Brockton (Mass.) Hospital, owned by Brockton-based Signature Healthcare, has shared plans to reopen Aug. 13 after an electrical fire closed the hospital in February 2023.

Northern Light Health will close its internal medicine facility in Dexter, Maine, on Sept. 30, a spokesperson for the health system confirmed to Becker's. 

Conifer Health Solutions, Tenet Healthcare's revenue cycle management arm, has lined up a 10-year contract to provide services to five Alabama hospitals the health system plans to sell to Orlando (Fla.) Health. 

Days after news of cost-cutting measures being taken at Cleveland-based MetroHealth, the health system announced it has terminated its president and CEO, Airica Steed, EdD, RN.

Hospitals and health systems in Pennsylvania have faced financial struggles that have become evident amid recent layoffs, closures and sales. 

Dallas-based Steward Health Care received a bid from Insight Health Systems of Flint, Mich., to acquire all of its Massachusetts hospitals prior to the health system sharing plans to close two state hospitals, however, the two parties could not reach an agreement. 

As the number of Medicare Advantage enrollees has grown, so has the volume of prior authorization requests submitted to MA insurers.

Hospitals' operating performance continues to show signs of improvement, but real estate is one key opportunity health systems should not overlook to bolster their balance sheets and help meet growth goals, Kaufman Hall said in its latest "National Hospital Flash Report."

While operating performance has shown improvement signs, growth remains uneven between higher- and lower-performing hospitals, according to Kaufman Hall's June "National Hospital Flash" report.

White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital is adding 25,000 square feet to its emergency room and expanding the hospital's capacity to 436 beds, Lohud reported Aug. 5.

Dallas-based Steward Health Care has shared plans to lay off a total of 1,243 employees due to the closure of two of its Massachusetts hospitals, Dorchester, Mass.-based Carney Hospital and Ayer, Mass.-based Nashoba Valley Medical Center, by Aug. 31.

El Centro (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, an affiliate of UC San Diego Health, is making strides towards its financial turnaround and reported $7.2 million in operating income in the third quarter of fiscal 2024, compared to a $6.5 million net loss in the same period last year. 

More than 700 rural U.S. hospitals are at risk of closure due to financial problems, with more than half of those hospitals at immediate risk of closure. 

More than four years have passed since COVID-19 first emerged in the United States, triggering a federal public health emergency that persisted until May 11, 2023. Yet, many hospitals are still grappling with the lingering effects of the pandemic.

City officials in Xenia, Ohio, have proposed to acquire Kettering Health Greene Memorial hospital, claiming Kettering Health has cut services and drained resources from the hospital over the past decade, according to an Aug. 1 report from Dayton Daily News. 

The University of Texas Medical Branch's recent MAP Award win is a testament to the great work its revenue cycle has done to keep pace with the growth of the health system, CFO Jamie Bailey told Becker's. 

CMS' Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule will raise inpatient hospital payments by 2.9% in fiscal year 2025, but national hospital groups argue that the update does not do enough to cover the costs of inflation and the rising cost of care while also imposing a mandatory value-based model on hundreds of hospitals across the country. 

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Dallas-based Steward Health Care must present a "responsible closure plan" for its two Massachusetts hospitals that follows the state's 120-day closure process, state Secretary of Health and Human Services Kate Walsh said in an Aug.1 statement shared with Becker's. 

From two private equity firms striking a deal to take R1 RCM private, to Med-Metrix acquiring a pair of companies, here are 10 RCM mergers and acquisitions Becker's has reported since June 10: