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November 07, 2024

• More layoffs hit UPMC | General Catalyst to buy Ohio system for $485M | What Trump's win might mean for MA | Ariz. system CEO to step down | Calif. OKs pediatric system merger

November 06, 2024

• Trump wins election: 7 healthcare notes | Texas hospital misses payroll for some | CHS installs financial system at all hospitals | MA stocks soar after Trump win | 23 health system rating downgrades

November 05, 2024

• Hospitals' chronic payment problem | SCOTUS hears Medicare pay case | Prime's 2025 to-do list | 5 healthcare ballot measures to watch | Christus acquires 185-bed hospital | Travel nurse pay by state

November 04, 2024

• 3-hospital system files for bankruptcy | Hospitals get 2.9% outpatient pay bump | CMS cuts physician pay by 2.83% | HCA, Tenet, CHS + UHS in Q3 | Pa. hospital's post-bankruptcy journey

November 01, 2024

• Ascension sells Ala. system | HCA's $6B expansion | 21 system credit rating upgrades | How an introverted CEO led system through bankruptcy | Steward sells physician group | WVU hospital taps CFO

October 31, 2024

• UPMC hikes pay for 23,000 RNs | 35 systems' cash reserves | Mercy CEO tackles payer pain points | NJ system plans $1B expansion | 5 updates on 2-midnight rule | Health systems ditch competition

October 30, 2024

• Pa. AG sues PE-backed system | 79 financially strong systems | Tenet sells 14 hospitals for $4.8B | 6 CFO exits | Texas physician sentenced to 10 years for $54M fraud | HCA faces financial hit from hurricanes

October 29, 2024

• 2 Ill. hospitals to close | Hackensack CFO to resign | Pa. system sale collapses | 16 big systems grow bigger | HCA hospital expansion denied | Trinity Health of New England names CFO | Envision CFO to exit

October 28, 2024

• 50 notes on hospital M&A | HCA decries 'way too many denials' | An overlooked role to cut LOS | CHS nears $1B divestiture target | AMA sues MultiPlan | CEOs' untapped revenue strategies

October 25, 2024

• HCA Q3 net profit hits $4.3B | OHSU president resigns | 2-midnight triggers 'aggressive' payer tactics: CHS CFO | 35 notes on Oracle Health | 100 top critical care hospitals

October 24, 2024

• HCA momentum builds | The $1B reason this system is going private | 6th Minn. system may exit MA | Payers 'snooze' on 2-midnight rule | Orlando Health acquires 3 hospitals | 56-hospital merger progresses

October 23, 2024

• Mich. system plans layoffs at 2 hospitals | Ala. faces another 3rd hospital closure in months | Intermountain plans $1B hospital | Ascension taps 2 financial leaders | UVM, regulator clash over service cuts

October 22, 2024

• Ill. system CFO resigns | Humana-Cigna merger hinges on election | Novant's 'asset-light' vision for SC | Healthcare PE policy: 6 notes | Ala. hospital to restructure after $60M bond default

October 21, 2024

• Days of FFS 'running out' | Police shoot man in Ky. ED | Health systems take over Optum clinics | 5 systems with boosted outlooks | Yale New Haven demands 'revised terms' for $435M acquisition

October 18, 2024

• CVS outs CEO | Baystate lays off managers | Hospitals reboot exec bonuses | Maine system shuffles leadership | Prime's $375M deal to bring EHR system to 9 hospitals | 50 things to know about Epic

October 17, 2024

• Hospital exec pay jumps 4.6% | Ascension leader to retire | CHS' 3-hospital sale OK'd | Trinity's 'revenue engine' | Ballad taps regional CFO | 21 HCA CFO moves | UCHealth to acquire CAH

October 16, 2024

• UnitedHealth wants 'less abrasion' with hospitals | Why are more CFOs becoming CEOs? | Calif. system to lay off 107 | 5 hospital reopenings | CommonSpirit plans EHR consolidation

October 15, 2024

• UF Health names Novant leader CFO | Kaiser to layoff more workers | Judge reduces verdict in UHS case | Patient service revenue trends at 21 systems | BCBS reaches record antitrust settlement

October 14, 2024

• CommonSpirit awaiting $1.3B in cash payments | Former Chicago hospital CEO indicted | 14-hospital system splits with UnitedHealth | 19 system credit rating upgrades | Temple CFO on system's operating turnaround

October 11, 2024

• Trinity hospital closes | FTC finalizes premerger rule | Adventist may scrap hospital lease | CommonSpirit, UC San Diego prep to win MA negotiations | Ill. system taps 2nd CFO in 10 months | Kaiser grows in Colo.

October 10, 2024

• Hospitals sick of fighting for MA dollars | Hurricanes' financial impact on hospitals | HCA CEO sees hospitals as 'bespoke' | NY system sues payer for withheld $50M | Wash. system CEO to retire after merger

October 09, 2024

• CFO switches HCA hospitals | CommonSpirit shifts to 'high-growth markets' | Ex-CFO pleads guilty to $33M fraud | UH won $400M EHR approval with 1 slide | CVS to lay off 632 at RI HQ

October 08, 2024

• UHS faces $895M in damages | Steward abandons Mass. hospital | 21 systems get rating downgrades | CHS deploys 'conversational AI' bot systemwide | Emory financial exec joins Johns Hopkins

October 07, 2024

• 26 for-profit hospital deals | How Trinity, CommonSpirit + Ascension stack up | Mo. hospital president to resign | CMS pitches ACA rules: 10 notes | CFO-CIO tensions may rise

October 04, 2024

• Longtime CFO to retire | 33 systems ranked by operating margins | Hospitals grapple with hurricane aftermath | UC Health names CFO | How Banner's CFO boosts operating performance

October 03, 2024

• Former Advocate CFO joins Texas system | MA 'jeopardizing' rural hospitals | 16 hospitals change hands in a day | Ex-hospital CEO pays $5.3M to settle false claims case | 53 systems ranked by annual revenue

October 02, 2024

• Ex-Tenet execs face $400M fraud trial | 11 AMCs acquiring hospitals | Mass. system exits bankruptcy | CVS lays off 2,900 | DMC taps CFO | HIT inefficiencies costing hospitals billions | 75 financially strong systems

October 01, 2024

• Ascension, Henry Ford form 13-hospital JV | Mayo hospital scales back care | Tenet sells 70% stake in 5 Ala. hospitals | CommonSpirit revenue by region | CVS mulls breakup | Judy Faulkner's succession plan

September 30, 2024

• Steward CEO resigns | CommonSpirit reorganizes | Tenn. hospital closes after Helene | Layoffs hit Sentara, Beth Israel | 77 AMC CFOs to know | Millennial physician pay: 9 notes

September 27, 2024

• Hospital tax breaks under scrutiny | 'No confidence' vote shakes RI system | Calif. hospital lays off 65 | Avg. hospital margins up to 6.7% | Systems ranked by debt, cash reserves | CommonSpirit posts $581M loss

September 26, 2024

• AG halts NH hospital cuts | Rural hospital to hit 10% margin | Why CHS isn't acquiring hospitals | A 'ripe opportunity' for provider-led health plans | Ascension's outlook drops: 4 notes

September 25, 2024

• Pay cuts, layoffs hit C-suite | Older adults should avoid MA in 2025: Former payer exec | Okla. system CEO steps down | HCA nears $175M hospital sale | RWJBarnabas CFO's key to improved operations

September 24, 2024

• 2 hospitals abruptly close | 10 systems' outlooks boosted | Epic's antitrust suit: 7 notes | Ohio hospital COO steps down | Inside the GLP-1 'price war' | NY hospital lays off workers

September 23, 2024

• Ala. hospital halts operations | RI system cuts exec roles | Healthcare leads in signing bonuses | 2-midnight's effect on HCA, Tenet, CHS, UHS | Ascension secures 'AA+' rating

September 20, 2024

• Ballad shuffles financial execs | HCA targets 2-midnight denials | 15 big systems grow bigger | Tenet avoiding 'risky' M&As | 5 CFOs' takes on MA

September 19, 2024

• Tenet's outpatient boom | CarePoint braces for 2,602 layoffs | Texas system shutters MA plan | CMS' REH guidance: 16 notes | WVU's 'fail fast' denial strategy | Full Senate to hear Steward CEO contempt case

September 18, 2024

• Why 40% of hospitals are losing money | Steward CEO pleads the 5th | Ascension posts $1.8B loss | Threats loom over hospital rev cycle | 7 CFOs becoming CEOs | Trinity CEO's outpatient care plan

September 17, 2024

• Health systems' 'too big to fail' warning | HCA Mission CEO steps down | CFOs seek 'practical' AI tools | Inflations' effect on 18 systems' supply costs | CHS to buy 10 Ariz. urgent care centers

September 16, 2024

• Ore. system cuts exec pay | 5 hospital closures in a month | The next big ACA fight | Labor cost trends at 25 systems | Tenn. system CEO dies | Patients caught in hospital-payer crossfire

September 13, 2024

• Fla. system dismisses CEO | Hospitals sue HHS over MA pay | HCA taps finance VP for 9 hospitals | Partnerships CFOs are exploring 'for the 1st time' | UNC asks NC Supreme Court to settle Duke dispute

September 12, 2024

• HCA CEO's outpatient growth plan | Steward CEO ghosts Congress | 17 best health system employers: Fortune | LVHN to pay $65M in stolen patient data case | 72 financially strong systems

September 11, 2024

• 36 systems ranked by revenue | Presidential debate: 3 healthcare takeaways | Kaiser, CommonSpirit expand hospital partnership | Elevance to buy IU Health Plans | Hospital admin costs 'skyrocketing': AHA

September 10, 2024

• Calif. hospital to halt operations | 'Great disruption' coming for MA | Mercy buys Ascension hospital | CIO-CFO pay gap shrinks | Why some hospitals are thriving financially

September 09, 2024

• Northwell's Epic install price tag | 20 systems' days of cash on hand | Hospital wage inflation cools | 17 Aug. CFO moves | The healthcare job facing outsized shortage

September 06, 2024

• 29 systems ranked by long-term debt | CommonSpirit taps regional CFO | FTC objects to Indiana hospital merger | 4 hospital reopenings | Steward CEO faces contempt charges

September 05, 2024

• 10 hospitals closing departments, services | Subpoenaed Steward CEO to skip hearing | Ala. hospital defaults on debt | 156 women CFOs to know | Envision rebuilds C-suite

September 04, 2024

• 5 systems back in the black | Ohio hospital closes | How a Tenn. hospital missed payroll | Advocates seek reparations from HCA | The theme of hospital finances in 2024

September 03, 2024

• 31 systems ranked by Q2 margins | 5 mergers yet to close | Spotlight shines on Steward CEO | 10 best, worst cities to retire | Hospitals need 'inboxologists' | 48 exec moves

August 30, 2024

• 10 profitable systems in Q2 | NM system replaces CEO | HCA acquires physician JV | NY system freezes some hiring | New CFOs trim losses at 2 Mass. systems | 'The Hill': Calif. system plans 443-acre development

August 29, 2024

• HCA, faith-based systems square off | UPMC posts $313M loss | CEO rebuilds system that was 'bleeding money' | How systems keep exec pay competitive | Cedars-Sinai raises $1B | The right time to grow, per 2 CEOs

August 28, 2024

• The worst situation a CFO can be in' | 10 EDS with longest visit times | Sanford to drop Humana MA | 16 HCA CEO moves | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Billionaire physician gifts $120M to UCLA

August 27, 2024

• 17 HCA CFO moves | Where Steward's 31 hospitals stand | Providence CFO drives $600M turnaround | When hospitals cut MA | La. hospital scammed out of $226K | Why MyMichigan bought 3 Ascension hospitals

August 26, 2024

• Orlando Health CFO exits | A hotbed for hospital M&A | More hospital sales at CHS, HCA, Tenet | 67 financially strong systems | Optum eyes Surgery Partners acquisition | 10 hardest-working states

August 23, 2024

• Tenet stock hits 20-year high | Ex-hospital CEO admits to embezzlement | AMCs buying up hospitals | Steward to lay off 944 in Ohio | HCA to sell Calif. hospital | 16 system hit with credit rating downgrades

August 22, 2024

• Will HCA execs hit bonuses? | 4 Steward hospitals to close | Neb. hospital CEO resigns | Fla. system close to privatization | Providence shifts mindset | 46 hospitals cutting jobs

August 21, 2024

• Judge blocks FTC's noncompete ban | Texas Children's losses soar | Judy Faulkner's 50-year plan for Epic | Inside Optum's success | Hospitals vie for the premium dollar | 3 payer trends CFOs must know

August 20, 2024

• Tenn. hospital misses payroll | Epic plans nationwide transition | 1 system's winning MA formula | Steward sues landlord | The cost of shortages on hospitals | Mayo Q2 margin hits 8.9% | 29 hospital profitability stats

August 19, 2024

• Ill. hospital to close | Ind., Va. systems tap CFOs | Hospitals' credit 'trifurcation' issue | UnitedHealth, HCA hospitals face split | Legacy margins plummet ahead of merger | NC system to acquire CHS hospital

August 16, 2024

• HCA, Bon Secours turf war heats up | MA's growing threat to hospitals | 10 health system mergers in 2024 | Maine hospital lays off managers | Hospitals' new growth metrics | 96 AMC CEOs to know

August 15, 2024

• 17 system credit rating upgrades | Prospect struggles to sell hospitals | Systems see mixed 2-midnight results | Lifepoint's 'strong tailwinds' to grow | Fla. system to buy 3 Steward hospitals | Tenet taps 2-hospital CFO

August 14, 2024

• 4 systems selling hospitals | A hospital service line in jeopardy | The GLP-1 questions facing systems | 25 fastest-growing healthcare cos. | SC system scraps $161M hospital plan | 20 top systems, 14K+ open jobs

August 13, 2024

• Hospital margins' 'new normal' | Steward finds PE buyer for physician group | ACA's unclear path: Trump vs. Harris | Hospitals flip layoffs into hiring wins | Pa. hospital to end surgical services

August 12, 2024

• MetroHealth fires another CEO | 3rd Steward hospital may close | 45 hospitals cutting jobs | Kaiser posts $2.1B Q2 net gain | 15 best, worst states to live | Payers ranked by Q2 profits

August 9, 2024

• 14 large systems growing bigger | Hospitals' approach to exec incentive pay | Texas hospitals must report undocumented care costs | The truth about hospital profitability | Why 1 CFO welcomes disruptors like Amazon

August 8, 2024

• Hospitals' MA missteps | Steward CEO jets to France | Hospital cash reserves at 10-year low | Temple hospital hit with $45M verdict | Prospect to sell Pa. system | Walgreens may offload all of VillageMD

August 7, 2024

• Texas system to lay off 1K | Iowa, Ga. hospitals to close | Tenet's rapid portfolio transformation | Novant to buy BCBS provider group | CVS Health to cut $2B in costs | 7 payers exiting MA markets

August 6, 2024

• MetroHealth enacts cost-cutting plan | Tim Walz on healthcare: 8 notes | CarePoint names CFO amid restructuring | 703 hospitals at risk of closure | MA + prior auth: 19 numbers | Cross-market hospital M&A on the rise

August 5, 2024

• Steward to lay off 1,243 | The hospital margin myth | Tenet to sell 5 Ala. hospitals for $910M | CMS' inpatient rule adds 'insult to injury' | 20 'most beautiful' hospitals in the US | Calif. hospital returns to profitability

August 2, 2024

• 1 day, 40 hospital ownership shifts | CMS to up inpatient hospital pay 2.9% in 2025 | CHS rolling out financial initiative to all hospitals | Texas systems' health plans at risk | 21 CFO moves | WellSpan spends $3,600 to save $600K

August 1, 2024

• Boom times for HCA | Pa. system downsizes | CMS drops 4 final payment rules | Mark Cuban's warning for self-insured employers | Ascension sells 3 hospitals | UnitedHealthcare launching national gold-card program

July 31, 2024

• CHS to exit Pa. | UHS CFO: Behavioral turnover 'twice what acute care is' | 657 CMS' 1- and 5-star hospitals | Ex-hospital exec allegedly took bribes for contracts | Wis. system CEO to retire | HCA revenue by payer

July 30, 2024

• Calls grow for HCA to relinquish Mission | Ascension extends selling spree: 10 deals to know | CMS OKs NC's $4B debt relief plan | Erlanger sued for allegedly paying physicians 'well above fair market value'

July 29, 2024

• HCA, Tenet, CHS + UHS in Q2 | 20 CFO exits | Project 2025: 8 healthcare notes | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Lurie Children's conducts layoffs | Prime to grow at 'rapid clip' | Beebe taps CFO

July 26, 2024

• Steward to close 2 hospitals | Ascension's post-divestiture growth plan | 61 financially strong systems | HCA, Tenet Q2 profits jump | CHS shed 28 hospitals since 2020 | Eliminate contract labor ASAP: Tufts CFO

July 25, 2024

• Ascension to sell 9 Ill. hospitals | Ark. system CEO resigns | Optum closing clinics, laying off 500+ | Tenet will 'thrive' in any environment: CEO | CHS eyes more hospital sales after Q2 loss | MA scrutiny isn't going away

July 24, 2024

• HCA's 'most challenging payer' | 14 hospital closures | CommonSpirit's bill collector hacked | Texas, Mo. systems tap CFOs | Adventist names CEO | Tenet Q2 net profit doubles to $259M | What CFOs crave in successors

July 23, 2024

• Okla. hospital to close | Kaiser taps Risant CFO | More systems drop MA | HCA posts $1.5B Q2 profit | Texas hospital probed for alleged fraud | Pay growth at HCA, CHS, Tenet, UHS | CFOs forecast funding challenges

July 22, 2024

• Global IT outage 'worse' than cyberattack | No bids for 3 Steward hospitals | Health systems eye 'multi-region model' | Kamala Harris' healthcare policy positions | UK HealthCare scraps hospital plan

July 19, 2024

• Global IT outage hits hospitals | Prisma to buy Tenn. hospital | Healthcare costs to jump 8% in 2025 | More layoffs at Optum | Midyear reflection with 4 CFOs | Calif. hospital fights for bankruptcy eligibility

July 18, 2024

• 9 notable CFO transitions | Nurses slam Prime for hospital cuts | Delayed NY hospital closure poses safety risks | Mayo, Marshfield sue Wis. city | Top hospital employers, per Gen Z | Meet Providence's next CEO

July 17, 2024

• DOJ investigating NM hospital | JD Vance's healthcare record | Health systems bullish on ASC JVs | UnitedHealth was 'over-optimistic' about Change rebound | Bill allowing POHs gains steam

July 16, 2024

• Best hospitals for 15 specialties + No. 1 by state: US News | PE's 'overstated' role in healthcare | MultiCare, Atlantic Health form JVs | 11 arrested at UnitedHealth protest | Healthcare's most in-demand jobs

July 15, 2024

• Pa. system restructures financial leadership | CFOs' million-dollar question | Ex-hospital CFO charged in alleged $15M fraud | CMS pilots primary care model | 15 systems hit with credit rating downgrades

July 12, 2024

• Feds probe Steward | The lynchpin in hospital-payer fights | CMS cites Aetna | The 'why' behind Hackensack's swift post-Chevron suit | 41 hospitals cutting jobs | Intermountain CEO's 3 leadership tips

July 11, 2024

• Hospitals slam 'reckless' CMS proposals | Steward paid spy firm before bankruptcy | Sanford, Marshfield to merge | CFOs' No. 1 issue | UHG sued over DOJ probe | 6 CFOs becoming CEOs | Hospital margins dip to 3.8%

July 10, 2024

• CMS floats 2.6% outpatient pay bump | Ex-NY hospital exec charged with $1.5M fraud | HCA's 'credit positive' deal for NH system | GLP-1s spur Okla. system service cuts, clinic closure | Ardent eyes $3.15B IPO valuation

July 09, 2024

• Hospital M&A no longer about scale | CFO tenures at 10 largest systems | Why CIO pay is rising | Idaho system taps CFO from Steward | Hospital cybersecurity spend rockets | Wealthiest women in healthcare: Forbes

July 08, 2024

• CommonSpirit plans layoffs in Ore., Tenn. | Providence taps regional CFO | Ga. hospital to close | 53 financially strong systems | Stanford, Blue Shield of Calif. split | A standout hospital merger | WellSpan adds 9th hospital

July 05, 2024

• 16 profitable systems | Court delays FTC's noncompete ban | How IU Health is restructuring physician contracts | 27 called-off hospital deals | MultiCare bills for MyChart | 3 states to debut CMS model

July 03, 2024

• HCA pursues more M&As | Feds probe multiple systems | Ill. system cuts hospital CEO role | Hackensack sues HHS after Chevron ruling | Where the GC-Summa Health deal stands | UCSF clears path for $100M acquisition

July 02, 2024

• Trinity, UnitedHealthcare split in 6 states | HCA to buy NH system | Cano exits bankruptcy | Hospital margins still volatile | Kan. system enters Mo. hospital market | MGB fires 2 after data breach

June 28, 2024

• Optum scraps Steward deal | Highest paying states for healthcare execs | HCA's $250M hospital approved | Ascension pulling health plans from Texas | 10 key MA updates | 19 Minn. hospitals band together

June 27, 2024

• NY system drops MA plan | Pa. system loses residency program | MA prior auth needs 'federal north star' | Ga. hospital CEO resigns after 4 mos. | Ochsner CFO's No. 1 priority | Hartford HealthCare accused of monopoly

June 26, 2024

• Ascension extends selling spree | Few systems see strong margins | What's exciting 3 CFOs | NY system lays off managers | The best RCM software: Black Book | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

June 25, 2024

• Ascension to sell Ala. system | CEO, CFO exit Wyo. hospital | A 'pervasive' issue facing CFOs | CommonSpirit hospital settles concurrent surgery suit for $15M | Supreme Court denies challenge to $2.7B BCBS settlement

June 24, 2024

• CFOs must kick FFS 'addiction' | 36 hospital layoffs | Texas system's health plan faces closure | Summer COVID wave emerges | UPMC's $1.5B hospital hits roadblock | Calif. defers healthcare worker min. wage hike

June 21, 2024

• Risant plans Cone Health acquisition | Prospect must meet 40+ conditions to sell hospitals | Sutter beats $519M double-billing allegations | Change issues data breach notices | Keck hospital taps CFO

June 20, 2024

• UH to cut 300+ jobs | 2 Advocate Health execs to exit | Auction delayed for some Steward hospitals | Lifespan undergoing Brown rebrand | MU Health Care taps CFO | 40 most common passwords

June 19, 2024

• FTC topples Novant, CHS deal | Health systems shake up CFOs | A 'lucrative corner' of healthcare | Shuttered Ill. hospital up for sale | Dignity taps president for 5 hospitals | 52 stats on hospital profitability

June 18, 2024

• CMS to end Change hack funding | 33 hospitals cutting jobs | Wash. system taps CFO | The 'messy state' of GLP-1s | Few systems buying financially weak assets | Mo. system plugs gap left by Ascension ED closure

June 17, 2024

• 37 financially strong systems | Judge slams Calif. system as hospitals 'fall into disrepair' | The healthcare crisis under our noses | Emory allocates $100M for staff raises | Yale CFO's 'key to success' | 5 CFO moves

June 14, 2024

• Ascension restores EHR systemwide | Broward CFO departs | Steward may close hospitals that don't sell | Talent fuels 'optimism' at Pa. system | CMS revisits MA star ratings | Fla. system to become private nonprofit

June 13, 2024

• Calif. system has 10 days to pay unpaid bills | Union to pay HCA hospital $6.2M | CFOs' 'unsexy' tips for success | Hackers stole Ascension patient data | Atrium adopts digital payments with Epic | Hospitals' 'relentless' VBC challenge

June 12, 2024

• Good news for hospital expenses | 4 CFOs' keys to improved margins | Calif. system CEO addresses pay criticism | Healthcare bill targets 'corporate greed' | Ga. hospital CEO exits for dual COO, CFO role

June 11, 2024

• OHSU to lay off 500+ | Mo. hospital to close | OSU CFO heads to Mount Sinai | Supply cost increases at 20 systems | Steward snags $225M safety net | Ballad taps CFO for 4 hospitals | For-profit hospital M&A ramps up

