 hospitals closed so far this year 

August 19, 2019

Pa. health system sends bad checks to 800 patients | 27 latest exec moves + 8 hospitals hiring billing specialists | Medical group sues Trinity Health for trying to hire away clinicians | How AI can transform hospital RCM - 5 thoughts

August 15, 2019

Tenn. hospital barred from billing Medicare | 5 latest hospital bankruptcies | Anthem mistakenly sends out-of-network notice | Hospitals lose challenge to DSH payment rule | Penn State Health's VP of Rev Cycle talks price transparency

August 14, 2019

Ky. health system targets million-dollar 'shock claims' | CHS faces $891M class-action suit | Charity care took 5-year dive at Calif. hospitals | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | 3 things Epic has done in the past 4 months

August 13, 2019

11 hospitals with strong finances | Texas hospital closes after 70 years | UnitedHealth: Hospital inpatient prices up 19% over 5 years | Physician charged in $12.7M false billing scheme | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q2 

August 12, 2019

Texas health system beats $61.8M billing fraud case | 36 exec moves | Medicare to save $650M under pay proposal | Partners HealthCare nearly doubles operating income | Allscripts to pay $145M settlement over Practice Fusion HIPAA, MU investigation

August 8, 2019

Texas hospital abruptly closes | Aetna risks losing Medicaid contract | Mayo Clinic wins $11.5M tax fight | Integris cuts 171 jobs | Where the AMA stands on surprise billing legislation

August 7, 2019

Ill. hospital files for bankruptcy | WellStar: Anthem deceived customers | CHS doubles net loss | 3 tips from revenue cycle leaders | 1 more system joins NC's controversial reimbursement plan

August 6, 2019

How buying a failing hospital can pay off | 19 exec moves + 6 resignations | Epic consulting firm unveils Cerner business line | 10 states with most affordable healthcare | Vt. hospitals seek rate bump amid financial losses

August 5, 2019

CMS' final inpatient payment rule for 2020: 8 takeaways | Texas hospital closes | Dignity agrees to $100M settlement in pension case | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | Why Democrats aren't blaming hospitals for healthcare costs

August 1, 2019

NY hospital with 'precarious finances' secures buyer and $20M | 5 hospital layoffs | Aetna reverses denial of $2.1M drug | 3 steps to prepare for ICD-11 | Payers, tech, hospitals team up on medical claims standards

July 31, 2019

CMS' 3 sweeping payment rules for 2020 | Hackensack Meridian bets big on long-term care | The 21 hospitals on US News' Honor Roll | Hospital groups speak out against price transparency in OPPS rule

July 30, 2019

Fla. hospital: EHR switch led to spike in debt collection suits | 2nd Ben Taub patient found dead in bathroom | Patient data from EHR vendors for sale online | NC reimbursement dispute gets personal

July 29, 2019

Ariz. hospital apologizes for $60K billing error | 23 latest exec moves | Ex-hospital CEO faces new charges linked to $950M fraud scheme | Zuckerberg hospital inks first contract with private payer | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

 July 25, 2019

Health plan trained physicians to overbill Medicare, lawsuit alleges | Anthem's profit hits $1.1B | Pa. hospital closure may drive up out-of-pocket costs | Tenet makes bid for Calif. hospital

July 24, 2019

Tenet to spin off revenue cycle business | Mercy Health paid Neil Armstrong's family $6M wrongful death settlement | 10 most, least educated metro areas | Former PayPal exec creates blockchain-based payment system for healthcare

July 23, 2019

Feds: Physicians, CEO of pain clinic chain committed $25M billing fraud | Anthem launches mobile payments app | Utah surgery patient died after blood drained into garbage can, lawsuit claims | Medicare appeals backlog shrinks

July 22, 2019

Bill sent to murdered woman's family was an error, Ill. hospital says | 28 exec moves + 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Cook County Health CEO: Impending Medicaid DSH cuts are 'immoral' | NY physician gets prison time for billing fraud

July 18, 2019

Hackers target Texas health system's payroll deposits | Trinity Health to relocate billing jobs | UnitedHealth's Q2 profit: $3.3B | 4 systems team up to save Philadelphia hospital

July 17, 2019

Pa. hospital pays $2.5M to settle billing fraud case | Anthem fined, ordered to refund members | Calif. system partners with Optum to remain independent | 6 hospitals among America's 25 best employers for women

July 16, 2019

Calif. hospital seeks lucrative title change | Bernie Sanders pitches $20B hospital bailout plan | Covenant Health reports losses after Epic go-live | Minn. hospitals ask state to probe BCBS | How Scripps, Piedmont + 2 other systems are boosting rev cycle performance