June 10, 2024

• Calif. hospital may close | Supreme Court to review DSH pay | OSF president dies at 57 | 160 CFOs to know | For-profit hospital M&A ramps up | 3K+ Providence nurses to strike | WVU hospital taps CFO

June 7, 2024

• Prospect hits Yale with $435M M&A suit | Allina CFO gets back to basics | Calif. hospital zeroes in on buyer | UnitedHealthcare, Infirmary split | Hospitals' 12 digital investment priorities | Ala. hospital pursues PE deal

June 6, 2024

• HCA shares hit new high | UHS to sell Texas hospital | Why the FTC can't halt Novant, CHS deal | Secret shoppers inspect hospital payment options | Cedars-Sinai gets $100M gift | Appeals court flips Sutter antitrust win

June 5, 2024

• Steward expects 'competitive' hospital bids | Alaska hospital struggles to make payroll | CommonSpirit taps president for 9 hospitals | NM hospital allegedly turning away patients | Ascension restores EHR in 3 markets

June 4, 2024

• NM hospital faces closure | Fortune 500's top 25 healthcare cos. | 37 financially strong systems | Hospital expenses drop | Ex-CEO admits stealing from own hospital | Travel nurse pay by state

June 3, 2024

• 40% of hospitals losing money | Trinity to sell Mich. hospital | Ohio system cuts pay for 350 nurses | UHS hospital restricts charity care | Montefiore taps dual CFO, chief business officer | UPMC, Washington Health affiliate

May 31, 2024

• Hospital services that lose most money | Tenet hospital gets CMS warning | Mercy taps market CFO | Payers note Medicaid 'disturbance' | Ore. 12-hospital merger progresses | Hospitals' RN worries subside

May 30, 2024

• Mass. system exits bankruptcy | MaineHealth CFO to retire | Hospital-payer talks 'coming to a head' | Mo. hospital ER to close | Allina taps CFO | UCLA nurses weigh quitting | Montefiore, UnityPoint post Q1 losses

May 29, 2024

• Ex-Erlanger CFO files whistleblower suit | Pa. hospital to cut services, beds | NJ system merger OK'd | CommonSpirit unlikely to buy Steward assets | Tricare cuts may close Colo. cancer center

May 28, 2024

• CommonSpirit uneasy about Calif. | Police probe murder-suicide at Va. hospital | Novo Nordisk defends $1K Ozempic price | 32 hospitals cutting jobs | 12 CFO exits | The question of 'unbossed' healthcare

May 24, 2024

• Trinity 'taking a stand' against UnitedHealthcare | Ind. system CFO to retire | Emory CEO's workforce pivot | Conn. Gov. plays peacemaker for 3-hospital deal | 12 hospital closures | CVS seeks PE funding for Oak Street

May 23, 2024

• Fla. system CFO resigns | 40 physician specialties ranked by pay | Ohio hospital's bankruptcy bid rejected | Walmart cuts healthcare jobs | 7 providers being acquired by payers | 'No silver bullets' to boost margins: OSF CFO

May 22, 2024

• Calif. system CEO put on leave | Systems get tougher with payers | Tufts to lay off leaders | Overlake to join MultiCare | UPMC posts $103M Q1 loss | 3 CFO moves in 1 day | 15 top systems: Fortune

May 21, 2024

• Ascension posts $1.3B turnaround | Highest-paid healthcare CEOs | Penn Med taps CFO | HCA to automate notes at 184 EDs | Neb. system to drop all MA plans | Providence to 'deconstruct and diversify' care

May 20, 2024

• Optum to lay off 129 | 10 Qs facing Medicare Advantage | Providence CFO eyes 'strong 2024' | Epic boosts hospital market share | HCA execs sell $10M of stock | Trinity net income up 46% to $1.3B

May 17, 2024

• Hospitals' No. 1 organic growth opportunity | GLP-1s set to bankrupt Medicare: Sanders | Fla. system CEO to retire | Steward sets 31-hospital auction timeline | CEOs' healthcare pain points | OSF taps 4 new leaders

May 16, 2024

• CommonSpirit takes 'firm stance' with payers | 42 systems ranked by net income | Providence CEO retires | Wash. system cuts losses after hospital closure | Texas health plan lays off hundreds | Dallas systems get $100M gift

May 15, 2024

• Jefferson, LHVN to merge | Texas hospital closing | Steward hospital regains CMS status | Calif. system hits hospital sale roadblocks | Kaiser scraps $500M facility | 12 systems with rating upgrades | LA hospital taps CFO

May 14, 2024

• Hospitals' missing payment problem | AdventHealth wins HCA turf war | Strengthening the CEO/CFO relationship | Kaiser shifts investments away from PE | 20 notes on site-neutral payments | La. system promotes CFO

May 13, 2024

• Kaiser sees $7.4B Q1 net gain after Geisinger deal | Ascension confirms ransomware attack | 10 hospitals, systems seeking CFOs | Calif. to redirect $7B+ in healthcare funding | When hospital culture affects financials

May 10, 2024

• Ascension expects IT outages 'for some time' | 3 CFO moves in 3 days | 'Ongoing cartel': CHS sues MultiPlan | 27 hospitals cutting jobs | What healthcare learned from the Change hack

May 9, 2024

• Ascension reports cyberattack | RN pay for 16 specialties | Highmark lays off more workers | 7 systems hit with rating downgrades | HCA building $231M Florida hospital | 28 REH by state

May 8, 2024

• Steward to sell all hospitals | Texas hospital lays off 35% of staff | Optum's bank: 10 things to know | Gen Z's growing debt problem | CommonSpirit taps market president

May 7, 2024

• The 'dawn of a new era' for Tenet | Kaiser laying off 76 | HCA accused of withholding 1,000 workers' pay | MPT commits $75M to bankrupt Steward | Cleveland Clinic names 3 new leaders

May 6, 2024

• Steward files for bankruptcy | Calif. hospital dismisses CEO | 17 April CFO moves | Have EHRs been good for healthcare? | 5 rarest immediate jeopardy triggers | HCA's Q1 payer mix

May 3, 2024

• Mo. hospital names CEO, CFO | State groups exit MGMA | CommonSpirit taps market president | 15 health system projects worth $500M+ | Calif. hospital CFO to retire | Nurse pleads guilty to killing patients

May 2, 2024

• Noncompete ban complicates hospital staffing | Kan. system to acquire 1st Mo. hospital | Hospital execs react to Walmart Health failure | 11 hospital closures | HCA's latest exec moves | Travel nurse pay by state

May 1, 2024

• Texas system to pay fired CFO $900K | CHS bullish on Mark Cuban union | 7 CFO moves in 2 days | 25 hospitals ace, flunk patient safety: Leapfrog | Tenet sheds 9 hospitals, adds 45 ASCs | Top 50 cities for startups

April 30, 2024

• Walmart Health to shutter | Ascension t6aps CFO | UnitedHealth CEO chose to pay Change ransom | Tenet posts $2.2B Q1 net gain | Calif. makes another single-payer push | UK HealthCare to acquire Ky. system

April 29, 2024

• Mo. hospital CEO, CFO to resign | La. hospital closes | 43 systems ranked by debt levels | Pa. system makes leadership changes, expands CFO role | How the noncompete ban could hurt Epic | UCSF breaks ground on $4.3B hospital

April 26, 2024

• Which hospitals, execs sidestep noncompete ban? | 48 systems ranked by revenue | UC Davis trims workforce | The case against retention bonuses | HCA posts $1.8B Q1 net gain | Why Emory is all in on Apple

April 25, 2024

• CHS' debt driving M&A | UPMC lays off 1K | Franciscan taps CFO for 2 hospitals | 1st lawsuit filed against noncompete ban | Hospital mergers up prices by 5.2%: Study | UHS Q1 net income up 61% | Advocate to sell RPM co.

April 24, 2024

• Hospitals slam noncompete ban | Advocate Health posts $2.2B net gain | HCA's CEO pay ratio over 5 years | 5 CFO moves in a week | Fla. system lays off CEO | 25 most expensive hospital drugs | 10 systems outsourcing RCM

April 23, 2024

• Calif. hospital to lay off 191, may lose CMS funding | Kaiser nurses protest AI | CEO pay at 11 payers, health systems | States at most risk of rural hospital closures | CMS posts Medicaid, CHIP rules: 11 notes | Ga. system taps CFO

April 22, 2024

• Texas hospital cannot make payroll | Ex-CEO sues Calif. hospital | Renown taps CFO | Optum enacts layoffs | Trinity splits hospital president's duties | Tenet hospitals by state | 10 hospitals, health systems seeking CFOs

April 19, 2024

• Calif. hospital to lose Medicare contract | Johns Hopkins taps CFO | NY agrees deal to keep SUNY hospital open | MA costs begin to stabilize: UnitedHealth | CHS to sell Tenn. hospital | 8 systems get credit rating upgrades

April 18, 2024

• Hackers selling Change data | Calif. hospital chair resigns amid alleged overpayments | Tenet taps Mass. CFO | Why CEO pay is rising | 20 large systems ranked by reputation score | RN pay in 50 states

April 17, 2024

• Exec pay at HCA, Tenet, CHS, UHS | PE healthcare bankruptcies surge | Ex-hospital director sentenced for embezzlement | 15 best healthcare cos. for career growth | 15 specialty pharmacies by revenue | Inova gets $20M gift

April 16, 2024

• Hackers leak Change data | Tenet transforms amid USPI growth | Why CFOs struggle to become CEOs | 29 specialties ranked by pay | UnitedHealth posts $1.4B Q1 loss | Atrium adds 250-provider group | A 4-letter red flag

April 15, 2024

• Tenet's top-earning execs | 23 financially strong systems | NY system president to step down | 4 hospitals closing EDs | Mayo's financial planning reboot | Cleveland Clinic taps RCM VP | The 2nd leading cause of death

April 12, 2024

• Sentara under federal investigation | Physician pay by region | Dignity taps market president | The cost of nurse turnover | Judy Faulkner's financial philosophy | 4 in 5 physicians employed by hospitals, corporations

April 11, 2024

• CMS floats 2.6% inpatient pay bump | 11 hospital closures | The rise of side hustles | Pa. system to outsource RCM | CFO tenures at 10 largest systems | Why nurses are quitting | 180 CMOs to know

April 10, 2024

• Ballad taps CFO | 30 systems ranked by labor costs | CVS Health's highest-paid execs | Banner CEO to retire | Ex-hospital administrator pleads guilty to identity fraud | Prime acquires 5 MPT facilities for $350M

April 9, 2024

• Kan. system replaces fired CFO | 47 systems ranked by revenue | Tenet outlook boosted | Healthcare's indispensability myth | Calif. hospital snags $57M loan to reopen | 150 top places to work in healthcare

April 8, 2024

• Hospitals' MA issue hits inflection point | 42 systems ranked by margins | CommonSpirit taps market president | PA pay by state | 4 CFOs becoming CEOs | Sutter plans $442M outpatient complex

April 5, 2024

• 2 Neb. hospitals abruptly close | CMS posts MA final rule | CommonSpirit to grow GPO | RN pay in 50 states | 22 hospitals cutting jobs | Ascension taps RCM exec | Mercy plans $650M hospital | Luminis taps CFO

April 4, 2024

• Wis. system lays off furloughed staff | Avg. pay for 38 hospital jobs | Cybercriminals pose as hospital finance employees | UHS' highest-earning execs | 8 best healthcare cos. to work for: Fortune | Hospital M&A up in Q1

April 3, 2024

• Ohio hospital lays off workers | UHS hit with $535M verdict | Cerberus netted $800M from Steward exit | 35 healthcare billionaires | Neb. CFO to serve 2 systems at once | 71 CHS hospitals by state | Colo. system taps CFO

April 2, 2024

• Risant acquires Geisinger | Mass. hospital closes | 20 financially strong systems | MA collections get harder; CMS posts 2025 rates | Trinity buys 4 Saltzer facilities | Neb. hospital taps CFO | NY hospital up for auction

April 1, 2024

• Ala. hospital to close | Tenet gets $3.9B for 9 hospitals | Epic installations get speedier | The enigma of Steward's CEO | Henry Ford hit with $120M verdict | 15 CFO moves in March | The nursing workforce in 21 numbers

March 29, 2024

• Ascension's selling spree | Calif. hospital CFO resigns | CHS' highest-earning execs | 16 hospitals cutting services | UnitedHealth Group CFO named president | Tenet sells 2 hospitals | Hospitals' cash position weakens

March 28, 2024

• A popular healthcare myth debunked | Tenet gets $975M for 4 hospitals | How CFOs' roles are evolving | Walgreens takes $5.8B VillageMD hit | Percentage of initial denials overturned, by payer type | HCA's CEO-to-worker pay ratio

March 27, 2024

• Optum to buy Steward physician group | Ascension to sell 3 hospitals | St. Luke's CFO to retire | NY hospital accused of defying cease and desist | Change hack, disruptors to test hospital margins | Kan. hospital CEO resigns

March 26, 2024

• Highest-paying systems for entry-level jobs | Ascension to outsource Ill. hospitalists | CFOs' focus shifts | 20 hospitals where charity care exceeds tax breaks | Biden leans into ACA | Colo. hospital taps CFO

March 25, 2024

• Hospitals' widening financial gap | A big year for CEO pay | More systems consider MA split | 5 CFO exits | Iowa nurse charged in patient's death | 7 systems get rating upgrades | 36 rural hospital closures

March 22, 2024

• 7 hospital closures | A leading hospital money loser | HCA taps president for 8 hospitals | 7 CFO moves in 7 days | Health system finance teams ripe for change | 16 most used job titles | Hospitals' largest unforeseen costs

March 21, 2024

• Providence taps divisional CFO | Suspects at large after hospital shooting | 25 systems by NPs | HCA's 5-pronged business strategy | Intermountain margin holds steady | How CMS is digitizing prior auth to save $15B

March 20, 2024

• HCA's highest-earning execs | Bon Secours Mercy CFO retiring | Minn. system lays off 103 | Highest-paying nonphysician jobs | Mercy ends CoxHealth plans | Tenn. hospital taps CFO | BJC, SSM form joint venture

March 19, 2024

• CEO blames MA for layoffs | Grady taps exec for dual CFO, COO job | 12 legal issues affecting health systems | No layoffs will come after Dignity deal: UCSF | Mayo sells stake in UAE hospital | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

March 18, 2024

• Walgreens lays off 646 | Mercy CFO: MA works 'when structured appropriately' | Hawaii hospital closes ED | DC hospital taps CFO | Montefiore climbs out of the red | UofL Health opens $78M hospital

March 15, 2024

• Hospital CEO blames MA for layoffs | Are HCA, Tenet, CHS adding or losing hospitals? | Healthcare minus the snobbery | Hospital CFOs choose optimism | 6 HCA exec moves | 15 maternity service closures

March 14, 2024

• Steward CEO asked to testify | Change hack costing hospitals $2B a week | Novant taps CFO | HHS opens UnitedHealth investigation | Minimum wages by state | Presbyterian CEO to retire | Adventist hospital to close 3 practices

March 13, 2024

• 5 hospital closures | VBC 'increasingly affecting' Tenet | Highmark lays off 182 | HFMA slams 'irresponsible' price transparency report | President of 2 UPMC hospitals to retire | Jefferson unveils $762M facility

March 12, 2024

• CEO exits 9-hospital system | 15 financially strong systems | Ex-hospital exec takes plea to avoid prison | Biden's $7.3T budget: 16 healthcare notes | Steward hospital cuts staff, services | Kaiser plans 312-bed Calif. hospital

March 11, 2024

• Steward to offload 9 Mass. hospitals | 34 systems ranked by margins | St. Luke's taps CFO | Health systems' MA plight | Wis. hospital president resigns | Mark Cuban's $141K oversight

March 8, 2024

• Tenn. hospital to close | Providence restructures amid $1.2B loss | Biden's SOTU: 13 healthcare notes | CommonSpirit launches 'digital consumer experience' | Health system vs. payer profits in 2023 | Hospitals face rising labor bill

March 7, 2024

• Hospital layoffs cool | Woman dies after hospital patient attack | CEOs' top financial worries | 3 CFOs becoming CEOs | Reimbursement a top cause for poor margins: CFOs | MSU to expand 'payvider' model

March 6, 2024

• CommonSpirit eyes $1B in cash | Temple hospital shuffles leaders | 4 hospitals with uncertain futures | CFOs' must-know workforce trends | CEO donates $150M to 2 hospitals | 10 updates on healthcare M&A

March 5, 2024

• More layoffs at Kaiser | CommonSpirit CFO has 'real issues' with MA | UF Health taps CEO | Change hack: Providers losing $100M a day | Trinity CEO's No. 1 financial focus | HCA hospital names CFO | UChicago grows in Ind.

March 4, 2024

• CommonSpirit investing in 'strongest markets' | Duke taps CFO | Physicians louder on noncompetes | 12 systems with strong finances | Steward exec joins Hackensack | Congress floats CMS physician pay bump

February 29, 2024

• Tenet to sell 2 hospitals | Where CFOs pass the baton | Trinity hospitals sue anesthesia groups over noncompetes | 27 CEO exits | UHS CEO eyes 'pre-COVID' return | Sutter hospital may close by 2030 | UPMC back in the red

February 28, 2024

• CHS boosts exec pay | UnitedHealth under federal investigation | Northwell, Nuvance to merge | Mayo posts $1.1B profit | Neb. hospital fires CEO | Fitch upgrades Calif. system | Henry Ford's $3B expansion gets green light

February 27, 2024

• Anesthesiology group must cut ties with Colo. hospitals | HCA exec incentive bonuses | Change to mitigate hospital cash flow issues | CommonSpirit exec exits | Medical City hospital taps CFO | Fitch downgrades Tufts

February 26, 2024

• Texas hospital cuts staff, services | Fallout from Change hack continues | Steward financials 'incomplete and insufficient' | CFOs' 2-midnight rule optimism | Trinity trims losses | WellSpan to acquire Pa. hospital

February 23, 2024

• CHS under federal investigation | 'Nation-state' suspected in Change outage | 15 hospitals cutting jobs | HCA can't escape antitrust suit | Hospitals' fortunes improving | CMS wants staff back in office

February 22, 2024

• Ascension, CommonSpirit eye M&A | Hospital CEO's death prompts lawsuit | Why MA denials 'hit a peak': CHS CFO | NY hospital CEO resigns | The dual realities of hospital finances | UF Health begins $1B expansion

February 21, 2024

• Ascension goes on selling spree | Tide turns on healthcare megadeals | 8 hospitals cutting services | DSH cuts hit safety nets | CHS posts $957M profit amid hospital sales | Steward drives MPT's Q4 loss | NYU Langone gets $75M gift

February 20, 2024

• Ascension sells NY system | CFOs play defense | Health systems ditch health plans | Top 6 billionaires in US healthcare | UChicago Medicine AdventHealth taps CEO | CMS shares AHEAD model details | 23 CFO moves

February 19, 2024

• Mercy to lay off nearly 300 | NY cites 15 hospitals over staffing | CommonSpirit CFO strategy pays dividends | Why CFOs are cutting costs as profits rise | 100 top critical access hospitals | Va. system taps CFO

February 16, 2024

• Calif. hospital lays off more staff | CEO exits after failed inspections | Kaiser plans $1.5B hospital | CommonSpirit out of the red | No respite for obstetric cuts | IU Health taps regional president | A new safety-net designation?

February 15, 2024

• Mercy to buy Ascension hospital | Allina margin plummets to -6.2% | HCA hospital to end trauma care | Healthcare layoffs in 14 numbers | Pa. hospital CEO resigns | Payer M&A derails | Introvert CEOs set to thrive

February 14, 2024

• 2-midnight rule and MA: 7 notes | Feds target CFO in alleged kickback scheme | HCA CEO: VBC an 'elusive concept' | Steward concerns hit La. | 418 hospitals at risk of closure | Trinity's $800M Epic rollout | Neb. hospital CEO resigns

February 13, 2024

• NJ system must provide 'disaster plans' | CEO's yachts sail into criticism | Pa. physician sentenced after patient death | BJC chief revenue officer retires | Fewer PE dollars flow to MA | Tower recruits top Jefferson surgeon

February 12, 2024

• MetroHealth revises exec pay | Mayo to plug HSHS Wis. care gaps | CEOs see bright side again | Employers face 'Super Bowl Flu' | Kaiser posts $4.1B net income | Ore. system lays off 3% of staff | 24 canceled hospital deals

February 9, 2024

• CEO exits Mo. hospital over attempted CFO firing | Tenet merges hospital, RCM units | Wis. system taps CFO | AdventHealth finishes $660M Epic rollout | Why Optum, SSM cut ties | UCSF, Adventist plan to buy shuttered hospital

February 8, 2024

• Calif. hospital cuts staff, care | Tenet posts $1.3B profit | CommonSpirit exec joins Intermountain | 3 ED closures in 1 month | A 30-year CFO's secrets to longevity | NYC hospital closure is a real estate ploy, lawsuit claims

February 7, 2024

• HCA hospital in 'immediate jeopardy' | What's going on with Steward's finances? | Where CFOs are investing healthcare dollars | Big payers ranked by 2023 profit | Amazon cuts healthcare jobs | 'Safety-nets also need a safety net': CarePoint CEO

February 6, 2024

• Capacity worsens in healthcare's darling state | 25 big systems, by EHR vendor | University Hospitals taps CFO | Crozer sues over withdrawn residency accreditation | Cano files for bankruptcy

February 5, 2024

• Rush lays off leaders | Steward secures funding for Mass. hospitals | 10 systems with strong finances | Meet the 24-year-old hospital CEO | Calif. hospital sale called off

February 2, 2024

• HCA buys bankrupt hospital | Providence to repay, cancel $157.8M in med bills | Tenet, Novant close $2.4B deal | The most 'overrated' CEOs | U of Chicago Medical Center lays off 180

February 1, 2024

• UCI Health to acquire 4 Tenet hospitals | 17 CFO moves | CMS pitches MA rate cut | Fortune's most admired healthcare cos. | An 'unusual wrinkle' in hospitals' make-or-break year | Former Trump official to lead Oracle EHR

January 31, 2024

• UHS layoffs hit Texas, DC hospitals | Nurses file 600+ complaints against Tenet hospital | HCA eyes $5B in capital spending | Cedars-Sinai CEO to retire | Safety-net systems need reform, lifelines | US health spending vs. 11 other countries

January 30, 2024

• HCA posts $5.2B profit; CFO to retire | Employee stabbed at Ascension hospital | Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in human | 9 CEO exits | Bankruptcy, closures hurt Texas hospitals | M&A's 'shrinking margin for error'

January 29, 2024

• MGB pulls physicians from Steward hospital | MultiCare faces 'unnecessary' surgery allegations | 20 stats on hospital profitability | CommonSpirit president exits | NY hospital taps CFO | Health systems up their RCM game

January 26, 2024

• Texas hospital closing Feb. 2 | Steward hospital president exits | Northwell taps leader for 3 hospitals | FTC, Mo. AG challenge proposed M&As | Health systems dive into dentistry | What Amazon pays for 12 healthcare jobs

January 25, 2024

• Ballad taps market CFO | Ark. system cuts admin pay | Lawmakers press Steward for answers | NY system receives $508M settlement | Humana posts $541M Q4 loss | 25 burned out specialties, ranked

January 24, 2024

• Geisinger taps market CFO | UPMC cuts some travel nurse pay | Cleveland Clinic volumes peak | HSHS hospital closures jolt local officials | Va. system aims to buy Covenant hospital | NYU Langone profit up 11% to $686M

January 23, 2024

• 2 Wis. hospitals to close | HCA ramps up Texas M&A | 50 top hospitals: Healthgrades | Ill. system to pay $55M antitrust settlement | NYU Langone credit upgraded | Mayo's 15-year focus | NYC to clear $2B in medical debt

January 22, 2024

• NY mulls hospital closure | Steward money woes could spur Mass. PHE | HSHS taps CFO | Best-paying healthcare jobs | Intermountain ends 'financially unsustainable' program | Public payer-provider fights up 70%

January 19, 2024

• Intermountain physician group to close or sell | Emory cuts CEOs | Allina, Aspirus CFOs to depart | Pa. hospital cited after surprise visit | 115 best hospitals, per Money | 1st trillionaire less than 10 years away | Mercy, Lifepoint ink JV

January 18, 2024

• More CFOs become CEOs | Did $100K nurse retention bonuses work? | Healthcare cash bonuses dip | Maine system to sell buildings amid layoffs | Summa buy isn't 'another PE deal: General Catalyst | Cigna CFO named insurance CEO

January 17, 2024

• CMS finalizes prior auth rule | NY hospital CEO ousted | 13 systems form healthcare high schools | Hospital M&As flurry | Mercy offers $30K nurse sign-on bonuses | Hospitals aren't breaking up with MA: UnitedHealth

January 16, 2024

• Wis. system furloughs 300+ | HCA hospital's Medicare contract at risk | NJ systems to merge | Allina loses challenge to physicians' union | 10 hospitals cutting services | Providence closing Calif. labs | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

January 12, 2024

• 4 CFO moves in 5 days | Cleveland Clinic eyes $15.8B revenue | Jefferson hospital to close residency program | Rural hospitals' infrastructure problem | Intermountain scales back student loan repayments | UHG posts $5.5B Q4 profit

January 11, 2024

• Ascension ramps up JVs | NYU Langone taps CFO | Medicare reimbursement hits new low | Wis. system names CEO | More systems sell labs, bill for MyChart | Healthcare's gender pay gap gets uglier

January 10, 2024

• 26 best healthcare jobs | Sutter traps CFO | Steward sells labs | FTC scrutinizes UPMC deal | 10 Shkreli awardees for bad behavior | NY Medicaid waiver opens door for $7.5B funding | Hoag eyes $1B expansion

January 9, 2024

• 2 hospitals closing ERs | HCA worth watching: Bloomberg | Pay raise growth slows | An overlooked driver of COVID admissions | Dana-Farber plans $1.68B hospital | Calif. hospital has 3 potential buyers

January 8, 2024

• Ohio hospital to close ER | Sanford taps CFO | 2 NY systems get cease-and-desist letters | Essentia, Marshfield Clinic scrap merger | Ochsner updates C-suite | The largest MA insurer in every state | Steward behind on rent

January 5, 2024

• CEOs 'waste a sh-tload' on healthcare: Mark Cuban | 3 board members exit Okla. hospital | BJC taps CFO | Providence to sell RCM business for $675M | CVS Health replaces CFO | Baptist to launch JV ASC network

January 4, 2024

• Everyone is nervous': Hospital CEO on closures | Optum, SSM cut ties | Wyo. hospital CFO exits | NY orders system to keep maternity services | Tufts taps CFO | Ascension expands home health | Inova plans $1B hospital

January 3, 2024

• Texas hospital abruptly closes ER | HCA Florida shuffles CFOs | Tower rejects 4th offer | Pa. hospital cited over patient death | New CMS rules take effect | 15 wealthiest counties in the US | Michael Dowling's question for CEOs

January 2, 2024

• Ill. hospital CEO suspended | Saint Luke's, BJC merge | Gen Z, employers to clash | 12 healthcare trends + issues for 2024 | UnitedHealthcare, Prisma split | HCA Fla. hospital taps CFO | 29 systems' financial losses, gains

December 29, 2023

• NY gov. urged to prevent hospital cuts | Wash. hospital CEO resigns | 24 hospital closures, bankruptcies | CFOs rally to boost margins | The buzzword in health system C-suites | 20 cities with the highest income gains

December 28, 2023

• The layoff runway lengthens | Pa. hospital sale stirs concern | Okla. hospital CEO to exit | 34 systems ranked by margins | Min. wage bumps will add billions to payrolls | Stanford profit drops 20% | 10 called-off hospital deals

December 27, 2023

• Hospital margins to end year on a high | NY system board sued over CEO's ouster | 105 hospitals cutting jobs | CEOs' focus returns to growth | Every rural emergency hospital, by state | FTC merger enforcement hits 20-year high

December 26, 2023

• Iowa hospital blames bankruptcy on EHR | Del. system settles kickback suit for $47M | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | NY spikes noncompete ban | Why 5 M&As made headlines this year | CFOs optimistic about 2024

December 22, 2023

• Beth Israel told to stop closing services | Mass. hospital to reopen | 6 M&As the FTC halted | Ill. hospital CEO exits | 35 CFO resignations | Workers want 'quiet management' | Duke LifePoint hospital taps CFO

December 21, 2023

• Calif. hospital to lay off nurses | Seattle Children's sues Texas AG | Ohio system CEO to retire | Will hospital M&A soar or dive? | 20% of hospitals warned over price transparency | Healthcare's labor trap

December 20, 2023

• Ind. system to pay $345M in CFO whistleblower case | 3 Pa. hospitals up for sale | Kaiser cuts 79 admin jobs | Jefferson, Lehigh Valley to merge | Hospitals fill jobs as labor market cools | Tenet hospital taps COO, CFO

December 19, 2023

• Healthcare's most stressful jobs | Tenet hospital deal scrapped | 3 CFO openings at Tenet | 'Dry promotions' on the rise | Feds sue Steward | FTC updates M&A guidelines | HCA hospital taps CFO

December 18, 2023

• NYC rallies against hospital closure | Employers scrap year-end bonuses | 7 CFO openings at CHS | UH Epic install costs $400M | Texas system CEO to retire | 25 largest systems by physicians

December 15, 2023

• Nurses back NC AG's HCA suit | 14 hospital closures | Wash. charity care issues drag on | Vanderbilt taps divisional CFO | 25 largest systems by beds | Physicians fight to swerve CMS pay cut | Yale deal key to hospitals' survival

December 14, 2023

• NC AG sues HCA | CMS OKs $600M for Miss. hospitals | Kan. system CFO firing prompts protocol update | 21 for-profit hospital deals | Fla. system's $734M turnaround | Memorial Sloan gets $400M gift

December 13, 2023

• Allegheny CFO resigns | NY system hit with $120M verdict | Tower considers $706M bid | Emory hospital won't fill CEO role | 68 financially strong systems | Sinai Chicago taps CFO | CHS' plan to drive 'significant cost savings'

December 12, 2023

• 9 CFO openings at HCA | A $700M Epic journey | Veradigm CEO, CFO step down | Kaiser cuts 115 jobs | Prime sells Calif. hospital | UPMC taps market, hospital president | Lawmakers wary of Kan. hospital partnership

December 11, 2023

• Hourly pay for 10 hospital jobs | CHS gets rating downgrade | Tenn. hospitals treat tornado victims | Wyo. system COO to retire | 100 largest hospitals, health systems | Lower Costs, More Transparency Act: 9 details

December 8, 2023

• PE-owned hospitals face probe | Walmart hires health system execs | HCA hospital taps CFO from Steward | Pa. hospital CEO resigns | Calif. system mulls options amid Tenet frustrations | Health systems offload home health businesses

December 7, 2023

• Pay for 38 hospital jobs | Ohio hospital '50-50' on survival | 10 notable CFO moves | Calif. system to lay off 160 | NY hospital noncompete ban looms | CHS offloads 11 hospitals | Trinity regional CEO to retire

December 6, 2023

• HCA goes on spending spree | Ex-hospital CFO pays kickback settlement | Fortune's 15 top systems | 100 hospitals cutting jobs | The Mark Cuban effect on drug pricing | 2024 to 'make or break' hospitals: Fitch

December 5, 2023

• Steward to close hospital | Tenn. hospital CEO, COO resign | Optum deal helps Wis. system stay independent | CommonSpirit division CFO 'optimistic' about 2024 | 9 latest hospital M&As | Execs depart Mo. hospital amid merger

December 4, 2023

• HCA buys 3 Texas hospitals, 11 EDs | Ex-hospital CFO takes plea to avoid jail | 5 CFO hires | Ascension, LifePoint form JV | Will hospitals see expense relief next year? | ACA regains attention for 2024 election

December 1, 2023

• CHS sells 3 hospitals | President exits Ascension hospital beset by strikes | Bill Gates predicts 3-day workweek | Prime shifting 800+ employees to Calif. system | UCHealth adds 2-hospital system

November 30, 2023

• 60 Baptist execs take buyout | FTC vs. health systems: 6 antitrust cases | HCA to buy bankrupt hospital | NY system CEO to exit | Providence posts $310M Q3 loss | Cigna, Humana 'in talks' to merge | Swedish begins $1.3B expansion

November 29, 2023

• Optum has 90K physicians | Tenn. hospital CEO to resign | Mayo's $5B campus redesign | Trump renews push to replace ACA | Christus posts $324M profit | Ind. system closes urgent care clinics | 15 most, least charitable states

November 28, 2023

• Hospital margins hold steady | PE-backed CFOs feel the heat | Rural hospital closures, by state | NM system names CEO | 26 top CEO-CFO duos | NC distributing $2.6B to hospitals | Amazon's pay for 17 healthcare jobs

November 27, 2023

• 10 hospital bankruptcies | Calif. system hits Optum with antitrust suit | Softer CEOs are in demand | UPMC operating loss swells | Ascension nurses plan more strikes | Tower margin at -4.2% | OhioHealth grows to 15 hospitals

November 24, 2023

• Calif. hospital lays off execs | Advocate net income hits $721M | La. hospital board ousted | 72 hospitals cutting services | Ala. system names CFO | A pay raise that would satisfy staff | 10 'overpaid' CEOs' paths to the top

November 22, 2023

• Advocate Health names CFO | Catholic system removes all crucifixes | Texas hospital files for bankruptcy | CommonSpirit revenue by 5 regions | Hospital CEOs' silent stress | AdventHealth doubles revenue in 7 years

November 21, 2023

• Hospitals' next MA move | Mount Sinai names CEO | NJ system's antitrust suit proceeds | PeaceHealth to refund patients | Ore. system creates COO role | How one system rewrote a big cliché | Intermountain net income hits $912M

November 20, 2023

• 15 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | FTC sues to block Tenet deal | Mayo posts $302M operating gain | Rise of the freestanding ED | Ascension names hospital presidents | Hospital workforces are transforming

November 16, 2023

• Wis. system cuts exec pay | More hospitals drop MA | Intermountain wants to be 'prepaid' | La. system CEO resigns | CommonSpirit posts $291M Q1 loss | Calif. system eyes outside management | Northwell receives largest ever gift

November 15, 2023

• Md. hospital to close Feb. 6 | Ascension exits JV health plan | NC hospital CEO to exit | 2 Okla. hospitals reopen | DOJ to drop SCA antitrust suit | Oceans Healthcare taps CFO | House passes funding bill to delay DSH cuts

November 14, 2023

• HCA aims to grow market share to 29% | 'Shrinkflation' hits healthcare | Hackensack, One Medical partner | 63 financially strong systems | CIOs must talk like CFOs | Johns Hopkins Netflix case spurs internal probe

November 13, 2023

• LA hospital at risk of closing | Rural hospitals' maternity care crisis | CFOs prioritize partnerships | Baystate goes cashless | Johns Hopkins to pay $261M in Netflix case | Nurse bullying endures | Dartmouth hospital taps CFO

November 10, 2023

• Kan. hospital CFO fired after 1 month | CommonSpirit, One Medical partner | Johns Hopkins loses Netflix case | LifePoint taps CFO | Prospect hit with compliance orders for 2 RI hospitals | Calif. system eyes hospital takeover

November 09, 2023

• HCA targets 6% EBITDA growth | CEO pessimism grows | Optum closes clinics | NYU Langone marks $2B in gifts | 7 CFOs-turned-CEOs | Senate pitches delay for $16B cuts | Aftermath of a C-suite slimdown

November 08, 2023

• AGs crack down on health systems | Amazon adds healthcare to Prime | Former Emory CFO to helm Iowa system | When health system mergers collapse | Hospital cash flow, margins to surge in 2024 | Ex-Kettering execs misused funds: Probe

November 07, 2023

• NJ sounds alarm on hospital's finances | Why Walmart picked Orlando Health | Hospitals shake up performance metrics | Conn. AG investigates system's financial practices | 12 CFO hires | HCA board member named Disney CFO

November 06, 2023

• Tenn. AG urges health system probe | 29 'F' and straight-'A' hospitals: Leapfrog | Kaiser footprint grows | Mo. system cuts jobs, services | Iowa hospital CEO resigns | Envision exits bankruptcy | Hospital profitability trending up

November 03, 2023

• CMS' 4 final payment rules: 19 details | Fairview cuts 250 jobs | Physician pay slows, productivity booms | 146 hospitals, systems ranked by leadership | Ind. system marks $75M for potential CFO settlement

November 02, 2023

• Walmart partners with 1st system | 21 canceled hospital deals | Texas medical group to shut down | The rise of 'mini-millionaires' | Rural hospitals in crisis mode | Hospitals revamp COO role | Newsweek's best-in-state hospitals

November 01, 2023

• HCA violated Mission purchase agreement: AG | Texas system lays off 288 | Hospitals' 'slow path to recovery' | Ascension to close Kan. ED | 20 M&As in Oct. | Will hospitals regret their MA divorce? | CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS in Q3

October 31, 2023

• CFOs cut contract labor costs | Tenet's ASC bet paying off | 16 hospital exec pay stats | Okla. hospital reopens after 10 mos. | SD system taps CFO | 60 health system CEO influencers | Can healthcare soar like aviation?

October 30, 2023

• Pa. system cuts 200+ jobs | Feds float No Surprises Act changes | CMS CFO's 'north star' | UMass Memorial sues Steward hospital over nonpayment | Nurses rate hospitals by pay | 13 CFO moves at HCA hospitals

October 27, 2023

• Mount Sinai to close Beth Israel | CEOs' Great Resignation | HCA, AdventHealth ER battle drags on | UHS contract labor up 15% in Q3 | La., Miss. systems end negotiations | CHS CFO 'increasingly confident' in modernization

October 26, 2023

• Maine hospitals treat mass shooting victims | Few rural hospitals go emergency only | Payer-provider contract fights mount | Cedars-Sinai CFO leans into efficiency | CHS posts $91M Q3 net loss | Best hospital in each state: Newsweek

October 25, 2023

• HCA JV to lose $50M a quarter | SC system CEO to exit | Cedars-Sinai posts $1.4B gain | How Epic wooed AMCs | Intermountain's approach to 'value' | Labor issues persist | Hospitals resist price transparency fines | Texas hospital aims to exit bankruptcy

October 24, 2023

• CFOs keep 'eyes open' for M&As | Why Providence cut 2 CEO roles | Trinity sees MercyOne as top revenue driver | HCA operating income slips in Q3 | Cedars-Sinai affiliation pays dividends | 65 hospitals cutting services

October 23, 2023

• Intermountain names CFO | 463 jobs lost in Ore. hospital closure | Physicians decry HCA's Mission takeover | NY system consolidates roles | Best MA plan cos. by state: US News | Why nurses prefer staffing agencies

October 20, 2023

• ProMedica lays off 122 | Physician cash compensation soars | Trinity taps strategy chief | How Duke Health is growing its 'talentforce' | Physicians fight to save Christus residency program | U of Kansas Health, Liberty Hospital to partner

October 19, 2023

• Ascension, Henry Ford team up | Rite Aid to close 154 stores | Optum Health pivots amid MA changes | Hospital CEO pay hits the Hill | Elevance faces $500M MA bonus revenue cut | Hospital groups take aim at POHs

October 18, 2023

• Hospitals sour on MA | 9 M&As involving HCA, CHS, Tenet | Christus to end residency program | Elevance profits down 20% | Pa. hospital probes patient death | Froedtert CFO's top priorities | 17 healthcare bankruptcies

October 17, 2023

• Layoffs flare as CFOs curb costs | Ill. hospital CEO dies after surgery | C-suites realign as new hospitals enter the fray | Hospitals' brick-and-mortar paradox | St. Luke's, Aspirus near 19-hospital merger | NY system beats CMS fraud suit

October 16, 2023

• Rite Aid files for bankruptcy | CVS CFO takes leave | Jefferson CFO champions 'operational rigor and growth' | AdventHealth 'redesigning' primary care | Ransomware attack cost UVM $65M | Allina physicians unionize

October 13, 2023

• Mo. system lays of 10% of staff | Kaiser to pay $200M settlement | 18 hospital closures, bankruptcies | CommonSpirit reorganizes | UHG posts $5.8B Q3 profit | 60 VillageMD sites to close | UPMC to grow in Italy, Ireland

October 12, 2023

• Ascension to rebound from $3B loss | Envision to split, exit bankruptcy | UnityPoint CEO exits, merger scrapped | 85% of Wash. hospitals in the red | Baptist to acquire Ark. system | Walgreens to cut $1B in costs

October 11, 2023

• 2 hospital closures in 3 days | Hospital wages may be rising again | Walgreens taps CEO | Will employers squeeze hospitals? | 'An Amazon ecosystem of healthcare' | Dana-Farber eyes $1.7B hospital | 25 exec resignations

October 10, 2023

• Kan. hospital closes | Kaiser to cut Calif. jobs | Ascension taps 7 strategy execs | NY systems to form $1B entity | Why execs take 'no-win' jobs | Yale New Haven acquires 26 urgent care centers | Mercy adds new region

October 09, 2023

• 5 Texas hospital closures, bankruptcies | General Catalyst eyes hospital M&A | 8 systems outsourcing RCM | Where hospital profitability is trending up | Optum, Uber partner

October 06, 2023

• Texas hospital to close | 4 CFO exits | Hospital expenses: 48 stats | Why Walmart doesn't partner with hospitals | Healthcare deals under scrutiny

October 05, 2023

• Novant lays off 160 | Optum inks another hospital partnership | 11 CFO hires | Why Judy Faulkner prefers 'congrats' | What's the plan for hospitals' plans?

October 04, 2023

• SSM taps CFO | HCA closes Fla. mental health facility | 48 stats on hospital profitability | Advice from a CFO-turned-CEO | Froedtert acquiring Ascension's stake in health plan

October 03, 2023

• Mass. system files for bankruptcy | Va. denies HCA hospital proposal | The value of a 'fortresslike balance sheet' | DSH cuts delayed | Projected shortages for 6 healthcare roles

October 02, 2023

• Hospital margins inch up | Ascension sells Ala. hospital | 4 hospital closures, bankruptcies | Cigna settles MA fraud allegations | Cano CFO departs | 75,000+ Kaiser workers prepare to strike

September 29, 2023

• 85 hospitals cutting jobs | Labor cost trends at 23 systems | Hospital margins hit 1.4% | Why a Catholic system is eyeing HCA | 1 CFO's key to longevity | La. system beats FTC acquisition challenge | Odds of federal shutdown grow

September 28, 2023

• IU Health to lay off 84 | Catholic system, HCA explore merger | Hospitals' rocky recovery | ThedaCare splits CFO, COO roles | Munson reduces care at rural hospitals | Pa., Ohio systems name CFOs | Why hospitals are ditching MA

September 27, 2023

• Calif. CEO abruptly exits | 8 cross-market mergers, by revenue | Prospect Medical hasn't paid some physicians | New physicians recruited 'like blue-chip athletes' | Centene cuts 2K jobs

September 26, 2023

• CommonSpirit revenue by division | How 3 FTC moves may hurt hospitals | CEO blames hospital closure on bank | Tenet's next strategic steps | Tower to sell 8 urgent care centers, close 5 | CEO turnover hits record high

September 25, 2023

• CommonSpirit cuts 2K jobs | NY system CEO ousted | 55 financially strong systems | OSF entering 'margin repair mode' | 9 specialties' sign-on bonuses | Mayo plans $4B expansion | CHOP, Lehigh Valley to affiliate

September 22, 2023

• ProMedica lays off 20 | CommonSpirit posts $1.4B loss | FTC sues PE-backed anesthesia group | 1 day, 5 exec exits | Hospitals zero in on LOS | Pipeline to exit Texas | The cost of physician turnover

September 21, 2023

• Why 7 hospitals closed | Trinity regional CEO to retire | Rise of the strategic CFO | 15 specialties with largest pay jumps | Patient escapes custody at Mercy hospital | Ind. hospital to end inpatient care | 11 payers cutting jobs

September 20, 2023

• CFO to exit Intermountain | Ascension pares down amid $3B loss | CFOs' No. 1 concern | CHOP defends CEO pay | Providence recovery on track | COVID admissions up for 9th straight week

September 19, 2023

• APP files for Chapter 11 | Systems shuffle CFOs | Why 8 hospitals went bankrupt | 67 exec moves | Amazon may tie healthcare to Prime | HCA target downgraded 5 notches | 26 systems preferred 2:1 over competitors

September 18, 2023

• Calif. system illegally fired CFO, HHS alleges | 100 hospital benchmarks | IU Health hit with AG suit | 56 hospitals closing services | Miss. hospital struggles to meet payroll | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

September 15, 2023

• Ascension loses $3B | NY hospital to close | CFOs' overlooked profitability drivers | SC hospital taps CFO from HighPoint | Physicians want higher-paying service line deals | Why Centura split + what's next | Allina gets $25M from Best Buy

September 14, 2023

• 17 profitable systems | Fla. system loses 2 execs in a week | IRS appeals ruling on Mayo tax case | Hospitals embrace talent pools | 20 best business schools: Bloomberg | Calif. system taps CEO | UF Health acquires Flagler

September 13, 2023

• Ex-CFO, COO sue hospital for severance | Mo. system lays off 130 | 10 best, worst states for claims payment | Jefferson names president of NJ division | Mich. system freezes hiring | Healthcare's budget blindspot

September 12, 2023

• Miss. hospital denied critical access status | The 85% rule | PE interest in ailing hospitals cools | Kan. system CFO to retire | 4 Texas hospital bankruptcies, closures | 11 exec exits in 11 days | Outpatient vs. inpatient revenue: 36 stats

September 11, 2023

• Texas hospital files for bankruptcy | Patient dies by suicide in NJ hospital | Ill. system CFO abruptly exits | Hospital wage growth slows | Best hospitals to work for, by state | Jefferson faces antitrust suit | 9 systems' debt levels

September 08, 2023

• 13 systems expanding C-suites | Northwell margin triples to 1.8% | 10 top-paying travel nurse specialties | Henry Ford gets $375M gift | Physicians push politics from red to blue | NY system to consolidate hospitals

September 07, 2023

• Calif. hospital lays off 96 | Sanford shakes up C-suite | 36 hospital revenue stats | How often Johns Hopkins bills for MyChart | Pa. hospital creates GoFundMe to help hit payroll | How 21 systems fared in Q2

September 06, 2023

• How systems slim the C-suite | MetroHealth, Keck Med tap CFOs | 100 hospitals' 340B repayments | CMS debuts pop health payments | Tower eyes profitability in 2024 | Intermountain operating income drops 35%

September 05, 2023

• UPMC names CFO | 36 stats on hospital profitability | Buddy system hits C-suites | Ill. hospital files for bankruptcy | HSHS warns of fake patient bills | 81 hospitals cut jobs | Walgreens seeks execs who know healthcare

September 01, 2023

• Advocate CFO resigns | 4 CFO rising stars | Why an Ill. hospital cut 20% of its leadership | One Medical CEO to exit | Healthcare's most dangerous workplaces

August 31, 2023

• 6 hospital bankruptcies | Pa. hospital struggles to meet payroll | Altru taps CFO | CommonSpirit pausing new hospital plans | 67 healthcare rising stars

August 30, 2023

• Texas hospital goes bankrupt | Advocate posts $134M operating income | Prisma files for restraining order against UnitedHealth | Highmark reports $389M net income | Health systems turn to Google

August 29, 2023

• Providence posts $202M loss | Highmark taps CFO | HCA, Google partner | Bon Secours sues Anthem over unpaid claims | Labor, supply expenses drop

August 28, 2023

• Hospital margins backslide | 4 hospital closures in 3 week | HHS loses 4th No Surprises Act case | UPMC's payer mix | 20 top-paid healthcare CEOs

August 25, 2023

• UPMC profit drops 82% | 12 Cleveland Clinic exec moves | CVS layoffs hit 9 states | 17 Calif. hospitals get state loans | Hospital margins slip | PeaceHealth at odds with unions | 2 hospitals appeal price transparency fines

August 24, 2023

• Mich. system lays off 4 exec | Cleveland Clinic posts $21.4M loss | 3 physician groups exit Proliance | Physician starting pay surges | 3 systems get rating upgrades | Allina ends controversial billing practice | Miss. hospital for lease, again