July 15, 2019

Mich. surgeon accused of $60M billing fraud | Quality Payment Program results: 5 notes | Why hospitals should hire RCM employees for potential, not experience | 27 exec moves | CMS floats $250M pay increase for home health providers

July 11, 2019

'Burn in hell,' Cone Health manager emails health plan | CMS pitches new payment model | BCBS of ND fined for claim denials | 3 tips from hospital rev cycle leaders + 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent

July 10, 2019

3 hospitals tied to $57M money laundering scandal | Lawmakers clash over how to curb surprise medical bills | 5 latest hospital credit downgrades + 10 most in-demand medical specialties | Anthem poaches Apple employees

July 9, 2019

Fla. hospital will keep Medicare contract after investigation into sex abuse | MU Health Care offers 'EMR happy hours' | Methodist Le Bonheur suspends debt collection suits amid backlash | 5 things to know about billing for end-of-life care

July 8, 2019

U of Utah Health ends controversial billing policy | 10 health systems with strong finances | The first hep C bundled payment program: 5 things to know | Trump plans exec order on drug pricing

July 3, 2019

Physicians accuse Sanford Health of defrauding Medicare | How states rank for out-of-network ER billing | CMS releases EMTALA guidance | Why healthcare execs should prepare for private equity to come knocking

July 2, 2019

CMS delays claims-processing changes | Mayo Clinic, IRS face off | Northwell's top bill collection strategies | Encompass Health will pay $48M to settle false claims case | Where is the payer-provider relationship headed? 17 healthcare execs weigh in

July 1, 2019

Piedmont launches pay-upfront policy | Philadelphia hospitals file for bankruptcy | 22 exec moves + 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Our Lady of Lourdes settles billing fraud allegations

June 27, 2019

Penn Medicine settles false billing allegations | Fla. hospital's Medicare funding in jeopardy | ProPublica: Methodist Le Bonheur defies IRS rules | Why physicians are adding MBAs to their MDs | Vt. health system enters bankruptcy

June 26, 2019

Nonprofit hospitals more likely to garnish patient wages | Tenn. lawmaker calls for prosecution after hospital abruptly closes | CMS releases ICD-10-CM coding changes | BCBS of Minn. buys stake in hospital's 20 clinics

June 25, 2019

KLAS: 70% of Cerner rev cycle outsourcing clients have buyer's remorse | Ex-Iowa hospital CEO charged with theft | Trump orders transparency on healthcare costs: 7 things to know | 19 billionaires say 'tax us,' use revenue for public health

June 24, 2019

Ill. health system's finances under fire | Cerner EHR outage at 26 UHS hospitals | FBI probes whether uBiome used improper billing codes | Surprise billing legislation might be unconstitutional

June 20, 2019

LabCorp faces lawsuit for alleged failure to monitor billing vendor | 1 in 6 ER visits results in surprise billing | Leaders rank 10 vendors for complex claims solutions | Average hospital readmission costs for 18 diagnoses

June 19, 2019

Wash. hospital on 5th day of paper documentation amid EMR issues | Senate tackles surprise medical bills: 5 notes | Coalition wants Johns Hopkins to drop medical debt lawsuits | Dana-Farber RCM leader Melissa Shore's daily mantra

June 18, 2019

Cardiologist convicted in 'fountain of youth' billing fraud scam | MedPAC: Ditch 'incident to' billing | Beacon Health accused of denying payments amid Anthem takeover | HCA fires back in ER 'cover charge' suit

June 17, 2019

Patient sues Wash. hospital over ER 'cover charge' | Trump: Healthcare plan coming in next couple months | Tenn. hospital abruptly closes | 31 exec moves | Viewpoint: Insurers must do more to stop surprise medical bills

June,13 2019

Kaiser sues over 'unfair billing practices' | Saudi prince denies owing Boston Children's $3.5M | National healthcare scorecard: Where does your state rank? | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent

June 12, 2019

DOJ targets hospital EHR incentive payments | Quorum set to close Ill. hospital | AMA calls for new payment models | Advocate Aurora offers early retirement buyouts

June 11, 2019

Epic and Humana partner | 5 phrases people in finance should never use | Medical cost-sharing ministries face surge in complaints | Mo. hospital closes | 6 ways to combat tech resistance in the workplace

June 10, 2019

LA physician convicted in $33M billing fraud scheme | 27 exec moves + 11 hospital closures | Tenn. hospital blames billing switch for financial woes | UnityPoint Health launches $100M venture fund | OIG tags Ariz. hospital for inaccurate wage data