August 23, 2023

• Ore. hospital to close | Babylon scrambles to sell | Optum lays off nurses | Hospitals' new competitors for physicians | Amazon tiers healthcare prices | 36 ACOs to know | Health systems get serious about VBC

August 22, 2023

• Only 8% of CFOs expect recession | 240 patients evacuated from LA hospital | Norton, LifePoint to end partnership | 11 hospital bankruptcies, closures | PA pay, by specialty | Medicaid disenrollments exceed 5M

August 21, 2023

• Babylon files for bankruptcy | Hawaii hospital fires 3 top managers | Health systems revamp C-suites | HCA hospital hires CFO | Physician contracts are changing | 182 women CFOs to know | Methodist Health forms ASC JV

August 18, 2023

• CMS fines hospitals over price transparency | 80 hospitals cutting jobs | Where nurses are rebounding | 12 specialties with rising starting pay | Mayo posts $547M Q2 net profit | 84 academic medical center CFOs to know

August 17, 2023

• Hospitals take aim at MA | Former Kaiser CEO questions Risant | 180 HCA hospitals by bed count | Kettering shakes up leadership | 8 CEO exits | Legacy, OHSU to form 10-hospital system | What Netflix chaos means for healthcare

August 16, 2023

• HCA seeks 12 CFOs | CVS to cut Aetna jobs | Mayo vs. Cleveland Clinic: 5 comparisons | Hospitals pay millions to get paid | NC hospitals sued 7,500+ patients over 6 years | Health systems ride outpatient wave

August 15, 2023

• Physician signing bonuses up 21% | Mayo to bill for MyChart | Calif. hospital fined over teen's death | MUSC names division CFO | 53 financially strong systems | Jefferson sells lab business for $108M | The C-suites bulking up

August 14, 2023

• 20 systems zeroing in on C-suites | Hospitals' world of denial | Tenet CFO to stay on part-time | Tufts to outsource 500+ jobs | McLaren profit sinks 28% in Q2 | Fairview chops Q2 loss to $41M | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

August 11, 2023

• Cano cuts 17% of workforce | Hospital bonus systems under fire | Hospitals running out of cash | HCA, Bon Secours spar over ERs | 10 states with widest CEO-worker pay gaps | AdventHealth sues MultiPlan for alleged price fixing

August 10, 2023

• Hospital cash flow will take years to recover | Tenet CEO named board chair | Sutter posts $265M Q2 net profit | Cone to appeal Atrium hospital | The looming health system 'redesign' | MemorialCare names CFO, COO duo

August 09, 2023

• 45 hospitals cutting services | Ill. system lays off 20% of leaders | Systems target labor costs | New York-Presbyterian sells labs for $275M | 10 states where COVID admissions are rising fastest | HCA, CHS, Tenet, UHS payer mix

August 08, 2023

• CEOs' 'where-to-win' opportunities | 3% raises no longer enough | What Amazon Clinic means for hospitals | HCA, Tenet, CHS + UHS in Q2 | 5 hospital bankruptcies | Elevance names CFO | Health systems sell labs amid restructuring

August 07, 2023

• 3 hospitals announce closures | Kaiser Q2 margin jumps to 2.9% | CHS, IU Health revenues by payer | HHS loses another No Surprises Act lawsuit | 10 ways physicians earn secondary income | 3 hospitals closing EDs

August 04, 2023

• 2 hospitals closing | IU Health posts $150M operating gain | Big payers ranked by Q2 profits | CEO job loses luster | CHS cuts contract labor by 50% | Hospital C-suites target productivity | Logan Health, Billings Clinic to merge

August 03, 2023

• Job cuts hit C-suite | HCA revenue by payer mix | Wis. system CFO to resign | Physician signing bonuses jump 21% | CHS posts $38M Q2 net loss | NY system to close ER | Health plans dropping weight loss drugs like flies

August 02, 2023

• Mich. hospital to close | Layoffs at NY, Mo. hospitals | CEO exits HCA hospital | CMS to reward hospitals for care + up pay by 3.1% | Tenet's payer mix in 2023 | CVS Health Q2 profits drop 37% | Hospitals need more than 0% margins

August 01, 2023

• 22 best hospitals: US News | Walgreens seeks CFO with healthcare exp. | Calif. hospitals use bankruptcy to swerve AG | UnitedHealthcare prior auth cuts begin Sept. 1 | Tenet Q2 margin stays at 11.9% | CVS Health to cut 5K jobs

July 31, 2023

• Hospital margins hit 1.4% | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | HCA lowers physician staffing JV risk | 49 financially strong systems | CHS hospital taps CFO | 44 exec resignations | CMS star ratings of Leapfrog's 12 'F' hospitals

July 28, 2023

• What CEOs want from CFOs | Physician's license revoked after 2 patient deaths | CHS shed 30 hospitals since 2020 | 248 hospitals with 1 CMS star | Sanford, Fairview halt merger | MemorialCare names CFO for 2 hospitals

July 27, 2023

• UNC to lay off 246 | Why CHS is selling hospitals | All 483 of CMS' new 5-star hospitals | HCA posts $2.6B net gain in 6 mos. | Inflation's effect on healthcare? TBD | 9 systems with rating upgrades | Covenant taps CFO

July 26, 2023

• Hospital days cash on hand dips 17% | UHS posts $171.3M Q2 gain | St. Luke's wins $50M harassment case | Hospital CEO turnover slows | Nearly 1 in 5 workers are 'loud quitting' | 300+ hospitals at imminent risk of closure

July 25, 2023

• Jefferson to cut 400 jobs | CFOs' biggest worries | CHS to sell 3 hospitals | Mercy restructures into 3 new divisions | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | 'Global budgets' not helping rural hospitals | Fastest-growing C-suite role hits snag

July 24, 2023

• C-suite pay cuts continue | Jefferson exec resigns | 10 hospitals raising pay | Physician staffing firms struggle | Broward names CFO | Colo. hospital fights to remain open | 26 hospitals, systems with ratings downgrades

July 21, 2023

• 72 hospitals cutting jobs | CFOs see labor market 'softening' | NM hospital CEO resigns | HCA, Tenet EBITDA rises | CEOs bucking layoff, pay cut trends | Healthcare's tedious work is also dangerous

July 20, 2023

• CFO staying power dips | CHS EBITDA drops 18.1% | Advertised pay for 50 healthcare jobs | Avera CFO named interim CEO | HCA's urgent care boom | Phoenix Children's taps CFO from Sanford

July 19, 2023

• Health systems zero in on C-suites | CEOs get serious about labor costs | Calif. system posts 10.2% margin | NPs sue Calif. over use of 'Dr.' | Epic wins $140M in trades secret case | Nurses protest name of Mo. hospital

July 18, 2023

• Allina to lay off about 350 | Physician staffing group to close | 20 most socially responsible hospitals | Franciscan to outsource 61 jobs | What the top 1% earns in every state | NYC Health + Hospitals spent $2B on temp staff

July 17, 2023

• Prisma to outsource 689 jobs | 75% of C-suite execs ponder quitting | PHE funds may have overpaid hospitals | UnitedHealth posts $5.5B Q2 profit | A 15-minute meeting revamped Cleveland Clinic | 8 exec moves in 7 days

July 14, 2023

• CMS pitches outpatient, physician pay rules: 15 notes | Miss. system trims jobs | CEOs are losing confidence | Hospital rejects 'unnecessary' bankruptcy claim | 3 systems among world's largest cos. | Vt. system joins Dartmouth

July 13, 2023

• Man charged with murder of physician | Mass General's plan to save $176M in 18 mos. | Health system M&As rebound | 5 systems buying urgent care centers | Aspirus, St. Luke's to form 19-hospital system | UCSF eyes 2 Dignity hospitals

July 12, 2023

• CFO pay by sector | Tenn. physician killed by patient | 9 system downgrades, revisions | US News won't rank honor roll hospitals | Ore. system in 'financial crisis' sells labs | NY system names CFO | Northwell gets $10M gift

July 11, 2023

• CFO job security worst in C-suite | HCA data theft affects 171 hospitals | 8 systems, $10.3B debt | UPMC hospital scales back heart care | 2 hospitals closing EDs | Hospitals' charity care scrutinized | Cleveland Clinic opens 23rd hospital

July 10, 2023

• NY system lays off 25 leaders | Officers shoot, kill armed man at Mich. hospital | CMS to pay hospitals $9B in 340B remedy | 5 most expensive EHR installs this year | 68 great hospital workplaces: Newsweek

July 07, 2023

• 10 CEOs transforming healthcare | CFOs' recession worries | 10 states with the largest travel nurse pay dips | Biden targets surprise billing, 'junk' insurance | Wis. system's margin dips to -5.4% | URMC adds 2-hospital system

July 06, 2023

• Paychecks late at Miss. hospital | 'I did not come here for the hospital to close': Steward hospital CEO | Tenet-owned system names CEO | Ark. system, UnitedHealthcare cut ties | McLaren hospital names CFO

July 05, 2023

• 69 hospitals cutting jobs | 2 dead in Ind. hospital shooting | 72 CFO moves by state | Christus acquires NM hospital | Hospitals' $12B in impaired bonds | CMS floats 2.2% home health pay cut | MA profits under pressure in 2024

July 03, 2023

• MultiCare to lay off 229 | Calif. hospital accused of overpaying execs | 45 financially strong systems | UMMC names CFO | 10 CEO exits in June | UChicago plans $815M facility | 3 systems partnering with Optum

June 30, 2023

• Fla. system to cut exec jobs | 23 systems with rating downgrades | CFO tenures at 10 largest systems | HCA makes 6 hospital, division exec changes | Calif. systems to pay $68M settlement for alleged billing fraud

June 29, 2023

• Pa. system lays off 53 | Optum, Virginia Mason partner | Miss. hospital CEO turnover headed for highest year | 2 systems name CFOs | 20 top CAHs | No one knows how often payers deny claims

June 28, 2023

• Ill. hospital closes 4 units | Tenn. hospital board chair resigns | 75+ great hospitals in America | FTC floats stricter merger reviews | Wash. hospital lost $8M in 4 months | Temple names interim CFO | U of Kansas Health gets $100M gift

June 27, 2023

• Hospital margins stabilize | Physicians exit Kan. hospital after CEO ousted | Strike begins at 3 Ascension hospitals | 8 CEO moves | Meet the CFOs of Tenet, HCA, UHS + CHS | 12 hospital lawsuits, settlements

June 26, 2023

• 66 hospitals cutting jobs | Penn Medicine exits US News rankings | Conn. system down to 16 days' cash on hand | 15 states with highest hospital expenses | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Ex-governor: VCU Health president should resign

June 23, 2023

• Tenet names CFO | NM hospital execs take pay cut | No end in sight for hospital layoffs | Johns Hopkins hospital gets backlash over Netflix doc | Physician's startup now valued at $3.5B | 7 hospitals changing designations

June 22, 2023

• Highmark, Allegheny lay off 118 | CEO exits jump 70% | Top children's hospitals for 10 specialties: US News | Ex-hospital exec sentenced for fraud | Children’s National receives $96M gift | States with most, least medical debt

June 21, 2023

• 16 profitable systems | Kan. hospital CEO fired | US News' top children's hospitals | The unenviable reality facing CEOs | Ind. hospital eliminates noncompetes | 6 healthcare bankruptcies | Kaiser, Geisinger CEOs on Risant

June 20, 2023

• 2 hospital closures in 2 days | 35 systems ranked by revenue | CEO-to-worker pay ratios at 30 healthcare cos. | U of Iowa hospitals to raise rates 6% | NY hospital to cut several services | 29 rural hospital CFOs to know

June 16, 2023

• Ky. hospital to close | 41 financially strong systems | Providence to cut services ahead of strike | 10 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | SC system pays $36.5M to settle kickback allegations | Miss. system. CEO resigns

June 15, 2023

• 44 hospitals most similar to the US top 10 | Health spending to top $7.2T by 2031 | 9 CEO moves | AdventHealth exits nursing homes | RN pay in the best, worst states for care | Exeter, Beth Israel close in on merger

June 14, 2023

• 60 hospitals cutting jobs | NY hospital on brink of bankruptcy transfers operations | Texas closes 'Dr. Death' loophole | Hospital M&As driven by 'leverage,' CEO says | Wyo. CFO promoted to CEO | 36 ways to attract, retain talent

June 13, 2023

• Calif. hospital to lay off 100+ | Ochsner names CFO | Medicaid disenrollments top 1M | RN employment, by state | 10 health systems' debt levels | Vanderbilt hospital president steps down | Hospitals urge CMS to scrap productivity cut

June 12, 2023

• Ill. hospital to close | Allina changes care policy | 40 hospitals cutting services | Health systems' best growth opportunities | Mass. system CFO exits | Parkview to acquire Ohio system

June 09, 2023

• Health systems' new battleground | Dartmouth, Seattle Children's cut jobs | 65 CFO moves | Healthcare bankruptcies spike | CMS to pilot primary care model in 8 states | 13 M&As in May

June 08, 2023

• Mass. medical group files for bankruptcy | 15 states with lowest hospital expenses | $500M suit aims to boot NY hospital board | AHA rebukes 'flawed' financial study | 57 COO moves | Why don't millionaires fund med students?

June 07, 2023

• 55 systems refuse care for indebted patients | UPMC exec now leads 18 hospitals | 54 hospitals cutting jobs | HCA hospitals' 12 exec changes | 8 payer CFO moves | Travel nurse pay: 10 specialties with largest dips, jumps

June 06, 2023

• 29 systems ranked by margins | Optum floats $3.3B merger | Wellstar CEO, CFO defend hospital closures | Miss. hospital lays off 157 | As nonprofit hospitals' cash reserves grew, charity care spending fell

June 05, 2023

• Geisinger lays off 47 | Wash. hospital to close | 35 systems with strong finances | CFO named interim CEO of NY system | GenesisCare files for bankruptcy | Top 25 healthcare cos., per Fortune | Hospitals ramp up ASC projects

June 02, 2023

• Duke cuts 280 jobs | Labor costs still wreak havoc on hospitals | MedStar breaks even, revenues near $2B | Shuttered medical group owes $16M to Steward | Ind. hospital ends 2 specialty services | Acadia names CFO

June 01, 2023

• Mass. system plans layoffs | 6-clinic group abruptly closes | IU Health CFO to 'march down' premium pay | CMS spared in debt-ceiling deal | Tenet, DMC to pay millions in alleged kickback scheme | BJC, St. Luke's eye integration

May 31, 2023

• Hospital margins break even | Advocate Health posts $579M net gain | CEO departs Ind. hospitals | Man dies after falling from Calif. hospital window | Kaiser gives $10M to Denver Health | HCA Fla. hospital names CFO

May 30, 2023

• Ascension posts $1.2B loss | 8 hospital bankruptcies, closures | Banner names CFO | Texas to close 'Dr. Death' loophole | Walgreens trims exec team | Nonprofit to acquire RI system | NYU Langone plans $3B campus

May 26, 2023

• CommonSpirit revenue by division | 126 CFOs to know | CEO pay: Payers vs. health systems | 293 hospitals at immediate risk of closure | UPMC doubles Q1 profit | La. system gets early win in FTC battle

May 25, 2023

• PeaceHealth to close 5 clinics | 6 systems back in the black | CMS payments at risk if debt ceiling not resolved | Mass General Brigham margins rebound | Inova gets $75M gift | UW Medicine, Mercy could split with payers July 1

May 24, 2023

• 3 hospital bankruptcies | Cleveland Clinic posts $336M Q1 gain | CEOs' office comeback | CommonSpirit COO to retire | Healthcare needs post-COVID 'makeover' | 35 systems among best new-grad employers

May 23, 2023

• Calif. hospital to file for bankruptcy | 1,129 hospitals reporting losses on patient services | 3 more quit Mississippi Hospital Association | Providence posts $345M Q1 loss | CEO grilled about hospital finances | Staffing rules cut from Minn. legislation

May 22, 2023

• Top-earning execs: HCA, Tenet, CHS + UHS | Intermountain posts $549M Q1 gain | 646 hospitals at risk of closure, by state | Froedtert closing units at 2 hospitals | Biden wants debt-ceiling deal done | NYC physicians strike

May 19, 2023

• Miss. hospital closure looms | UHS' top-earning execs | UPMC faces antitrust suit | Mayo posts $149M Q1 gain | Hospital CEO exits climb | 5 new Risant Health details | US debt ceiling breach may be catastrophic for hospitals

May 18, 2023

• Ill. hospital could close in June | From PE to bankruptcy: Envision's last 5 years | HCA to buy 41 urgent care centers | Geisinger CEO: Risant is 'opportunity to enhance' our model | The unhealthiest county in each state

May 17, 2023

• Wis. system to drop Envision | Calif. hospital weighs bankruptcy | Ga. hospital shooting survivors discharged | Ochsner gets blowback for layoffs | Newsom signs bill for financially distressed hospitals

May 16, 2023

• Physicians won't drop Envision suit | Why 9 hospitals were at risk of losing CMS funding | CommonSpirit posts $1.1B loss | CVS to close clinical trials unit | Tenet names CFO of 2 hospitals | 51 hospitals cutting jobs

May 15, 2023

• Envision files for bankruptcy | 11 top paid healthcare CEOs | Nurse kidnapped, found dead outside Mich. hospital | 118 sats on physician pay | CEO blames inflation for La. hospital layoffs | Physicians strike averted at 2 NYC hospitals

May 12, 2023

• Envision plans layoffs | 27 specialties ranked by pay | Avg. hospital margin up to 0.4% | 6 CEO exits in 6 days | ProMedica names CFO | 62 hospital execs' plans to beat inflation

May 11, 2023

• Envision to file for bankruptcy | Ochsner to cut 770 jobs | 17 specialties ranked by bonus | 32 hospitals cutting services | Best med schools in 2024: US News | HCA makes 5 exec changes | ProMedica to sell Mich. hospital

May 10, 2023

• 5 hospitals quit Miss. association | Top-paying states for 25 hospital jobs | CEO exits HCA Fla. hospital | Brigham and Women's $100M gift | Sanford, Fairview merger complicates | Sutter to add 300-provider group

May 09, 2023

• Corporate giants ramp up primary care deals | Kan. hospital CEO resigns | Big payers' Q1 profits | VCU pays $72.9M to exit hospital lease | 12 top healthcare cos. by revenue | CEO pay rising less rapidly | Ohio system names CFO

May 08, 2023

• Ohio hospital closes | 47 hospitals cutting jobs | Kaiser posts $1.2B Q1 gain | Should banking crisis worry hospitals? 4 CFOs answer | HCA to invest $300M in nurses | Cedars-Sinai lays off 100+ | Mayo reconsiders Minn. investments

May 05, 2023

• 24 financially strong systems | 13 CEO, CFO exits | Scripps to cut 70 jobs | UH posts $302M loss | Trinity regroups West Coast hospitals | Cedars Sinai gets $140M + 5 other gifts | Texas hospital to appeal price transparency fine

May 04, 2023

• Providence hospital to cut services | UH CFO to retire | Hospital margins razor thin but stable | Physicians may strike at 3rd NYC hospital | Healthcare job cuts up 83% | 15 M&As in April | Kaiser, Geisinger to keep 'AA-' ratings

May 03, 2023

• CHS, Tenet, HCA, UHS in Q1 | SD system lays off 80, cuts exec pay | 10 best states for healthcare | Sanford margin hits 1.9% | CVS posts $2.1B profit | UnitedHealthcare must pay Envision $91M | Leapfrog's 20 'A' hospitals

May 02, 2023

• Jefferson hospital to end acute care | CommonSpirit now has 145 hospitals | IU Health posts $312M Q1 net gain | Frederick hospital cuts 150 jobs | Less payer competition equals lower hospital reimbursement, study finds

May 01, 2023

• Kaiser deal to 'turbo-boost' Geisinger | Ga. hospital lays off CEO | Payers ranked by CEO-to-worker pay ratio | UNC names CFO | Froedtert hospital cuts 150 jobs | Why Baptist isn't rushing staff back to the office

April 28, 2023

• Texas hospital closing Monday | RN pay in 50 states: 2023 | Baylor Scott & White shuffles execs | ProMedica operating results drop $541M | Bright Health to sell Calif. MA business | UK HealthCare plans $2.4B expansion

April 27, 2023

• Kaiser acquiring Geisinger | 2 hospitals hit with price transparency fines | PeaceHealth cuts 251 jobs | Yale New Haven looks to acquire 3 hospitals | Average pay for 37 hospital jobs

April 26, 2023

• 2 hospital bankruptcies | UHS reports $163.1M Q1 income | 8 recent CFO moves | Tenet's contract labor costs improving | 13 exec resignations

April 25, 2023

• Tenet reports $143M Q1 income | Ohio hospital to close early | Highest-paid payer CFOs | Interim CEO's job eliminated at his suggestion | 18 hospital sales in the works

April 24, 2023

• 18 systems with strong finances | Mo. hospital CEO steps down | Sutter taps interim CFO | Land acquisition key to HCA growth plan | Highest paid payer CEOs

April 21, 2023

• HCA reports $1.36B Q1 income | Duke hospital CFO out | 4 CFOs on best CEO qualities | Analyst: healthcare financial pressure cooling | Feds charge 18 in $490M COVID schemes

April 20, 2023

• Calif. hospital files for bankruptcy | ProMedica to lay off 26 | LCMC sues FTC after 3-hospital deal challenged | The dollar cost of nurse turnover | Cedars-Sinai could get $800M from biotech deal | Elevance posts $2B profit in Q1

April 19, 2023

• Tenet, HCA, CHS exec pay | Okla. hospital evacuated for bomb threat | Hospital CEO exits ramp up | Optum Q1 revenue hits $54.1B | Sutter CFO to exit | Why systems expand overseas | Ascension sells Ala. hospital

April 18, 2023

• Atrium, Tenet's top-paid execs | 11 specialties ranked by bonus | CFOs' No. 1 worry | HCA hospitals make 6 exec changes | Former Humana CFO to lead Aetna | Adventist to buy troubled hospital

April 17, 2023

• 22 hospitals cutting inpatient care | SC hospital seeks CEO, CFO | HCA revenue up $20.5B in 8 years | 29 physician specialties ranked by pay | The problem of stuffy hospital CEOs | Interim hospital CEO floats cutting own job

April 14, 2023

• Tower cuts 100 jobs | 5 highest-paid physician specialties | Optum dives into provider loans | Lifespan shuffles leadership | MU Health to hit margin goal by June, CFO says | Ex-physician acquitted of patient deaths sues Trinity

April 13, 2023

• CHI Mercy cuts staff, services | What CEOs want in a CFO | $617M swing in Advocate Aurora operating results | HCA hospital names CFO | 20% of Calif. hospitals at risk of closure | AHA slams charity care rankings

April 12, 2023

• Optum has 70K+ physicians | Hospitals balk at 2.8% pay bump | 29 physician specialties ranked by happiness | HCA hospital names CEO | NorthShore, physician to pay $35M settlement | Labor pressures may be cooling: Fitch

April 11, 2023

• CMS pitches inpatient payment rule: 10 notes | 16 systems' labor costs: Mayo, Cleveland Clinic + more | CVS Health's top-paid execs | 10 Mark Cuban exclusives | WVU Health names CFO

April 10, 2023

• 34 billionaires in US healthcare | Optum buys NY physician group | 38 hospitals cutting jobs | UHS revenue hits $13.4B: 6 notes | 88 healthcare leaders to know | CHS sells 4 hospitals

April 07, 2023

• CommonSpirit layoffs loom | Hospitals' worst operating year ever | Intermountain staffing agency expands to Colo. | HCA execs' performance bonuses | 13 systems with the most nurses | Miss. hospital gets financial lifeline

April 06, 2023

• RN pay, state by state | Kettering: Misconduct complaints not tied to donor funds | Healthcare job cuts up 65% YOY | ND system cuts exec jobs | 6 systems get rating upgrades | Doylestown hits $100M fundraising goal

April 05, 2023

• Virginia Mason lays off 300+ | Providence gets 3rd rating downgrade | 15 specialties ranked by commercial payer billings | Carle adds 3 UnityPoint hospitals | 10 states with largest dips in travel nurse pay

April 04, 2023

• Billings Clinic cuts physician, exec pay | CMS to up MA pay 3.3% | 10 best, worst states for travel nurses | Intermountain CFO: Insurance our biggest growth opportunity | MUSC exec resigns amid layoffs | Sanford, Fairview delay merger

April 03, 2023

• Nuvance to lay off 102 | Hospitals fight exec pay cap | Wellstar to takeover Augusta University hospitals | Sanford posts $187.9M profit | 6 hospitals, systems get rating downgrades | Hospital defaults hit 12-year high

March 31, 2023

• CHS' 5 top-paid execs | 13 CEO exits | 33 hospitals cutting jobs | Medicaid redeterminations begin April 1 | The best hospital, per Google AI | Envision, Atena ink in-network deal | 149 Black healthcare leaders to know

March 30, 2023

• 2 systems cut jobs | Covenant pays $69M to settle whistleblower suit | Hospitals not seeking bailout for investment losses: AHA | Banner interim CFO exits | 58 most innovative hospitals, systems

March 29, 2023

• 827 layoffs at Texas hospital | 16 financially strong systems | Mayor: UPMC properties not paying 'fair share' in taxes | Rate hikes alarm CFOs | Erlanger faces whistleblower surgery suit | 30 systems ranked by online reputation

March 28, 2023

• Ohio hospital to lay off 743 | Razor-thin hospital margins are new normal | Colo. hospital low on cash after CFO resigns | Ascension St. Vincent CEO to exit | Kaiser's $298M expansion | Mass. hospital to pay patient $20M verdict

March 27, 2023

• 30 hospitals cutting jobs | Cedars-Sinai's $140M gift | Physician pay down 2.4% | UAB names CFO | Henry Ford margin back in the black | CVS to close $8B Signify deal | AHA: MedPAC pay recommendation detached from reality

March 24, 2023

• NC system cuts senior-level jobs | Lina Khan's FTC vs. health systems, disruptors | More physicians consider exiting roles | 18 'most influential' healthcare CEOs | 4 Henry Ford makes 4 exec changes

March 23, 2023

• 10 HCA stats in 2022 | Providence gets 2nd downgrade in days | Sutter posts $278M profit | 20 highest, lowest paid physician specialties | FTC wants more funding to tackle healthcare M&As | Holy Cross halts 2 hospital projects

March 22, 2023

• 6 hospital closures in 3 mos. | Ascension Wisconsin shuffles execs | Intermountain posts $121M profit | MedPAC: Hospitals don't need big CMS boost | 7 CEO moves | Calif. hospital pulls closure notice

March 21, 2023

• 27 hospitals cutting jobs | Mass. hospitals want flexibility on travel nurse costs | 150 top healthcare places to work | Banner posts $16.6M profit | Calif. hospital CEO to resign | Fed faces tough decision on rate hikes

March 20, 2023

• NY hospital to close | Hospitals sue HHS over 'delayed' DSH payments | 14 financially strong systems | Cedars-Sinai gets $30M donation | 15 best, worst states for physicians | Providence hit with rating downgrade

March 17, 2023

• Newly merged Pa. system lays off 13 managers | Montefiore gets $100M donation | Why hospitals need a 'Ford strategy' | PeaceHealth Oregon taps CFO | Lifespan, Care New England won't rule out merger

March 16, 2023

• Crozer lays off 215 | HCA hospital CEO, CFO to retire | Health systems zero in on C-suites | States aim to reel in travel nurse costs | 10 systems with rating downgrades, revisions | CMS posts drug negotiation guidance

March 15, 2023

• HCA's 5 top-paid execs | Va. system cuts COOs | 9 CFO moves in 9 days | 17 called-off hospital deals | Mass. hospitals' $1.5B temp labor cost | Silicon Valley Bank creditors form investor group

March 14, 2023

• Penn Medicine cuts admin jobs | Healthgrades: 83 best hospitals for patient safety | Crozer, Prospect struggle to pay vendors | Inspira taps CFO | 12 cities hit hardest by inflation | CommonSpirit vs. Ascension vs. Trinity in '22

March 13, 2023

• Calif. Hospital files for bankruptcy | Ascension margin hits -2.9% | 30 exec moves | 20 hospitals with best CEO-to-worker pay ratios | UPMC faces investigation after nurse's termination | Bon Secours sells emergency center

March 10, 2023

• Providence posts $1.7B loss | Biden's $6.8T budget: 15 details | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Healthcare job cuts up 85% | Shuttered Calif. hospital is 'tip of the iceberg' | BayCare opens 16th hospital | Banner closes ASC

March 09, 2023

• 23 hospitals cutting jobs | Hospitals only 46% of Northwell's business | Why CFOs are staging an exodus | 10 systems posting profits | Tenn. physician gets 20 years for $280M scheme | AtlantiCare CEO to retire

March 08, 2023

• 11 systems with strong finances | Geisinger posts $842M loss | Miss. system must pay missing wages | Atrium, Best Buy to scale at-home care | HCA names Fla. hospital CFO | Conn. hospital costs $3.5B higher than 2019

March 07, 2023

• Biden's budget to sustain Medicare, cut costs | Trinity posts $298M loss | CarolinaEast, UNC end affiliation | Congress urged to prevent $8B in Medicaid DSH cuts | Hospitals line up for REH designation | Optim Health names CFO

March 06, 2023

• 5 hospital closures | Baptist Health posts $110M profit | 6 CFO exits | Froedtert freezes some hiring | Ex-MetroHealth CEO hid bonuses, audit says | Minn. system margins may hit -8%

March 03, 2023

• MetroHealth CFO resigns | McLaren hospital to close | Nobody's happy with physician pay | UnityPoint, Presbyterian to merge | 20 systems posting losses in '22 | How Kaiser continues to invest amid financial headwinds

March 02, 2023

• Cleveland Clinic posts $1.2B loss | Marshfield Clinic lays off 346 | Hospital CEO exits hit 4-year high | 20+ US hospitals among world's top 100 | Texas hospital to close | Fired physician sues NY system for $24.7M | 15 called-off hospital deals

March 01, 2023

• UPMC posts $1B loss | No relief for hospital margins | Hands off healthcare dollars, Biden tells GOP | 114 top Black physicians | Novant to buy 3 CHS hospitals | 12 systems' debt levels | Time running out to reopen Calif. hospital

February 28, 2023

• Hospital CFO out after 5 days | UHS, Mayo profits plummet | UPMC, surgeon pay $8.5M to settle whistleblower suit | 30 most stressful cities for workers | ProMedica to sell hospice, home-care assets for $710M

February 27, 2023

• 'Reimbursement wars' keeping execs up at night | Part-time work booming | 38 exec moves | U of Minnesota seeks $950M to acquire hospitals | UCSD Health may help hospital 'bleeding cash' | Mo. hospital closing 2 clinics

February 24, 2023

• IU Health posts $715M loss | 10 hospitals cutting services | How to rightsize exec teams | CommonSpirit CFO: 5 keys to boost cash flow | Size of US labor shortage in question | Colo. bill to ban hospital facility fees | Ore. hospitals ask state for $1B

February 23, 2023

• 21 hospitals cutting jobs | Healthcare's top billionaires | Hospitals want FTC noncompete proposal scrapped | Kaiser moving 1,200 jobs out of HQ | UnitedHealth buys LHC Group for $5.4B | Meet the nurse hospitals won't hire

February 22, 2023

• 14 systems with strong finances | Texas hospital cuts nearly half its staff | Northwell outpatient expansion boosts market share | CHS execs get pay bumps | Amazon buys One Medical | Trinity hospital closes floor due to staff shortages

February 21, 2023

• The best US hospital, per ChatGPT | Police shoot man in Ascension hospital | Labor costs still rising amid staff shortages: 8 notes | Hospitals' recession worry: 2 CEOs weigh in | Best tech investment at 63 systems

February 20, 2023

• CMS to cut COVID pay | CHS CEO's 4 financial priorities | Physicians return to lobby Congress | HCA hospitals make 5 exec changes | 'We're going to come out of this winning:' Northwell CEO on labor issues

February 17, 2023

• 10 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | NY systems scrap merger | Michigan Medicine names CFO | NC official goes after hospital exec pay | Tenn., Ala. hospitals at risk of closure | CommonSpirit to buy 5 hospitals

February 16, 2023

• CHS net income down 51% | CommonSpirit posts $451M loss | Jefferson names CFO | 4 systems get rating upgrades | Ex-Rush hospital COO indicted | Adventist exec cuts coming | Mercy, Henry Ford + 11 hospital expansions

February 15, 2023

• 4 systems get rating downgrades | CommonSpirit, AdventHealth end JV | Sanford posts $187M profit | CEOs' No. 1 concern | Where Envision Healthcare stands today | Inflation adds $182M to UChicago hospital cost

February 14, 2023

• 13 called-off hospital deals | Sanford-Fairview merger delayed | Leading out of bankruptcy: 1 CEO's success story | Ascension accused of operating 'like a PE fund' | 14 CFO moves | Cuban's pharmacy may save $1.2B a year

February 13, 2023

• Kaiser posts $4.5B loss | Tenet contract labor costs down 23% in 4 months | Tower, Penn Medicine scrap alliance | Big payers' 2022 revenue | 5-star hospitals ranked by financial success | 80 rural hospital CEOs to know

February 10, 2023

• 43% of rural hospitals in the red | Tenet to pump $250M a year into ASC M&As | Big payers' 2022 profits | Duke COO named CEO | Optum vs. CVS after Oak Street deal | 23 charged in alleged $61.5M scheme to defraud CMS

February 09, 2023

• Tenet posts $410M profit in 2022 | St. Luke's to cut exec roles | Henry Ford plans $2.5B campus | 17 hospitals reporting losses | Providence to hire 2,000 tech employees | Centene to pay Calif. $215M settlement

February 08, 2023

• 5-hospital system exits bankruptcy | CVS posts $2.3B Q4 profit, will buy Oak Street | Biden's State of the Union: 10 healthcare notes | HCA CFO sells $8M of stock | 2 states target noncompetes | FCA settlements surpass $2.2B in 2022

February 07, 2023

• Hospital expenses, state by state | CVS Health nears $10.5B Oak Street deal | 8 systems with strong finances | Hospitals' access to capital problem | 2022 was 2nd-highest year for PE deals | 32 hospitals looking for CFOs

February 06, 2023

• 17 hospitals cutting jobs | Ind. hospitals face big fines for expensive care | 24.5% of hospitals compliant with price transparency | Hospital capacity woes persist | UVA's 10-year growth plan

February 03, 2023

• Cleveland Clinic names CFO | 6 systems restructuring leadership | Trinity accuses physician group of anti-competitive behavior | Fla. systems to combine | 13 M&As in Jan. | Ala. hospitals lost $1.5B since 2020

February 02, 2023

• 9 hospitals cutting services | Tower to sell 17 urgent care centers | 25 CEO exits | CommonSpirit invests in UAE hospital | Prisma names CFO | Fed ups interest rates | 10 states with largest travel nurse pay drops

February 01, 2023

• Why CEOs are taking pay cuts | Md. hospital to close | How Prime Healthcare is tackling labor hurdles at 45 hospitals | Billionaire's $25M gift to Fla. hospital | Dollar General CFO to retire amid retailer's healthcare moves

January 31, 2023

• Ascension to split CEO, president roles | Mercy to add Mo. system | PHE to end in May | CMS enacts MA rule to recover $4.7B | 32 hospital sales | Tower Health names CFO | Legacy Health closing facility due to financial losses

January 30, 2023

• Ascension to close 11 clinics | Hospitals' worst year since COVID | HCA CEO's 'winning plays' in 2023 | Why Calif. hospitals spend most on contract labor | Care New England hires CFO from competing system | Ill. hospital closes

January 27, 2023

• HCA posts $5.6B profit | 7 exec exits in 8 days | 8th med school pulls out of US News rankings | OU Health to cut 100 jobs | PE owns 130+ rural hospitals | Calif. inmates to get Medicaid | Tenn. CEO denies hospital for sale

January 26, 2023

• Layoffs at Ascension Texas | 5 med schools waive US News rank | Sanford, Fairview asked to delay merger | NC system closing 5 clinics | Elevance to acquire BCBSLA | Health systems in 10 years: 20 execs' predictions

January 25, 2023

• Texas raises hospital worker pay | Cleveland Clinic bills for less than 1% of MyChart messages | Hospital labor cost projections | CFO resigns from ND system | Profitability of NY's CMS 1-star hospitals | 12 hospitals seeking CFOs

January 24, 2023

• Layoffs at Tufts, Sloan Kettering | 20 systems with highest contract labor costs | Colo. hospital margins 49% below 2019 levels | 12 CFO moves | Fla. hospital ramps up expansion as rival closes | ScionHealth adds 15 hospitals

January 23, 2023

• UPMC to close hospital | Mass General Brigham shuffles leadership | Dartmouth freezes hiring l CHS to sell its last W.Va. hospital | More noncompete questions than answers | Calif. hospital CEO, CFO resign

January 20, 2023

• Lawmakers go after UPMC | Adena, Kaweah announce cuts | Tenet CFO to retire | SC hospital denied CMS pay | Wash. hospitals project $3.5B FY loss | MultiCare adds 12th hospital

January 19, 2023

• 9 Tenet exec moves | Colo. hospitals refute governor's financial claims | 10 top rural hospitals, by margins | Optum vs. CVS vs. Walgreens in primary care | CFOs don't see recession as growth barrier | 3 systems get credit downgrades

January 18, 2023

• Cleveland Clinic expects $200M loss | Michael Dowling: Hospitals' unthinkable priority | Health systems boost tech spending | Alaska hospital losing $1M a month | CMS launches 3 ACO programs | 20 hospitals seeking CFOs

January 17, 2023

• 13 hospitals cutting jobs | Pipeline Health to exit bankruptcy; CFO named CEO | 50 best hospitals: Healthgrades | UPMC adds 4th hospital in Ireland | 56 best healthcare jobs | 6 hospital financial headwinds: KPMG

January 13, 2023

• ProMedica to lay off 262 | HCA denies putting profits over patients | Jefferson to trim exec jobs | UnitedHealth posts $4.9B Q4 profit | Former CFO to lead 2 Mercy hospitals | 10 systems with strong finances

January 12, 2023

• 20 hospitals with highest contract labor costs | NYC nurses end strike | AdventHealth's 2023 financial projections | 14 top-paid healthcare jobs | PHE extended to April | Inflation down to 6.5%

January 11, 2023

• Optum partners with 2nd system in a week | Las Vegas hospital to lay off 970 | UChicago gains controlling stake in 4 AdventHealth hospitals | M&As to pick up steam | 100 of the largest hospitals, systems

January 10, 2023

• 25 rural hospitals closures since COVID | CVS floats Oak Street Health acquisition | IU Health expands $2.3B hospital project | Fairview return to profit years off | Texas HCA affiliate names CFO

January 09, 2023

• 50 rural hospitals with best margins | 12 HCA leadership moves | 21 systems with smallest CEO:worker pay gaps | UMass Memorial merger spiked | 7,000 NYC nurses strike | Travel RN pay, by state

January 06, 2023

• Maine system eyes $1B savings in Optum deal | 3 HCA hospital execs resign | 10 states at highest risk of rural hospital closures | Intermountain, UCHealth form 700-physician network | Travel nurse pay plummets in 10 states | Tenn. hospital CEO out

January 05, 2023

• 5 hospitals closing departments, services | FTC moves to ban noncompetes | Trinity CEO on improving 2023 financial performance | Ky. hospital CEO out after less than a year | 10 rural hospital CFOs to know | Highest paid regions for NPs, PAs

January 04, 2023

• 100 hospitals with worst margins | 5 CEO exits in 5 days | $1B Excela, Butler merger final | Hospital margins see 11th-hour boost | Within days, hospital access crumbles in Calif. | 'Slowcession' ahead, says Moody's chief economist

January 03, 2023

• 220 hospitals at immediate risk of closure | NY system terminates CEO | HCA sells 3 hospitals | Hospitals average 100% staff turnover every 5 years | The worst month for layoffs has arrived | Ind. hospital shutters ER | What CVS did in the last 12 mos.

December 30, 2022

• 30 systems with strong finances | Amazon dips below $1 trillion | Baptist Health reports $227M loss | Health systems' minimum wage rockets | Mayo, Mass General, Cedars-Sinai investments | Walmart's big healthcare moves

December 29, 2022

• 5 trillion-dollar Qs hanging over hospitals | Seattle Children's spends $84M for Providence HQ | 631 hospitals at risk of closure | HCA, Tenet + 15 more seek CFOs | 97 hospital CEO exits | 10 big system credit ratings | 6 cos. lose $4 trillion this year

December 28, 2022

• 25 rural hospital closures | Wellstar eyes more hospitals 8 weeks after closing one | Travel nurses fight pay cuts with lawsuits | 63 execs on top 2023 investments | Staff salary budget plans | General Catalyst's busy 2022: 5 notes

December 27, 2022

• 9 systems hit with credit downgrades | Calif. hospital to close after Trinity sale called off | 23 exec moves | Providence heading into 2023: 10 notes | Nonprofit health system deals scrutinized | Ind. hospital ordered to keep ER open for 9 mos.

December 22, 2022

• Providence hospital to restructure physicians | Systems brace for winter storm | 10 notable CFO moves | MetroHealth exec to exit | Lawmakers oppose Covenant Health acquisition | $1.7T bill: Which health agency budgets gained most?

December 21, 2022

• Colo. hospital's 'intense competition' for staff | Who owns this hospital? HHS helps answer | 4 hospital financial trends for 2023 | US healthcare now 18.3% of GDP | 97 CEO exits | Hospitals sue to recoup medical debt

December 20, 2022

• $1.7 trillion omnibus deal: 8 healthcare notes | Wash. hospitals cutting services | 5 hospitals seeking CEOs | Sanford-Fairview merger draws more scrutiny | UPMC to raise nurse pay 30% in tentative deal

December 19, 2022

• 6 systems with credit downgrades | Mass General Brigham margin dips to -2.5% | Travel nurse vs. average pay | Can systems compete with Walgreens, CVS? | Cardinal Health names CFO | Memorial Hermann invests in Cedar

December 16, 2022

• 5 hospitals cutting services | Trinity tests daily pay option | Cleveland Clinic's $1.4B community investment | 12 cities hit hardest by inflation | The gig economy is back — even for execs | 8 hospitals charging for MyChart messaging

December 15, 2022

• 49% of NY hospitals cutting services | Mayo collections under scrutiny | 10 financially strong systems | NJ systems to merge | The ripple effect of rural hospital closures | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

December 14, 2022

• 5 hospitals cutting services | Trinity tests daily pay option | Cleveland Clinic's $1.4B community investment | 12 cities hit hardest by inflation | The gig economy is back — even for execs | 8 hospitals charging for MyChart messaging

December 13, 2022

• Hospitals take staffing into their own hands | 10 CFOs' core focuses | 34 healthcare cos. at risk of default | Mercy Health halts hospital project | Physician toppled $32B crypto giant | Northern Light closing hospital wing

December 12, 2022

• 12 hospitals cutting jobs | Telehealth hasn't helped CFOs' financial challenges | 40 donors gift $1.7B to hospitals | Wash. hospital ends service line, shuffles leadership | AHA: Safety nets need $2B+ | 33 payer CEO moves

December 09, 2022

• Colo. hospital makes payroll after plea | CHS 'rapidly reducing contract labor' | 50 states ranked by clinical care | U of M Health to acquire 6-hospital system | Baptist Health hires CFO | Highest paid NP specialties

December 08, 2022

• Colo. hospital can't pay staff | Mayo defends exec raises | Ascension vs. CommonSpirit vs. Trinity in Q3 | Ill. system cuts, reshuffles 76 top jobs | 8 hospital projects costing $1B+ | Travel nurses' pay, by state

December 07, 2022

• Billions in hospital COVID aid misallocated | 5 systems with combined $100B+ in debt | MyChart message fees on unstable ground | CMS pitches prior auth. rule | SSM Health sues surgeons starting rival practice

December 06, 2022

• Michael Dowling: 6 cost-cutting rules | Financial updates from Ascension, Tenet + 24 other systems | Advocate Health names 25 leaders | Hospital closures spark PE questions | 50 states ranked by health | 13 CFO moves

December 05, 2022

• HCA, Tenet, CHS margins beat 2019 levels | Optum expects $214B in '23 revenue | 10 states with largest drop in travel RN pay | Slow insurer payments frustrating hospitals | Atrium, Advocate Aurora complete merger

December 02, 2022

• 7 systems cutting services | Prices rise more slowly as inflation cools | Trinity posts $550.9M loss | 4.3% to -3.5%: Hospital margins over 12 mos. | The ins and outs of charges for MyChart messages | Healthcare adds 45K jobs in Nov.

December 01, 2022

• More pain, no gain for hospital margins | Mayo, Intermountain, HCA report incomes when many systems see losses | 10% of Texas hospitals at risk of closing | HCA names CFO of 14 Fla. hospitals | Long COVID may cost US $3.7T

November 30, 2022

• Cleveland Clinic's $1.5B loss | Tenn. hospital board faces firing | Congress urged to prevent $38B Medicare blow | $675M offer to buy 2 Tower Health hospitals | Mount Sinai posts $241M loss | Highmark pumps $1B into hospital network

November 29, 2022

• Fired CEO sues MetroHealth | UnitedHealth expects $360B in '23 revenue | Hospitals see mergers as survival path | ChristianaCare business unit marketing services to employers | When layoffs arrive 'quickly and less thoughtfully'

November 28, 2022

• More systems charging for MyChart | Fla. hospital CEO killed in murder-suicide | MedStar's $200M loss | Mark Cuban in talks with hospitals to solve drug shortages | NJ system's credit rating up to 'A-' | Quorum Health selling 5 hospitals

November 25, 2022

• 15 hospital, health system sales | CommonSpirit CEO eyes M&As | Health system-payer relationships are changing | 6 hospitals adding services | Ascension hospital closing Dec. 16 | 14 exec moves | Ill system's bid to halt hospital dismissed

November 23, 2022

• Hospital labor costs still rising | Bankrupt system to sell 2 hospitals | UPMC's $1.2B loss | Hospital CEO exits slow | 5 hospitals cutting services | Miss. hospitals in crisis | PE groups eye potential $10B primary care deal

November 22, 2022

• 12 hospitals cutting jobs | Providence closes 27 retail clinics | MetroHealth CEO fired over unreported bonuses | Banner's loss hits $113M, contract labor up 7% | Wall Street bullish on healthcare as inflation slows

November 21, 2022

• Intermountain's income hits $2.2B | Prime Healthcare hit by credit downgrade | States ask CMS to end vaccine mandate | DOJ to appeal UnitedHealth-Change merger ruling | Walmart health exec joins JPMorgan | 7 payer CFO moves

November 18, 2022

• Mayo reports $157M Q3 income | 15 hospital CEO exits | Catholic Health hit by credit downgrade | Kaiser's 22.5% raises avert nurse strike | UVM Health's plan to improve margins | Intermountain names CEO | $2.4B Gundersen, Bellin merger to close

November 17, 2022

• Tower Health cuts staff | CommonSpirit posts $227M quarterly loss | Idaho hospital not for sale, CEO says | Payer-provider fights get messier | Leapfrog's 22 straight-'A' hospitals | Methodist Healthcare to add 9th hospital

November 16, 2022

• 183 rural hospital closures | 5 systems hit with rating downgrades | Cleveland Clinic to bill up to $50 for MyChart messages | Sanford, Fairview to form 58-hospital system | Leapfrog's 14 'F' hospitals

November 15, 2022

• Providence losses hit $1.1B in 2022 | Atrium, Advocate Aurora merger gets green light | 3-hospital system for sale | PE's growing power in healthcare | $1B Hoag expansion to add 2 hospitals, 1,500 staff

November 14, 2022

• Health system cash reserves plummet | Yale's 3-hospital acquisition plan draws concern | Deloitte: Inflation exacerbating hospital, consumer challenges | Cedars-Sinai, Thomas Jefferson post Q3 losses

November 11, 2022

• 19 hospital closures, bankruptcies | Calif. hospital CEO asks Newsom for funds | Kettering Health CFO now interim CEO | Hospitals with highest CMS readmission penalties in 50 states | WVU Health to add 18th hospital

November 10, 2022

• Lehigh Valley, Aetna cutting ties | Miss. system may scrap more services | Most CommonSpirit EHRs back online | La. hospital sues to close rival clinics | Ochsner's $100M expansion | FTC ramping up challenges

November 09, 2022

• Ohio hospital to close Friday | 10 systems with strong finances | 5 payers with combined $11.6B in Q3 profits | NC hospital could lose CMS contract | The right, wrong ways to conduct mass layoffs

November 08, 2022

• Calif. hospital files for bankruptcy | Top CEO-CFO duos at 7 health systems | Texas to pay back millions in uncompensated care payments | ProMedica to exit Welltower JV | The largest MA payer in every state

November 07, 2022

• Kaiser sees $1.5B Q3 loss | Contract labor costs in 22 numbers | ChristianaCare gets grant to reopen hospital | Miss. hospital lays off dozens | 10 states with most rural hospitals at risk of closure | 6 hospital CEO, CFO resignations

November 04, 2022

• 631 rural hospitals at risk of closure | Providence hospital to up nurse wages 14-21% | Ore. hospital district CFO is now CEO | 12 hospital, health system M&As | Franciscan Health to close hospital | Hackensack Meridian's $714M pavilion

November 03, 2022

• Health systems suffer, payer profits soar | 'Difficult decisions' ahead for hospitals | Cigna Q3 profits up 70% | CommonSpirit revenue breakdown | Ochsner's 8 leadership changes | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

November 02, 2022

• CMS' 4 final payment rules: 15 notes | Q3: Humana's $1.2B profit + CVS Health's $3.4B loss | 17 hospitals facing CMS readmission penalties | UnityPoint spins off 3 Ill. hospitals | Why rebrand a health system now?