June 6,2019

UPMC backpedals on prepay policy | Accountant embezzles $558K from Mo. health system | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent + 71 community hospital CIOs to know | Medicare termination forces Ky. hospital to halve workforce

June 5, 2019

13 health systems with strong finances | BCBS calls for balance billing ban | 5 things to know about Optum Bank | 10 best, worst states for jobs | Atrius slashes annual EHR clicks by 50M

June 4, 2019

UnitedHealth to Supreme Court: Uphold controversial billing tactic | Kan. hospital allegedly made false claims about EHR tech | CHS sued for securities fraud | CMO's plea: Don't destroy Ariz. hospitals' patient records | Trump administration caused healthcare prices to rise, EmblemHealth CEO says

June 3, 2019

Supreme Court sides with hospitals in multibillion-dollar payment dispute | 17 exec moves | Mass. hospitals stockpile $1.6B in offshore accounts | Oklahoma Heart Hospital settles billing fraud allegations | Federal plan would change medical debt collection rules

May 30, 2019

Vt. hospital will enter bankruptcy | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Tenn. hospital to lose Medicare billing privileges | 32 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | Mercy Health to sell majority stake in RCM firm

May 29, 2019

Ky. hospital loses Medicare contract | 'Burnout' gets new code | UnitedHealth: Price variation in healthcare leads to overspending | Ill. health system sued over billing practices

May 28, 2019

10 latest hospital credit downgrades | Ex-Pa. health system COO faces 42 charges linked to $1.3M fraud | Change Healthcare doubles IPO target | 23 exec moves | Federation of American Hospitals CEO weighs in on surprise medical bills

May 23,2019

Quorum targets $50M boost from rev cycle deal | UnitedHealth named most valuable healthcare brand | 10 hospitals hiring RCM talent | Political uncertainty could sink healthcare M&A

May 22, 2019

Medical groups' risk-based revenue grows | Henry Ford's net income surges 500% | Mike Pence's quiet takeover of HHS | Average PA salary in all 50 states | Wash. enacts law to stop surprise medical bills

May 21,2019

Insurers find ways to deny mental health claims | 150 top places to work in healthcare | Physician says fraudster stole his identity to bilk Medicare | 20 healthcare orgs recognized for rev cycle performance | Top 10 states for physician pay

May 20, 2019

Patients sue HCA over ER 'cover charge' | 41 healthcare companies make Fortune 500 | JPMorgan buys InstaMed for $500M+ | CRNA pay in 50 states + 22 exec moves

May 16, 2019

Lagging reimbursement forces Chicago hospital to lay off staff | Secret Service: ProMedica employee stole patient info | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | DC votes to close city's only public hospital

May 15, 2019

Top 10 revenue-generating specialties for hospitals | Why patients are giving up on portals | House unveils plan to end surprise medical bills | 5 latest billing fraud settlements | Average physician pay in 50 states

May 14, 2019

Ala. hospital in danger of closing as physicians leave town | Average RN pay in 50 states | Memorial Hermann staffer 'improperly' used patient credit card info | Miss. hospitals pitch $20-a-month insurance plan

May 13, 2019

What private plans pay hospitals vs. Medicare rates | Fla. physician charged with manslaughter | 27 exec moves + 15 health plans members like most | Zuckerberg hospital to lose revenue after billing revamp

May 9, 2019

Hospital chain goes bankrupt after Medicare payments drop | UnitedHealth launches maternity bundles | Private plans pay hospitals 241% more than Medicare | 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent + RCM tip of the day  

May 8, 2019

Feds want app to compare hospital prices | 11 health systems with strong finances | Insurers mull coverage for Pfizer's $225K heart drug | 12 exec resignations | Hedge fund manager predicts CHS will go bankrupt

May 7, 2019

Wash. health system enters bankruptcy, cites issues with rev cycle vendor | Mayo Clinic swindled out of $71K | Most-Googled disease by state | SSM Health rolls out $25 virtual visits

May 6, 2019

Texas, Maine hospitals at risk of losing Medicare funding | Vulnerability found in Philips EMR | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q1 | Cleveland Clinic, Brigham, Stanford execs on healthcare's most promising tech

May 2, 2019

Judge recuses himself from UnitedHealth case over 'immoral' cancer treatment denial | 15 most common passwords + 10 hospitals seeking RCM talent | DOJ moves to strike down ACA | Wall Street giant goes active on Quorum