November 01, 2022

• Mass. hospitals sound alarm on inability to fill jobs | How HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS fared in Q3 | Health systems zero in on C-suites | CMS penalizes 2,273 hospitals for high readmissions | VCU Health to unseat CEO

October 31, 2022

• 10 hospitals cutting jobs | Ga. hospital closing Nov. 1 | Amazon CFO's plan to beat economic uncertainty | Bailout possible for Miss. hospital | 26 exec moves | Calif. physicians reach agreement to swerve strike

October 28, 2022

• NC system cuts 200 jobs | UHS: Contract labor costs to decline up to 50% in 2023 | 14 fastest-growing healthcare cos. | Duke Health CEO to depart | Aggressive medical debt collection should be a 'never event'

October 27, 2022

• Miss. hospital faces closure | CHS posts $42M net loss in Q3 | Ex-nurse charged with patient deaths at Atrium hospital | 5 hospitals, health systems upping nurse pay | Execs at public cos. could lose bonuses for financial errors: SEC

October 26, 2022

• HCA restructures operations | UHS profit dips in Q3 | CEOs exit jobs at younger ages | Nurses escorted out of Ascension hospital | Hospitals heading for worst financial year in decades | 6 ways CFOs are boosting volume, revenue

October 25, 2022

• Fitch: Hospitals face prolonged labor pains | AHA asks Congress to help with 'crushing' financial challenges | CFOs skilled in cost-cutting, restructuring in high demand | 333K+ providers left healthcare in 2021

October 24, 2022

• HCA cuts contract labor costs 19% | Healthcare stocks recover after plunge | 5 stories CFOs should be following | As hospitals make cuts, losses are loud or quiet | $227M hospital project on hold

October 21, 2022

• HCA, Tenet profits slip | Sanford cutting staff | A CFO's 6 biggest challenges | How EHR install costs add up | CMS unveils 340B hospital payment plan | Healthcare costs top of mind for voters

October 20, 2022

• HCA to 'vigorously defend' against 3 antitrust suits | Atlanta mayor slams Wellstar for closing hospital | Northwestern gets $121M gift | Cottage Health names CFO | Okla. hospital cuts MA contracts

October 19, 2022

• Saint Luke's closes microhospitals | Fitch: No rating fallout for CommonSpirit | Grand View Health names CFO | J&J weighs job cuts | Where health systems are spending AI dollars | Bozeman chair resigns after no-confidence vote

October 18, 2022

• FTC opposes NY health system, med school merger | The rise + fall of COVID billionaires | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Froedtert, ThedaCare partner on 'micro-hospitals' | Experts predict recession, job losses by 2023

October 17, 2022

• 2 hospital, health system bankruptcy filings | Providence faces consumer protection probe | Texas hospital hires CFO | Cities where inflation has grown the most, least | TriHealth, Centura not affected by CommonSpirit cyberattack

October 14, 2022

• Ohio hospitals cut 2K+ jobs in 4 mos. | HCA, Tenet, CHS hiring hospital CFOs | Providence responds to debt collection query | The cost of nurse turnover in 23 numbers | Walgreens ramping up healthcare business

October 13, 2022

• UH cuts 443 jobs | Bezos family gifts $710M to Fred Hutch | Meet the CFO of the rebranded Beaumont, Spectrum system | CommonSpirit confirms ransomware attack | Essentia, Marshfield Clinic plan merger

October 12, 2022

• Recession due in '6 to 9 mos.,' Dimon says | Ill. system cuts 100+ jobs | Ala. hospital names CFO | Exits, layoffs and losses at Bright Health | Judge halts Pa. hospital closure | 10 RCM M&As

October 11, 2022

• 50%+ of healthcare admin spending is wasteful: report | Mayo gets $100M gift | Fairview Health Services names CFO | LCMC Health, Tulane University to partner | CBO proposals won't lower premiums, AHA says

October 10, 2022

• Staffing, supply chain cost Wash. hospitals $1.75B | NorthBay CFO stepping down | Hospitalwide outages still plaguing CommonSpirit | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Ind. hospitals face stern financial challenges | Signs of winter COVID surge grow

October 07, 2022

• 10 hospital closures | Payers send members to Mark Cuban's pharmacy | The 'most loved' workplaces in healthcare | Yale New Haven to acquire 2 systems | Care New England names CEO | 10 hospital layoffs | 3 Qs with Sanford Health's CFO

October 06, 2022

• 10 hospitals laying off staff | How Cleveland Clinic saved $180M | Police: Man strangled infants, assaulted nurses at Texas hospital | Mayo Clinic to raise wages | 11 CEO resignations | U of Kansas Health to add 2 hospitals

October 05, 2022

• Pa. hospital enters bankruptcy | Ohio system names CFO | Epic makes 'significant donation' to UW Health | Hundreds of hospitals at risk of hurricane damage | Calif. system accused of overcharging patients | Summa Health reshuffles execs

October 04, 2022

• Ascension to close hospital, lay off 133 | 7-hospital system files for bankruptcy | Hospitals likely to end '22 in the red | 'The Blues Conspiracy' | 17 hospitals cutting services | Providence responds to billing practice report | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

October 03, 2022

• Trinity sees $1.4B loss | Tenet executive chair resigns | 362 stats on nurse pay | Providence to repay overcharged patients | 13 exec moves | Optum, Change finalize $7.8B merger | 5 most pressing drug shortages

September 30, 2022

• Iowa hospital closes, lays off 151 | SC hospitals brace for Ian | Yale New Haven names CFO | Providence CEO questioned on billing | CHS shares hit 1-year low | Atlanta hospital ED to close in Oct. | 5 best, worst states for healthcare

September 28, 2022

• Why 9 hospitals closed this year | HCA hospitals make 16 exec changes | Yale New Haven eyes new hospitals despite job cuts | NP pay by state | Texas will be the center of No Surprises Act litigation | 6 CEO moves | Epic, Oracle Cerner leaders plan big

September 27, 2022

• Pa. hospital to lay off 334 | Ex-Tenet leader joins Walmart | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | What Optum gets in the Change deal | Fla. hospitals evacuate patients | 5 states that use the most low-value care

September 26, 2022

• Hospitals cut jobs, services to resuscitate finances | CommonSpirit posts $1.3B operating loss | 10 systems with strong finances | HCA, Tenet hiring hospital CFOs | 12 exec moves | 'Twindemic' risk greater this year | Hospital CEO pay: 62 benchmarks

September 23, 2022

• Envision on brink of bankruptcy | 17 hospital exec resignations | NJ hospital faces closure after 150 yrs | Hourly RN pay by state | Mass General Brigham to slash spending by $128M a year | 10 happiest, unhappiest states

September 22, 2022

• CHS closes Fla. hospital | Layoffs hit Yale New Haven Health | Hospitals get big grants to install Epic | Pa. hospital to end acute care | Northwell exceeds $1B fundraising goal | 10 states with highest physician office visit prices

September 21, 2022

• 5 health systems hit with credit downgrades | Mich. system merges with Trinity | Police: Leader knew guns were kept at hospital | 'Already a 3-headed dragon': Medical groups on UnitedHealth-Change | More hospital CEOs exit | Lifespan CFO's warning

September 20, 2022

• Ascension posts $1.8B loss | Ohio hospital to lay off 978 | Judge rejects DOJ attempt to block UnitedHealth-Change deal | HCA opens hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | What 4 systems spent on EHR installs

September 19, 2022

• Layoffs hit 11 hospitals | Providence plans $712M expansion | Pa. hospital ED abruptly closes | 27 exec moves | 'Pandemic is over,' Biden says | Mass. hospital runs with 25% of jobs vacant | Quit hospital association, UNC staff urge CEO

September 16, 2022

• HCA under fire from Congress | 9 hospitals cut inpatient care | Hospitals' most financially difficult year | ​​18 specialties ranked by pay | Layoffs hit NY hospital | Hackers target healthcare payment processors | House passes prior auth reform bill

September 15, 2022

• Nurse guilty in $100M scheme | Tenet opens SC hospital | Ala. hospital CEO resigns | Grady gets $130M infusion | 20 'smartest' hospitals | Ransomware group threatens to leak 1M patient records | Ohio hospital to end inpatient care

September 14, 2022

• AdventHealth, UChicago Med strike deal | HCA president to depart | Advocate Aurora, Atrium merger delayed | 17 hospital CEOs planning exits | NY system inks settlement over nurse 'repayment fees' | Where travel nurse pay is up most

September 13, 2022

• Healthcare chain files for bankruptcy | UTMB releases records on leader's abrupt exit | Wis. hospital to close ED | Verily gets $1B | DC hospital faces exec's retaliation case | 10 states with largest brain drains | Ala. hospital CEO resigns

September 12, 2022

• NJ hospital faces closure | Beaumont-Spectrum cuts 400 jobs | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Donors frustrated with Johns Hopkins | 28 exec moves | Idaho hospital ousts CEO | UnitedHealthcare, Envision battle in federal court

September 09, 2022

• Trinity's mega deal: 5 details | CEO to exit 1,000-physician group | How Hoag is faring after Providence split | Ark. system names CFO | Hospitals create health center 'look-alikes' | 50 women CFOs to know | How far patients will drive for the best prices

September 08, 2022

• CHS wins suit over 'as-is' sale | 12 hospital exec resignations | HCA invests $22M in raises | Blackout hits major Calif. hospital | 7 hospitals hiring VPs | Guard shot at Kaiser hospital | Prime acquires 11 facilities

September 07, 2022

• OhioHealth preps for layoffs | 9 best health systems to work for | UnitedHealth, Walmart team up | W.Va. health systems merge | Travel nurses aren't coming back | NC hospital CEO resigns | CFOs' seconds-in-command get pay bumps

September 06, 2022

• 14 health systems with strong finances | CVS' $8B Signify buy: 6 notes | HCA hospital gets new CFO + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | More hospitals outsource RCM | FTC probes Amazon-One Medical deal | Midterms + 'increasingly fact-free' healthcare

September 02, 2022

• Iowa hospital to close | Trinity, CommonSpirit complete deal | Miss. hospital lays off staff | Health systems vie for talent with perks beyond pay | CEO, physicians get prison time for $27M fraud | 15,000 Minn. nurses plan strike

September 01, 2022

• CHS hit with suit over mass layoff | Atlanta hospital to close | Health systems eliminate execs to cut costs | 12 CFO moves | 'Vomit at your insurance companies': Anthem denial video goes viral | The trend of 'quiet firing'

August 31, 2022

• 3 Billings Clinic execs resign | 17 hospitals cut services | HCA hospital gets new CFO | What 'quiet quitting' looks like at hospitals | 14 CEO moves | Financial updates from Kaiser, CHS, Mayo + 11 other systems | NP pay in 50 states

August 30, 2022

• Cleveland Clinic reports $1B loss | 15 CEO resignations | Ascension to pay $19.7M to end wage suit | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Hospital finances down as aid runs out | Why a NC hospital's Medicare contract was at risk

August 29, 2022

• 10 health systems laying off staff | Billings Clinic CEO resigns + 32 exec moves | Fla. hospital closes ED | How HCA, Providence, UPMC + 10 more systems are faring financially | Ore. system won't claw back wages

August 26, 2022

• 6 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | MetroHealth exec to depart | Best health systems to work for, state by state | Texas system won't hand over records on ex-president | PA pay, by specialty | Kaiser faces probe amid strike | Pa. system names CFO

August 25, 2022

• UPMC operating income sinks 86% | CHS faces fraud suit | Amazon Care to shut down | Fresenius completes $2.4B merger | Patient killed in ambulance fire outside Hawaii hospital | 5 hospitals hiring CEOs | UnitedHealth CFO added to class-action suit

August 24, 2022

• 6 short-staffed hospitals cut services | Intermountain's income hits $2.7B | Nurse charged with murder in death of patient | 16 CEO moves | NY system to close physician practices | $73K is pay floor to accept a job

August 23, 2022

• CHS to close Fla. hospital | Advocate Aurora posts $600M loss | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Texas system president abruptly resigns | What 4 systems paid for EHR installs | States ranked by life expectancy | Monkeypox on surfaces: 5 updates

August 22, 2022

• CHS hospital to lay off 245 | 10 best, worst states to retire | Feds finalize No Surprises Act rule: 3 notes | Intermountain names interim CEO + 34 exec moves | NC hospital to close ED | Healthcare exec pay: 4 trends to know

August 19, 2022

• 19 hospital exec resignations | Mayo operating income slips 66% | 6 CFO moves | What Cerner pays top talent | DOJ backs Boston Children's | 9 hospitals cut services | US to roll back coverage of COVID vaccines, treatments

August 18, 2022

• Mo. hospital CEO, CFO are out | 8 health systems with strong finances | ChristianaCare, Prospect cancel 4-hospital deal | What Epic pays top talent | Henry Ford posts negative operating margin | The finance, accounting talent war: 3 notes

August 17, 2022

• Top HCA exec to depart | Kaiser plans $1.7B expansion | Democrats' $739B bill is now law: 7 healthcare notes | Tenet seeks 5 hospital CFOs | Hospital finances are deteriorating | Providence accused of wage theft | 9 hospitals end labor, delivery services

August 16, 2022

• Providence posts $934M loss, cuts leadership team | HCA hospitals make 21 exec changes | 10 most, least expensive states to have a baby | Hospital owner abandoned workers' health insurance | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Where inflation has grown most

August 15, 2022

• Mass General Brigham posts $949M loss | 9 hospitals laying off workers | Ariz. system CEO resigns + 27 exec moves | 2,000+ Kaiser workers to strike | Ore. system tries to claw back $2M in wages | General Catalyst quietly stacks healthcare talent

August 12, 2022

• 12 called-off hospital deals | Intermountain CEO to exit | Layoffs hit NC system | Humana completes $2.8B deal | 5 specialties that drive most revenue to hospitals | 8 hospitals hiring VPs | The rise of the $1K professional headshot

August 11, 2022

• 6 hospitals cut inpatient care | Tenet's $100M cyber incident raises 10 must-ask questions | 16 hospital CEOs planning exits | HCA could face merged class action | RN pay in 50 states | What to consider when hiring teens

August 10, 2022

• Tenet, Steward feud after $1.1B deal | TikTok owner buys hospitals | Where travel nurse pay is up most | Johns Hopkins All Children's names CFO | Sutter posts $51M operating loss | 7 CEO moves | 5 best, worst states for women's healthcare

August 09, 2022

• 6 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Director arrested after 39 guns found in NJ hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Adventist lays off staff | Forecast mixed for travel nurse pay | Tower Health to sell hospital

August 08, 2022

• Kaiser posts $1.3B loss | AdventHealth unveils plan for theme park site | Sutter workers claim pay missing | 20 exec moves | 7 healthcare notes out of Democrats' massive $739B bill | Former Calif. healthcare execs hit with RICO suit

August 05, 2022

• Ex-CEO makes $3M bet on CHS turnaround | 8 CFO moves | UF Health Shands CEO resigns | BCBS accuses hospital execs of defamation | 892 hospitals at risk of closure, by state | Lawsuits involving HCA, Dignity + 4 systems

August 04, 2022

• Calif. hospital plans for 673 layoffs | 13 hospitals ending services | How HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS fared in Q2 | W.Va. systems cut ties over EHR vendor choice | Mo. hospital could get $1B overhaul | Severe flu season may be ahead

August 03, 2022

• Health systems recoup staff wages | Minn. system leaders get no-confidence vote | 2,000+ voice opinions on HCA expansion | Fitch: Outlook negative for CHS | Death of Prisma tech ruled homicide | Employers push back on hospital prices

August 02, 2022

• 7-hospital system merges with Ochsner | 10 hospitals laying off workers | CMS' final inpatient payment rule: 6 notes | Nurse with gun arrested at RI hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Tenet's USPI to run up to 600 ASCs

August 01, 2022

• Ascension exec to exit for top job at Jefferson | CHS sells hospital | 5 best, worst states for healthcare | NC hospital closes ICU | 22 exec moves | Hospital margins in the red | NorthShore inks $10M settlement in vaccine mandate case

July 29, 2022

• HCA hit with SEC complaint, antitrust suit | 18 recent exec resignations | Feds: Pa. hospital used for $25M scam | OIG pushes CMS to collect $226M | US News' top hospitals for 15 specialties | Forecast calls for drop in demand for traveling nurses

July 28, 2022

• CMS drops 3 final payment rules | CHS notches $326M loss | CEO, COO abruptly quit at Calif. hospital | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Dollar General plans healthcare expansion | 192 hospitals with 1 star

July 27, 2022

• Houston Methodist hit with $25M defamation suit | CMS gives 429 hospitals 5 stars | Ore. hospital board faces recall after COO fired | Trinity plans layoffs | 6 CEO moves | Optum vs. Amazon after $3.9B One Medical deal

July 26, 2022

• Pa. hospital to close | US News: 20 best hospitals + No. 1 by state | Ala., Iowa hospital CEOs exit | UHS profit dips 50% | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Mayo nurses vote to remove union

July 25, 2022

• Hospitals 'rob Peter to pay Paul' | 18 exec moves | Bullet fired into Ga. hospital's window | HCA nurses to protest after Fla. CEO declines meeting | FBI gets hospital's money back | Vanderbilt plans $500M expansion | Wash. hospitals post $929M loss

July 22, 2022

• UnityPoint hospital CEO abruptly exits | HCA, Tenet profits sink: 10 things to know | Brigham and Women's names CFO | Ill. county aims to erase $1B in medical debt | Why Amazon wants to buy One Medical | Pay for 55 hospital jobs

July 21, 2022

• HCA faces questions in antitrust suit | Amazon strikes $3.9B deal for One Medical | 10 health systems with strong finances | Feds charge 36 over $1.2B healthcare fraud | Fitch: Inflation to erode hospital margins | 9 hospital CEOs on the move

July 20, 2022

• Providence shrinks exec team as part of new model | 11 hospital CEO resignations | LifePoint pays back wages for overtime violations | NC hospital to end most services | Mercy plans $500M expansion | Employee with gun arrested at Texas hospital

July 19, 2022

• 6 short-staffed hospitals cut services | Ore. system lays off 2 leaders | 5 specialties that drive most revenue to hospitals | Stolen Kaiser iPad had 75,000 patients' info | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Pa. system gets 3rd CEO this year

July 18, 2022

• 8 hospitals laying off workers | CMS pitches outpatient pay rule: 5 takeaways | Kan. hospital fires CEO | SLU Hospital management blamed for staffing woes | 27 exec moves | Calif. hospital avoids funding loss | Why Atrius chose Optum

July 15, 2022

• Mo. hospital CEO abruptly exits | $38M hospital bill challenged | UnitedHealth profit tops $5B | 10 hospitals hiring VPs | How Geisinger's refund program is faring | 76 hospital closures, state by state | Megadeals lift healthcare M&A to $19.2B

July 14, 2022

• 2 Ohio hospitals to end inpatient care | Tenet, Baptist Health face class action | OSU Wexner names CFO | 9 hospital CEOs planning exits | St. Jude to double hospital campus | 5 best, worst states for business | Trinity plans to cut services in Conn.

July 13, 2022

• 10 hospitals cutting services | Ore. system CEO abruptly resigns | MultiCare gets new CFO | Calif. system to chop 190 jobs | 5 most 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | Hospital M&A: 9 latest deals | Insurance payment for childbirth, state by state

July 12, 2022

• UNC hospital's Medicare contract at risk | 17 CFO moves | Nurse, paramedic stabbed at Mo. hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Ascension opens hospital | 10 most, least stressed cities | Walmart heir's med school moves forward

July 11, 2022

• 12 exec resignations | 2 fatally shot at Texas hospital | Duke LifePoint hospital faces Medicare termination | Hospital expenses per day by state | Tower Health fires worker for record snooping | Bellin, Gundersen CEOs discuss merger plan

July 08, 2022

• CMS pitches physician pay rule: 9 takeaways | OhioHealth cuts 637 jobs | Man charged with shooting into Fla. hospital | Ky. hospital buffers patient gas expenses | HHS gets $142M to providers | States most people moved to, left since 2020

July 07, 2022

• Job cuts climb in healthcare | 7 CEO moves | BCBS covers surgery with Alec Baldwin's nudge | Pushback halts Tenet, Hartford service cut plans | Affiliation ups some hospitals' risk of closure | Boom of Buy Now, Pay Later worries economists

July 06, 2022

• ProMedica lays off nonclinical staff | 148 best hospitals, per Money + Leapfrog | Ga. hospital names CFO | SSM adds 600 providers | Mich. hospital secures $11M to stay open | RNs unimpressed with wage increases | Keck Medicine of USC adds hospital

July 05, 2022

• Companies beef up CFO job to woo them to stay | Top 100 hospitals, per Fortune | UVM Health seeks rate hike in toughest spot of CFO's career | CMS' new Rural Emergency Hospital designation: 8 notes | The caveat of payers' current posted prices

July 01, 2022

• 8 hospitals laying off workers | HCA makes 16 hospital leadership changes | Ascension abruptly closes 11 immediate care centers | Top 15 systems: Fortune/IBM | Shareholder wants to block $18B healthcare REIT merger | Mich. hospital gets lifeline

June 30, 2022

• Ariz. hospital lays off 315 | HCA names Fla. hospital CFO | Police kill armed patient in Baylor Scott & White ER | 9 CEO moves | Plan to close, build VA hospitals halted | Trinity restructures NY execs | LA clears $25 minimum wage for healthcare workers

June 29, 2022

• Mich. hospital preps to lay off 194 as closure looms | HCA, UPMC + 4 hospitals expanding | 536-bed Tenet hospital gets new CEO | Feds: Cerner knew about 'flaw' causing harm | Skyrocketing expenses hinder hospitals | 30 MBA programs with best ROI

June 28, 2022

• Former hospital exec convicted in $1.4B scheme | 19 health systems with strong finances | Layoffs hit NY hospital | CMS to launch oncology payment model | HCA hospital opens $100M expansion | 20 most socially responsible hospitals

June 27, 2022

• Ariz. hospital to close | Ex-healthcare CFO sentenced | 31 exec moves | UPMC sued over COVID test that canceled wedding | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Sentara names CEO to succeed Howard Kern

June 24, 2022

• 1 patient dead in stabbing at Nev. hospital | Texas Health Resources names 5 presidents | 10 hospitals hiring VPs | Tenn. hospital defends CEO selection | Ind. hospital to get $30M, new name | 4 top health systems, 14K open jobs

June 23, 2022

• Hospitals see weaponization of aid | HCA, McKesson to team up | $23B in megadeals this year | 5 best health systems for career growth | 1,000 Kaiser nurses set to strike | 8 CEO moves

June 22, 2022

• Tenn. hospital shakes up C-suite | 6 hospitals closed this year — here's why | 25 healthiest communities in America | LifePoint makes 2 leadership changes | Marketing firm owner sentenced for scamming Mercyhealth | 10 CFO moves

June 21, 2022

• Ariz. hospital preps for mass layoff | 12 hospital CEOs resign | Home health firms to lose $810M | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Nurses take aim at exec pay | 4 health system turf wars | Hospitals slam inpatient pay proposal

June 17, 2022

• 12 hospitals cutting care | HCA-Steward scrap deal | NC hospital CEO resigns | Hospital sites feed data to Facebook | Conn. hospital lays off managers | Best, worst states for healthcare amid COVID | Ex-Tenn. health system director sentenced for fraud

June 16, 2022

• 7 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Ark. health system CEO resigns | Supreme Court rejects $1.6B cut to hospital pay | 7 called-off hospital deals | Hospital CEO exits surge

June 15, 2022

• NJ systems abandon merger | Ga. hospital CEO is out | UPMC breaks ground on $1.5B hospital | Biden to unveil pandemic plan, seeks $88B | 5 health system CFOs talk shop | Financial updates from Trinity, Providence + 18 systems

June 14, 2022

• Mont. hospital shuts down | Cedars-Sinai names next CFO | 10 best children's hospitals: US News | Orlando Health sues over unpaid claims | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | FTC wants more details on Optum deal | PA specialties that earn the most

June 13, 2022

• 9 hospital exec resignations | 352 hospitals get CMS warning | How did a hospital lose 7 gallons of fentanyl? | 200 hospitals lose Medicare payments challenge | 25 exec moves | The billionaire funding the battle against hospital monopolies

June 10, 2022

• Pay for 55 hospital jobs | Steward settles kickback case | 7 hospital CFO moves | Why Centene quietly bought the St. Louis Ritz-Carlton | HCA deal paused + 5 M&A updates | The healthcare CEOs signing on for gun safety | FTC's noncompete crackdown

June 09, 2022

• HCA makes 24 hospital leadership changes | Atlanta system hit with price transparency fine | 5 hospitals cut inpatient care | CHS' turnaround stalls | Iowa hospital taps new CEO, CFO | Advocate Aurora pays nurses to take 'renewal days'

June 08, 2022

• HCA's 5-hospital deal halted | Ore. hospital fires COO | LeBron James to open medical facility | Broward Health hospital has a new CFO | $92M sale of Ill. hospitals approved | Investors sue Teladoc

June 07, 2022

• NY hospital ousts 3 leaders | HCA accused of driving up prices | Prisma tech dead, patient charged | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Oracle closes $28B Cerner deal | Health systems opening 46 hospitals, state by state

June 06, 2022

• 5 hospital CFO resignations | Physician, nurses stabbed at Calif. hospital | HCA acquires urgent care chain | 27 exec moves | What to do about broken nurse pay? | Stanford Children's receives $100M gift | 10 most active PE firms in healthcare

June 03, 2022

• 13 hospitals cutting services | Tulsa gunman targeted surgeon he blamed for pain | FTC sues to block 2 hospital deals | 5 CEO moves | Understaffing thwarts hospitals' compliance standards | The tech MUSC Health's CFO wants next

June 02, 2022

• 7 dead in hospital campus shootings | Pa. systems to form $1B regional giant | 11 systems with strong finances | Bellin, Gundersen eye 11-hospital merger | 7 CFO moves | Pandemic loans add to hospital financial woes

June 01, 2022

• 10 hospitals laying off workers | Pa. hospital faces suit after worker fatally shot | Baptist Health CFO to retire | Minn. nurses target exec pay | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 29 specialties ranked by pay | Highmark Health posts $150M loss

May 27, 2022

• Calif. hospital closes | 10 hospital exec resignations | Cleveland Clinic posts $282M loss | 8 CFO moves | Mass General vaccinates staff against monkeypox | NY hospital CFO pleads for support | 10 best cities for work-life balance

May 26, 2022

• ProMedica CFO is out | Calif. hospital in jeopardy | OSU Wexner has CEO, CFO finalists | Tenet to add Fla. hospital | Ex-healthcare CEO guilty in fraud scheme | 15 best, worst states for retirement

May 25, 2022

• Trinity Health plans layoffs | Fla. hospital can't cover payroll | 20 top critical access hospitals | Advocate Aurora hit with antitrust suit | Financial updates from Kaiser, Ascension, HCA + 13 others | 5 best, worst states for physicians

May 24, 2022

• Boston hospital to cut 118 jobs | Walmart favors these 18 systems for employees | 94-year-old fatally shoots wife at hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 7 states producing the most CEOs | RaDonda Vaught speaks out

May 23, 2022

• Hospitals curb care over travel nurse costs | Physician charged with murder-for-hire | 29 exec moves | Trinity's operating income sinks 79% | Fortune 500's top 25 healthcare cos. | 161 top maternity hospitals, state by state

May 20, 2022

• Cleveland Clinic CFO to exit | Mayo posts $142M operating gain | Ala. system COO resigns | 30 best places to live: US News | UCSF gets approval for $4.3B hospital | 6 called-off hospital deals | 8 CEO moves

May 19, 2022

• Tenet hospital faces Medicare termination | Ore. system cuts 181 jobs | 5 health system CEO resignations | Mercy Health plans 241-bed hospital | Mass General Brigham CFO: Inflation is biggest challenge now | Hospital M&A: 6 recent deals

May 18, 2022

• Mass General Brigham plans $70M in cuts | Hospitals feel the brain drain | 6 CFOs on the move | 20 most recognized health system brands | Execs get big bonuses to stay | Physician fired for EMR time goal objections, suit claims

May 17, 2022

• Cedars-Sinai CFO to exit | Fla. hospital misses payroll | For-profit hospitals' labor costs hit $12B | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Advocate Aurora posts $253M loss | 10 hospitals that best avoid unnecessary care

May 16, 2022

• 5 short-staffed hospitals cut services | CommonSpirit sees $591M operating loss | Dartmouth, GraniteOne scrap merger | 15 exec moves | Mayor's letter prompts HCA CEO to visit NC hospital | 2 NY hospitals lay off staff

May 13, 2022

• Nonprofit hospital margins to stay weak in Q2 | Top 20 teaching hospitals by patient revenue | Neb. system names CFO | Hospital price transparency barriers | Rudeness: A care quality issue | Mo. system seeks partner

May 12, 2022

• Hospitals' finances are hurting | COVID funding in peril | Care New England CEO to retire | A look at Atrium's M&A growth | 16 top hospitals for diversity | Ballad reports $37M operating loss

May 6, 2022

• 15 health systems with strong finances | Ex-Mercyhealth VP sentenced for fraud | Atlanta hospital ends inpatient care | 8 CFO moves | Nurses make exit plans after colleague's conviction | 6 hospitals planning $1B+ projects

May 5, 2022

• 12 hospitals cutting services | NC hospital CFO resigns | Providence hospital given $53M | 10 hospital CEOs exit | 6 short-term fixes for nurse shortages | Mass General's $2B project gets green light | CFOs may see smaller bonus pay boosts

May 4, 2022

• 7 hospitals laying off workers | 441 hospitals face closure, cuts | Trinity, CommonSpirit, UNC Health strike deals | Hospital workers fleeing high housing costs | 6 CEO moves | ScionHealth CFO on launching a 79-hospital system | 10 worst states for nurses

May 3, 2022

• 21 hospitals with most ER visits | Centura grows to 19 hospitals | 5 CFO resignations | Tenet hospitals sue Cigna | 7 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 49% of female revenue execs considered quitting

May 2, 2022

• Ascension posts $884M loss | Tenet faces pushback over cuts | 4 health system turf wars | Kaiser worker dies by suicide at hospital | 19 exec moves | 7 highest-paid health insurance CFOs | Negative hospital margins persist

April 29, 2022

• Quorum CEO resigns | SSM to create 1,200+ physician group | Pay raises aren't enough: How 250 hospitals retain workers | HCA inks urgent care deal | St. Louis hospital execs lose nurses' confidence | Hospital CEO exits surge

April 28, 2022

• Tenet sues feds to block inspection | NC systems battle for beds | CHS posts Q1 loss | Hospital CFOs overwhelmed by vendor outreach | 5 CEO moves | Texas orders payer to stop operations | 36 top hospitals for diversity

April 27, 2022

• Texas hospital to shut down | 6 CFO moves | Steward buys Fla. hospital | 7 healthcare CEOs get $20M+ paydays | Donations to U of Iowa Health missing | 15 best, worst job markets | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

April 26, 2022

• 10 hospital exec resignations | HCA moved CEO bonus goalpost | Walmart heir backs new Ark. system | 5 states with most for-profit hospitals | CHS ups benefits by $40M | 150 top places to work in healthcare

April 25, 2022

• Hospital expenses per day, state by state | HCA, AdventHealth compete for new hospital | 26 exec moves | Health system put too much stock in CFO, report finds | 5 highest-paying specialties | What 9 physician billionaires have in common

April 22, 2022

• High labor costs hit HCA | 7 hospitals cutting inpatient care | Mass. hospital loses 3rd CEO in 4 yrs. | Baylor Scott & White brings in growth chief | CFO gets $1.8M in wrongful termination suit | 3 systems betting on internal travel programs

April 21, 2022

• Mass. hospital to end inpatient care | 6 hospital CEO resignations | Tenet Q1 profit: $139M | 16 financially strong hospitals | NewYork-Presbyterian names investment chief | 8 called-off hospital deals | CFOs: Gatekeepers of innovation?

April 20, 2022

• Tenet hospital CEO resigns amid cuts | Trinity, CommonSpirit strike deal | States are coming after hospital prices | SC sees hospital sale boom | Anthem under fire over unpaid claims | What rising risk of recession holds for hospitals

April 19, 2022

• $1.6B pay bump isn't enough, hospitals say | 16 hospitals with strong finances | 14 top-paid healthcare CEOs | Stanford to cut striking nurses' pay, benefits | Top cancer hospitals slap markups on drugs | DOJ investigating Rennova

April 18, 2022

• Ga. system CEO, CFO resign | Kaiser restructuring underway | CMS revises surprise-billing arbitration | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | DaVita beats antitrust claims | 23 exec moves | Crozer to municipalities: Pay or lose service

April 15, 2022

• HHS sends $1.75B in aid to providers | HCA makes 12 leadership changes at Fla. hospitals | 29 physician specialties ranked by pay | Texas hospital CEO exits | 10 places COVID cases may jump most | The CFO's role in talent development

April 14, 2022

• Okla. hospital fires CEO, shakes up C-suite | Trinity to rename hospitals | CHI Health starts travel nurse arm | 6 hospital projects worth $1B+ | CFOs bored with spreadsheet jockeying | Atrium, Novant to add beds

April 13, 2022

• Ala. hospital faces closure | Chicago hospital CEO out of job | Providence inks $22.7M false claims deal | HCA exec bonuses: 5 details | Hospitals slam charity care rankings | VPs wanted for JPMorgan's healthcare venture | States ranked by suicide rate

April 12, 2022

• 10 hospital exec resignations | HHS wants data on 2,000 providers' billing | DOJ backs $800M fraud claim against Tenn. system | 20K open jobs at best health systems to work for | 5 CFO moves | Kaiser invests in nurse staffing startup

April 11, 2022

• 8 best health systems to work for: Fortune | CEO added to $120M Medicare fraud case | 26 exec moves | Mark Cuban is ready to say 'no' | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Sutter workers plan strike | 10 hospitals that provide the most free care

April 8, 2022

• 9 hospitals cutting services | Miss. hospital ousts 3 execs | Why insurers, health systems are breaking up | Longtime Centene CEO dies | 2 systems in turf war on Ga.-Tenn. border | 10 best online MBA programs | Providence hit with credit downgrade

April 7, 2022

• Atlanta hospital to close ED, end inpatient care | Miss. hospital CFO is out | Fla. system strikes $20M false claims settlement | MultiCare splits top job | 5 best healthcare cos. to grow your career | 2 Mo. hospitals furlough 175

April 6, 2022

• Ascension renames 15 hospitals | 33 billionaires in healthcare | Orlando Health selects CFO | 7 hospital layoffs | $3B UCSF expansion under fire | Tivity Health strikes $2B deal | Hospital M&A: 8 latest transactions

April 5, 2022

• Intermountain, SCL merge into 33-hospital system | 7 hospitals laying off workers | The end game for hospitals' higher wages | Ex-Texas system CEO, CFO hit with false claims suit | Walmart Health expands | Penn Highlands adds 8th hospital

April 4, 2022

• 23 exec moves | Mass General Brigham halts $224M expansion | Ex-hospital CEO accused of assault with a deadly weapon | Quorum names CFO | Ascension, AdventHealth unwind partnership | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | PA pay in 50 states

April 1, 2022

• Ascension, AdventHealth rename hospitals after split | W.Va. systems to merge | Iowa hospital preps for CEO, CFO to exit | Atrius lays off nurses | Senate nears $10B COVID aid deal | IU Health's plan to cut prices | RN pay in 50 states

March 31, 2022

• HCA makes 13 hospital leadership changes | Hospital margins off to a bad start in '22 | 8 CFOs on the move | CMS pitches payment update | Rudeness on the rise | Hospitals want new merger rules | Senators scramble for COVID aid deal

March 30, 2022

• Hospital CEOs join the Great Resignation | Chicago hospital plans $645M overhaul | UHS execs get raises | Scripps names new CFO | 10 best business schools: US News | NY hospital needs $159M lifeline | 10 most overweight cities

March 29, 2022

• Calif. hospital to lay off 658 | UnitedHealth strikes $5.4B deal | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Biden's $5.8T budget: 9 healthcare notes | Private equity-backed buyouts raise concerns | 7 canceled hospital deals

March 28, 2022

• 200+ physicians have exited HCA's Mission, watchdog says | 6 CFO resignations | Tenet CEO's compensation jumps to $21M | 6 systems with strong finances | Police fatally shoot man in Fla. hospital ER | 23 exec moves | 10 most stressed states

March 25, 2022

• 2 min. may cost Tufts $400M | 4 CEOs vie for new gig at Fla. system | 2 Mo. hospitals halt services | Optum strikes deal to expand in 37 states: report | 6 top health systems, 17,061 open jobs | Kaleida makes C-suite changes

March 24, 2022

• Healthcare CEOs score big paydays | 6 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Will boomers unretire? | TeamHealth faces billing suit | 8 CEO moves | Healthcare exec settles kickback case | Howard U gets $100M for hospital + 5 systems opening hospitals

March 23, 2022

• ProMedica to lay off 200 | 8 hospital exec resignations | Advocate Aurora's income triples | Trial begins for nurse over deadly error | NJ health system merger blocked | HHS to send $413M to providers

March 22, 2022

• CFO of 2 NY hospitals resigns | Tenet hires Cigna exec | Henry Ford rebrands | Kaiser, Md. system expand partnership | Amazon wants a physician leader | Calif. hospital gets $50M gift | Physician pay by state

March 21, 2022

• 3 short-staffed hospitals cut services | 21 exec moves | 15 best, worst states for physicians | CMS to hospitals: Let people wear N95s | Lawsuits involving Novant, Sutter + 5 hospitals | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Nurses: No more 'profit-first policies'

March 18, 2022

• 5 health systems outsourcing jobs | $1B Mass. hospital deal closes | UnitedHealth blasts DOJ's case | 10 most overweight cities | How Ascension, CommonSpirit fared last quarter | 7 women on the move in healthcare leadership

March 17, 2022

• Exec pay at CHS, Tenet, HCA | COVID relief aid meltdown: 6 things to know | 8 CEO resignations | Walmart ramps up health hiring | 10 most segregated hospital markets | 6 hospital projects worth $1B+ | 15 systems with best patient reviews

March 16, 2022

• CHS to cut ties with Okla. hospital | Insurers slam Mass General Brigham's $2.3B expansion | Hospitals ask patients to ditch N95s | How the 2 largest nonprofit systems fared last quarter | 5 CFO resignations | Beth Israel Lahey looks to add NH system

March 15, 2022

• 11 hospitals laying off workers | Biden's plan to close, build VA hospitals | 9 'most ethical' health systems | NM hospital staff want management ousted | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Henry Ford operating loss: $168M | 10 most overweight cities

March 14, 2022

• HCA execs get pay bump | 5 hospital CFO resignations | Insurer to end 'avoidable ER' program | IU Health's $416M donation raises questions | Amazon hires Providence exec + 23 C-suite moves | 10 things Gen Z, millennial nurses want from their hospitals

March 11, 2022

• 9 hospitals cutting inpatient care | Renown fires CEO | Hospital owner strikes $92M deal to exit Ill. | 6 CFO moves | Deltacron found in US: 6 things to know | Lifespan needs to fill 2,400 jobs | UMass Memorial faces employee wage suit

March 10, 2022

• Providence's operating loss doubles | NY system to lay off 874 | Are hospital workforce investments paying off? | Fla. system chief resigns | Physicians sentenced in $250M billing scheme | Anthem to change name

March 9, 2022

• 8 health systems with strong finances | Hospitals collect $677M from Kuwait | 20 best-managed healthcare companies | Congress eyes 151-day telehealth extension | 8 CEO moves | CMS draws critics with direct contracting rebrand

March 8, 2022

• NY system shakes up finance leadership | 13 states with most hospitals at risk of closure | Wash. hospital chief goes on defense | HHS: COVID funding is tapped out | Financial updates from Ascension, HCA + 6 systems | CEO pay by hospital type

March 7, 2022

• Russian donation to Mayo scrutinized | 892 hospitals at risk of closure, by state | 26 exec moves | AdventHealth operating income nears $1B | Ex-Ky. hospital director stole $781K in supplies | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

March 4, 2022

• Hospital layoffs persist | 6 CFO moves | Mass Gen faces backlash over ad campaign | 15 states hit most, least by resignations | Biden seeks $22.5B more in COVID aid | What hospital execs make of Amazon Care

March 3, 2022

• Wash. hospital faces bankruptcy, needs new CFO | 8 hospital exec resignations | 25 US hospitals among 100 best in world | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in '21 | 5 systems opening hospitals | Largest payer in 50 states

March 2, 2022

• Pa. health system CFO resigns as sale looms | HCA to rename 49 hospitals | Biden unveils COVID plan | 37 critical access hospital closures, state by state | Cleveland Clinic's operating income triples | Hospitals vie for talent with perks beyond pay

March 1, 2022

• Calif. hospital to lay off 104 | Tenet calls off Conifer spinoff | CHS exec retires, inks $25K per month deal | The dollar cost of physician turnover | Piedmont acquires 3 hospitals | RN salary by state

February 28, 2022

• 16 exec moves | Trinity's operating income sinks 58% | A devastating month for hospital finances | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Mayo bucks trend, posts $3.6B net income | The nurse shortage caveat | 83 hospital benchmarks

February 25, 2022

• 17 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | CMS redesigns ACO model: 7 things to know | ER wait times, by state | UHS profit hits $991M | Providence faces suit over collection tactics | HHS sends providers $560M

February 24, 2022

• 7 hospitals laying off workers | 3 Beaumont execs to exit | Top 5 billionaires in US healthcare | Judge rejects HHS surprise billing rule | Lifespan, Care New England scrap merger plan | 15 best cities for jobs | Catholic Health hit with credit downgrade

February 23, 2022

• HCA, Tenet, CHS revenue hits $90.7B | Altru Health president abruptly exits | Care New England gets $550M takeover bid | CEO pay by hospital type | $80K bill showcases No Surprises Act loophole | System margins narrow under 1% | RN salary by state

February 22, 2022

• Wash. hospital fires CEO amid CFO search | 10 health systems with strong finances | Ascension's operating margin dips below 1% | Mark Cuban wants to buck healthcare's status quo | 29 burned out specialties, ranked | 23% of workers look to exit healthcare

February 21, 2022

• CHS execs get pay raises | 55 hospitals dinged 8 times for patient complications | 24 exec moves | Bad news for Optum | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Gen Z anxiety linked to remote work

February 18, 2022

• CHS down 30 hospitals with 4,815 beds | 453 hospitals at risk of closure | FTC challenges Lifespan, Care New England deal | 8 systems opening hospitals | Fla. hospital physician charged with patient battery | Financial updates from HCA + 4 others

February 17, 2022

• 9 hospitals scaling back care | CHS profit down 39% | Mo. health system CEO resigns | Child care costs more than college in 34 states | Mayo: Appointment denials aren't about money | CDC to update mask guidance

February 16, 2022

• Ill. hospital loses Medicare contract | CommonSpirit posts operating loss, inks $135M deal | CEO pay by hospital size | Mayo ups raises amid staff discontent | Hospital price posting battle heats up

February 15, 2022

• 8 hospital exec resignations | Mayo blocks out-of-network appointments | Texas system plans $953M expansion | Northwestern buys hotel | Wash. hospital fires 4 execs | Hospitals urge HHS to fix direct contracting model

February 14, 2022

• Prospect unloads 7 hospitals | Kaiser, Mass General Brigham's operating margins shrink | 22 exec moves | Fla. physician convicted of $110M fraud | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 30 best healthcare cos. to work for | The cold email behind Mark Cuban's pharmacy

February 11, 2022

• 48 best hospitals to work for: Forbes | Competition heats up for worst-paying specialty | Prospect, ChristianaCare strike 4-hospital deal | 12 hospital credit rating actions | Physicians indicted in $300M kickback scheme | 2 HCA hospitals get new CFO

February 10, 2022

• Wash. hospital execs target of no-confidence vote | Prospect to sell 2 health systems | Hospital CEO exits double | Amazon Care clinics coming to 20 more cities | Tenet: Conifer spinoff may not happen | 5 $1B+ hospital projects

February 9, 2022

• Layoffs hit Pa. system as CEO exits | Tenet's USPI adds 3,400+ physicians | 'Cap hospital CEO pay,' nurses say | 100 top critical access hospitals | Calif. systems plan $2B in upgrades | Mich. surgeon guilty of $19M billing fraud

February 8, 2022

• CMS penalizes 38 top hospitals | Tenet profit doubles | 5 CFO moves | Acadia pays CEO $900K to delay retirement | Mo. system loses 2 top execs | Nurse allegedly sets coworker on fire at NJ hospital | 50 community hospital CFOs to know

February 7, 2022

• HCA, Tenet invest $10.7B+ in expansion | 23 exec moves | Ohio hospital to cut 125 jobs | States move to block CMS vaccine rule | 9 hospitals hiring CFOs | Kaiser's Medicaid contract raises concerns

February 4, 2022

• 3 hospitals close; 800+ jobs cut | MyMichigan adds 10th hospital | Pa. physician fired over ivermectin scripts | Memorial Sloan Kettering gets $100M gift | 4 hospital turf wars | Hospital CEOs have a new top concern

February 3, 2022

• 10 hospital exec resignations | LifePoint sells 2 hospitals | Union accuses HCA of widespread fraud | Hospitals adjust in winter storm: 10 notes | Pa. system CEO abruptly exits | Advocate Aurora opens hospital

February 2, 2022

• 7 hospital layoffs | DOJ makes $5B false claims haul | An unusual omicron symptom | Novant plans $3B in projects | Meet the CFOs of US News' top 10 hospitals | 8 tips for spotting fake N95, KN95 masks

February 1, 2022

• CMS cuts payments to 764 hospitals | Beaumont, Spectrum launch 22-hospital system | Adventist strategy chief resigns | $3.8B Calif. hospital gets green light | UPMC workers' medical debt raises concerns | 58 population health execs to know

January 31, 2022

• Tower hospital closes today | Mass. system ousts CEO | ThedaCare drops suit against Ascension | 30 exec moves + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | HCA to buy back $8B in stock | Omicron subvariant may slow surge's fall

January 28, 2022

• 14 health systems with strong finances | Novant makes $40M PTO investment | Children's Mercy CFO to exit | CHS owes fees in $98M fraud case | Cerner execs may get $64M golden parachute payouts | CommonSpirit, Arabian Healthcare Group expand partnership

January 27, 2022

• HCA posts $7B profit, plans to add 8 hospitals | Don't let the term 'endemic' fool you | Providence, Kaiser partnership threatened | 113 great healthcare leaders | $700M Chicago hospital approved | Cleveland Clinic's $1.3B capital plan: 7 details

January 26, 2022

• Probe travel nurse prices, lawmakers urge White House | Omicron subvariant: What we know now | Curb costs or get fined, state tells Mass General Brigham | Health stock sell-off set to hit worst drop since 2009 | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

January 25, 2022

• HHS gets $2B to healthcare providers: Breakdown by state | ThedaCare sued Ascension to keep staff and lost | FBI raids COVID test co. that trashed results | Mayo: 'Hospital at home' freed 3,300 beds | 27 drugs with slashed prices at Mark Cuban's pharmacy

January 24, 2022

• 7 hospitals ending inpatient care | 5 CFO moves | Mayo responds to staff let down by raises | 6 COVID forecasts | Ind. legislators to hospitals: Lower costs or we will | Lifespan, Care New England merger faces union pushback

January 21, 2022

• Why don't hospitals just pay full-time nurses more? | US nearing omicron peak | Texas hospital CEO settles kickback claims | IBM sells Watson Health | Hospitals ask for $25B | 6 private equity deals in healthcare | UNC Hospitals names CFO

January 20, 2022

• HCA hit with antitrust suit | 5 CEO resignations | CMS vaccine rule now enforceable nationwide | Trinity to sell NJ hospital | Houston hospital to reopen | Mayo wins domain name dispute | Omicron riskier for young people

January 19, 2022

• Merger reviews to get revamp | Fla. hospitals encourage staff vaccination amid penalty paradox | Essentia plans $900M expansion | COVID hospitalizations up 1,000% in 5 counties | UnitedHealth Q4 profit: $4.1B | Is long COVID worsening the labor shortage?

January 18, 2022

• 20 hospitals linked to most 'unnecessary' care | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | COVID peaking in Northeast | CHS predicts revenue jump | 28 exec moves | Hospital payroll problems persist | 81% of ICU beds full: Nos. by state

January 14, 2022

• 7 hospitals cutting services | Mercy shakes up leadership | CMS vaccine rule upheld | Hospital pay boost backed by MedPAC | The dangers of calling omicron 'mild' | Physicians charged in $100M fraud scheme | 28 exec moves | ICU bed capacity, by state

January 13, 2022

• 8 hospitals laying off workers | Kaiser partners with Morgan Health: 5 details | Houston hospital loses Medicare contract | Healthcare workers can't get off the COVID ride | Omicron & throat swabs: What to know | 12 M&A deals

January 12, 2022

• Tenet aims to add 100+ surgery centers | Healthcare's best places to work | Hartford HealthCare hit with antitrust claims | 7 hospital projects costing $1B+ | Calif. system settles with feds | Red Cross declares nation's first blood crisis

January 11, 2022

• Providence, Hoag to split | 8 exec resignations | 29 best healthcare jobs | Ransomware attack delays hospital worker pay in 3 states | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Northwell, Intermountain, Rush invest in digital health platform

January 10, 2022

• Ill. hospital closes, terminates staff | 10 hospitals with highest contract labor expenses | Kaiser workers plan strike | For Midwest, worst of omicron to come | 5 health systems cutting capacity | R1 strikes $4.1B deal for Cloudmed

January 7, 2022

• Trinity won't buy Pa. hospital | 7 states lose hospitals | Rural hospitals struggle to match Walmart pay | 11 women making leadership moves | Fla. hospitals threatened with fines over vaccine rules | Rapid, but reliable? Home tests may lag with omicron

January 6, 2022

• 11 short-staffed hospitals halt services | Baylor Scott & White CEO retires, joins PE firm | Physician faces charges over $46M in billings | 43 exec moves | RWJBarnabas adds 12th hospital | 13 states set COVID hospitalization records

January 5, 2022

• CMS asks 98 hospitals for plan to post prices | Ill., Texas hospitals face Medicare termination | NorthShore, Edward-Elmhurst merge | Omicron surge projected to peak in Jan. | 500 Utah hospital staff out sick | New variant found in France

January 4, 2022

• HCA buys 59 urgent care centers | 13 health systems with strong finances | 17 states where hospitals face critical staff shortages | Theranos founder guilty of fraud | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 5 states see record COVID hospitalizations

January 3, 2022

• Pa. hospital closes | Some Americans get 4th COVID shots | COVID hospitalizations up in 34 states | Tenet hospital strike cost estimated $40M+ | 5 hospitals halting services over staffing shortages | LifePoint launches 79-hospital company

December 23, 2021

• Tenet closes $1.1B deal | 10 states COVID may hit hardest by NYE | Lawmakers want Summa Health deemed 'distressed' | Where nonprofit hospitals report lowest expenses | 8 hospitals flagged for billing errors | US COVID cases pass summer peak

December 22, 2021

• 10 lowest-paid specialties | Physicians sue Envision | States ranked by booster rates | 12 latest hospital closures, bankruptcies | 10 CFO moves | Novant plans $169M upgrade | Where federal vaccination mandates stand: 11 things to know

December 21, 2021

• Biden's plan to fight omicron: 5 notes | IU Health freezes prices | 149 top hospitals | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | The ideal CEO-CFO partnership | Where COVID cases are up 200% in 2 weeks | NJ system to add 4th hospital | 10 best cities for physician pay

December 20, 2021

• Oracle to buy Cerner for $28B: 8 details | 10 worst cities for physician pay | Univ. of Iowa Health Care names CFO + 18 exec moves | Nonprofit hospitals in these 10 states report highest expenses | What 11 hospital CFOs told Becker's in '21

December 17, 2021

• Oracle nears $30B deal for Cerner | 3 hospital bankruptcies | Intermountain, SCL move forward with merger | Calif. physician guilty in $355M billing scheme | State-by-state breakdown of $9B in provider aid | 10 states COVID may hit hardest by Christmas

December 16, 2021

• CMS vaccine mandate revived in 26 states | 11 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Optum extends $13B merger deadline | Amazon taps health leader | The worst COVID case hot spots in US | Ascension, UF Health + 5 others affected by ransomware attack

December 15, 2021

• Texas hospital faces Medicare termination | HCA makes $3B investment in Fla. | 72 CFO moves this year | 4 most common symptoms of omicron variant | Ascension Saint Thomas to buy hospital | COVID can be a disability: EEOC

December 14, 2021

• HHS sends $9B to providers | UnityPoint explores 3-hospital sale | Appeals court won't reinstate CMS vaccine rule | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 46 top hospitals: Leapfrog | Biden's regulatory to-do list: 5 healthcare updates

December 13, 2021

• 24 exec moves | Mass General Brigham posts $3.2B net gain | 10 latest hospital closures | 12 deals involving CHS, Tenet, HCA | Man charged in $38M UnitedHealth, BCBS false claims scheme | Hospital CEOs sound alarm over COVID surge in Minn.

December 10, 2021

• Tower to close 2 hospitals | 8 called-off hospital deals | UPMC to add 636 beds | 6 states set COVID records | How the 3 largest nonprofit systems fared last quarter | CVS plans primary care push | 11 hospital projects worth $1.5B+

December 9, 2021

• 9 hospitals laying off workers | Fitch: Nonprofit hospitals can manage omicron | Memorial Sloan Kettering paid ex-CMO $1.9M | Vaccine-driven turnover at 50 systems | City of Hope to buy Cancer Treatment Centers of America | 8 top children's hospitals

December 8, 2021

• 15 hospitals, systems halt vaccine rules | House votes to avert Medicare cuts | America's healthiest + unhealthiest states | Jury: UnitedHealth owes TeamHealth $60M | 23 top rural hospitals | Cigna backs Bright Health | NJ hospital plans $600M revamp

December 7, 2021

• Calif. hospital plans 677 layoffs | Ariz. hospital nixes talks with LifePoint | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 5 states set COVID records | CEO uncovers potential misappropriation of funds at Ill. hospital | 72 top teaching hospitals, state by state

December 6, 2021

• Trinity operating income doubles | Calif. hospital files for bankruptcy | CMS pauses enforcement of vaccination rule | 5 highest-paying physician specialties | IU Health opens $557M hospital | 13 hospitals scaling back services

December 3, 2021

• Texas hospital pays $18.2M to settle false claims suit | 73 hospital closures, state by state | 33 exec moves | Hospitals fail to stop Medicare cuts | Ky. system adds 14th hospital | Ex-CFO of $21B biopharma firm charged with fraud

December 2, 2021

• NY systems shake up leadership | Biden's COVID plan for winter | Centura boosts pay, benefits by $82M | 12 systems opening hospitals | HHS appeals halt to healthcare worker vaccine rule | 10 top-earning PA specialties

December 1, 2021

• 9 health systems with strong finances | Healthcare worker vaccine rule blocked nationwide | Queen's Med Center plans $1B project | NP salary by state | Forbes names 30 under 30 in healthcare | Former Ascension hospitals get new names

November 30, 2021

• HCA to add 3 hospitals | Where omicron has spread | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Healthcare worker vaccine rule blocked in 10 states | Calif. hospital to close without buyer | Medicare payment rule baffles Supreme Court | Hospital margins sink again

November 29, 2021

• 5 hospital exec resignations | Omicron variant: 10 updates | 5 hospitals aim to raise $5.3B | Top 10 universities for entrepreneurs | Geisinger income up $400M | HCA defeats fraud claims + 7 other hospital lawsuits

November 26, 2021

• Ex-Calif. hospital CEO, CFO must face charges | Inova to invest $1B in new campus | Viewpoint: Don't demonize healthcare execs over profits | Cleveland Clinic Q3 operating income: $148M | Mercyhealth applies to end inpatient care at Ill. hospital

November 24, 2021

• Houston hospital set to lose Medicare contract | 5 hospitals halting services over staffing shortages | Feds ask court to reinstate vaccine-or-test rule | UPMC's income rises to $1.2B through Q3 | 10 hospital projects worth $500M+

November 23, 2021

• 7 CFO moves | HCA defeats billing fraud claims | HHS sends $7.5B to providers | NY hospital gets $166M from Bezos family | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Ascension's quarterly revenue tops $6.9B

November 22, 2021

• Biden invests $1.5B in healthcare workforce | Tower to sell 2 hospitals | 34 exec moves | Ex-Ariz. healthcare CEO sentenced for fraud | Unvaccinated Ascension Fla. workers can return to work | Miss. system offers nurses 'pay on demand'

November 19, 2021

• Calif. hospital to lay off 328 | Mayo's operating income doubles | House passes $1.7T spending bill: 6 healthcare takeaways | CVS to close 900 stores | 10 hospital M&A deals | Mass General Brigham's $400M expansion plan draws concern

November 18, 2021

• CommonSpirit eyes 14-hospital sale | Feds: Health plans must report costs | W.Va. hospital exec resigns; CFO shifts roles | Will definition of 'fully vaccinated' change? | 10 hospitals hiring philanthropy leaders | CMS guides hospitals on sharing services

November 17, 2021

• Calif. hospital expedites ED closure | CommonSpirit revenue tops $8.5B | Vaccine-driven turnover at 38 systems | 50 top cardiovascular hospitals | White House urged to probe staffing agencies' prices | HCA to open nursing school

November 16, 2021

• 20 most cost-efficient systems | Biden signs $1.2T infrastructure bill: 5 healthcare takeaways | Providence, ProMedica post losses | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Ex-Sanford CEO got $49M payout after departure

November 15, 2021

• 27 exec moves | Calif. hospital district names leader after CEO resigns | 2 hospitals invest in housing to fight staff shortages | Former UnitedHealth exec: Insurer only paid surprise bills after complaints | 7 systems opening hospitals

November 12, 2021

• 8 hospitals laying off workers | Southwest faces COVID surge | Advocate Aurora invests $93M in raises | 14 healthcare bankruptcies this year | Atrium's $1.5B innovation district to create 1,850+ jobs | Most pressing issues facing 8 system CFOs

November 11, 2021

• 8 hospitals cutting inpatient care | 10 states challenge vaccination rule for healthcare staff | The downsides of healthcare 'merger mania' | 100 of the largest hospitals, systems | ProHealth to open 4th hospital | 11 execs nearing retirement

November 10, 2021

• Wyo. system pays fired CEO $675K | Leapfrog's 41 'F' and straight-'A' hospitals | CHS doesn't expect ER volumes to fully rebound | Walmart heir wants to reform healthcare | Feds probe Oak Street Health | States ranked by healthcare affordability

November 9, 2021

• Tenet strikes $1.2B surgery center deal | 10 most cost-efficient hospitals | 25 AGs want NJ hospital merger blocked | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | CHOP names new hospital after donor | 18 hospital M&A deals

November 8, 2021

• Mich. systems to dissolve 5,400-physician network | Kaiser income drops to $1.6B in Q3 | 23 exec moves | UPMC workers to strike | 13 hospitals planning upgrades | Healthcare deal volume remains at record pace

November 5, 2021

• Calif. hospital to end acute care | 30,000+ Kaiser workers plan strike | TeamHealth fires back at UnitedHealth | NewYork-Presbyterian loses 4 execs | UC San Diego begins $2.5B medical campus project | 6 ways COVID changed hospital development

November 4, 2021

• UPMC gains support in battle with feds | Biden rolls out vaccine rules for 100M workers | NH hospital group to wind down | Healthcare affordability: Where does your state rank? | CVS eyes primary care push | Hospital employee compensation: 5 trends

November 3, 2021

• CMS drops 3 payment rules: 12 takeaways | HCA sheds 47 Brookdale sites | Health insurers accused of restricting $90B in provider payments | Vaccine-driven turnover at 36 systems | Northwell to rename campus after record-breaking gift

November 2, 2021

• Pa. system to lay off 293 | Brigham Health CFO joins Steward | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Board removes Erlanger physician from leadership | Ore. hospital plans $650M expansion | 8 systems opening hospitals | Why are retirees delaying Social Security?

November 1, 2021

• 11 systems with strong finances | CEO of 2 Calif. hospitals resigns + 24 exec moves | Penn Med opens $1.6B hospital | Phoenix Children's sued for identifying unvaccinated workers | 18 hospital upgrades | UPMC CFO: Look beyond today's challenges

October 29, 2021

• 39 hospitals hit with max readmission penalties | HCA hospital to end inpatient care | 15 fastest-growing healthcare companies | 2,000 more Kaiser workers authorize strike | MidMichigan Health to add 8th hospital | 6 hospital lawsuits

October 28, 2021

• CMS dings 2,499 hospitals for high readmissions | CHS sees profit rise, faces suit over Quorum bankruptcy | Atrium gets $30M donation | 700-provider group expands | UnitedHealth sues TeamHealth, alleges $100M fraud | Tower writes off losses

October 27, 2021

• LifePoint, Kindred to spin off 79 hospitals | DOJ: Kaiser defrauded Medicare of $1B | Atrium, Novant battle for hospital beds | 11 hospital projects worth $1.5B+ | COVID budges toward endemic in NYC | $26.8B of pandemic relief fund unused

October 26, 2021

• FTC tightens reins on healthcare mergers | UHS grows to 360 hospitals, posts $218M profit | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Vaccine-driven turnover at 33 systems | Moody's: TeamHealth, Envision to face profitability pressure | 9 called-off hospital deals

October 25, 2021

• Ascension, AdventHealth to split | HCA profit triples; former CEO gives $10M to med school | Prospect eyes sale of 4 hospitals | Mass General pursues $3B in fundraising | Delta subtype detected in US | How Northwell's CFO evaluates partnerships

October 22, 2021

• Ascension, AdventHealth to split | HCA profit triples; former CEO gives $10M to med school | Prospect eyes sale of 4 hospitals | Mass General pursues $3B in fundraising | Delta subtype detected in US | How Northwell's CFO evaluates partnerships

October 21, 2021

• Tenet Q3 operating income: $1B | 10 hospitals cutting services | Feds: UnitedHealth received $3.7B in questionable payments | WVU Health to add 17th hospital | Nashville General CEO gets pay cut | FTC's merger delays: What execs should know

October 20, 2021

• Kaiser workers rebel against new wage system | HCA fires back in antitrust suit | 30 ways to cut $265B in costs | Where will unvaccinated, jobless healthcare pros go? | COVID hospitalization charges by state | Sanford revenue tops $5B over 9 months

October 19, 2021

• Vaccine-driven turnover at 29 systems | Tower denied tax exemption | Physicians demand new CEO at NM hospital | Catholic Health's credit downgraded amid strike | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | UNC to open hospital | 15 best places to retire

October 18, 2021

• CEO to buy NJ hospital | 26 exec moves | 4 states overwhelmed by COVID hospitalizations | Healthcare provider sued after Medicare freeze | 11 M&A deals involving AdventHealth, Jefferson + more | Healthcare may see a 'Great Retirement,' too

October 15, 2021

• 4 hospital bankruptcies | CMS asks 32 hospitals for plan to post prices | PE firms acquire 1,100-physician network | Allina nurses to strike + the cost of nurse turnover | $2B Mass General expansion advances | 12 systems opening hospitals

October 14, 2021

• UnitedHealth Q3 revenue tops $72B | CHS, IU Health invest $675M in new hospitals | Calif. changes hospital debt collection rules | Viewpoint: Medicare Advantage is a 'money machine' | Rare variant detected in La. | 13 women making leadership moves

October 13, 2021

• SSM ditches deal with Quorum | UPMC defends billing in battle with feds | Unvaccinated hospital workers demand jobs back in Texas | Mayo plans $400M expansion | Optum: Former employees stole health data

October 12, 2021

• 11 latest hospital closures | Texas bans COVID vaccine mandates | DOJ to join $800M suit against Tenn. system | Kaiser workers authorize strike | Hospitals' PPE tab: $3B | Dana-Farber reverses trustee investment policy | 12 hospital credit upgrades

October 11, 2021

• Calif. hospital district CEO resigns + 19 exec moves | Ascension, CommonSpirit, Trinity see finances rebound | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Cigna inks $5.7B divestiture deal | OSF buys stake in hospital, renames it | CFO compensation: 9 things to know

October 8, 2021

• Ascension, AdventHealth add hospitals | Former healthcare exec sentenced for $59M fraud | Prisma forms 5,000-physician network | Hospital M&A: 13 deals by the numbers | Optum teams up with SSM | 15 richest people in healthcare

October 7, 2021

• HCA shrinks Ga. footprint, sells 5 hospitals for $1.6B | Why 11 hospitals were hit with credit downgrades | 46 CFO moves | UVA Med Center ups wages by $30M | 10 most trusted systems | Fla. hospital seeks crypto donations | Anthem shakes up leadership

October 6, 2021

• Kaiser suspends 2,200 unvaccinated staff | 23 exec resignations, retirements | NJ system will convert to nonprofit | 4 systems give bonuses to 136,000 | NM hospital looks for new CEO, CFO | Henry Ford loses 400 workers | 3 fastest-growing healthcare jobs

October 5, 2021

• Jefferson, Einstein merge 18 hospitals | 14 systems with strong finances | Northwell loses 1,400 workers | UnitedHealthcare, Anthem owe hospitals billions | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Advocate Aurora CFO: Why staffing is a top concern

October 4, 2021

• Trinity revenue hits $20.2B | 21 exec moves | OSU Wexner spends $15M on bonuses | Police: Employee shot, killed by co-worker at Pa. hospital | 18 systems opening hospitals | Ochsner workers charged for unvaccinated partners | 7 hospital M&A deals

October 1, 2021

• HCA sells 230-bed Ga. hospital | Why RWJBarnabas fired 4 execs | CMS' surprise-billing rule: 12 details | Unnecessary ER visits cost $47B a year: study | Mayo CFO's advice: 'Be more than what your organization expects of you' | NC system joins UNC Health

September 30, 2021

• Walmart Health struggles with billing | $345M hospital opens in Pa. | Few workers quit over vaccine mandates: Research | Mayo hires UCSF's superstar fundraiser | Ind. hospital shuts down IT amid cyberattack | Chicago system names regional CFO

September 29, 2021

• CHS to open Ind. hospital | CEO, COO exits prompt concern at Colo. system | Mass General Brigham to spend $75M on bonuses | NY hospital curbs care ahead of strike date | UC San Diego plans $2.5B medical campus project

September 28, 2021

• Tower to close Pa. hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Unvaccinated Northwell leaders out of jobs | Ill. system to rebrand | Intermountain moves into flat-priced imaging | Centene exec resigns | Hospitals: Challenge to NJ system merger is flawed

September 27, 2021

• 22 exec moves | Beaumont-Spectrum merger faces FTC scrutiny | 2 largest nonprofit systems see finances bounce back | Why 3 hospital bills went viral | Providence CFO: Hospital finance chiefs needs these skills | NP salary by state

September 24, 2021

• 9 hospitals laying off workers | Memphis hospitals treat victims of Kroger shooting | $831M in donations go to 10 healthcare orgs | 13 systems lose employees over vaccine rules | Steward ACO to expand with proceeds from HCA deal

September 23, 2021

• 30 Ala. hospitals in jeopardy | Tampa General plans $550M expansion | Cleveland Clinic's roadblocks to posting prices | Pfizer boosters for healthcare workers: 5 notes | Mich. physician convicted in $100M scheme | World's top 5 hospitals in 10 specialties

September 22, 2021

• NC hospital board members quit over HCA ownership | Penn Med to open $1.6B hospital | Prime hospitals cut ties with UnitedHealth | 700 unvaccinated as Yale New Haven's deadline nears | A breakdown of Steward's deal-making streak

September 21, 2021

• HCA to buy 5 Utah hospitals | 24,000 Kaiser workers could go on strike | Hospitals to lose $54B this year | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Physician tied to misinformation loses license | 20 most socially responsible hospitals

September 20, 2021

• Ascension net income hits $5.7B | 33 exec moves | 138 charged in $1.4B healthcare fraud | 2 Ky. systems fire staff who refuse vaccination | Mich. system plans $800M expansion | 10 hospital M&A deals

September 17, 2021

• Detroit Med Center CEO resigns; CFO named interim chief | Intermountain, SCL to merge 33 hospitals | Feds: Recruiter used Craigslist names to defraud CHS | 50 largest public hospitals | Texas hospital explains $555K error | Quorum to sell NC hospital

September 16, 2021

• FEMA to cover NY system's $900M COVID tab | 6 systems lose workers over vaccine rules | 1 killed in accident at Utah hospital | Henry Ford, Mich. State unveil new brand | JV to buy $1B+ in healthcare real estate | 4 most competitive states for physicians

September 15, 2021

• 4,000-physician group expands in Calif. | Unvaccinated COVID hospitalizations cost $5.7B | Top 20 business schools | Fine hospitals $5.5K a day for unposted prices, researchers urge CMS | DOJ will combat 'killer' M&A | 6 HCA deals

September 14, 2021

• Texas hospital faces closure over vaccine mandate | Walmart Health shakes up leadership | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Idaho COVID surge overflows into Wash. hospitals | Best, worst states to work in | OhioHealth plans $140M hospital

September 13, 2021

• CMS pitches billing, financial disclosure rules | 19 exec moves | NY system to halt maternity care after resignations over vaccine mandate | 13 hospital projects worth $500M+ | Novant responds to leaked discussion of COVID numbers

September 10, 2021

• HHS releasing $25B+ in relief aid to hospitals | HCA to shed 47 home care, hospice, therapy assets | UnitedHealth faces class-action suit over reimbursement | 9 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions | Biden's vaccine mandates: 9 details

September 9, 2021

• 15 hospitals cutting services | Piedmont, MaineHealth, Prisma + more systems halt surgeries | Sanford gets $350M donation + 6 other gifts | Miss. hospital to reopen after 5 years | 10 most expensive drugs

September 8, 2021

• Ill. systems pursue 9-hospital merger | 5 CFO moves | NC alters CON law | RWJBarnabas shakes up hospital leadership | Physicians: For-profit healthcare needs more guardrails | 5 Cleveland Clinic construction projects

September 7, 2021

• 8 systems with strong finances | Providence looks to rapidly fill 17,000 jobs | New Tenet CEO gets pay raise | 25 exec moves | Hospitals to HHS: Release billions left in provider relief fund | Nurses quit Calif. hospital after 1 day

September 3, 2021

• Feds file false claims suit against UPMC | IU Health suspends hundreds of unvaccinated workers | Beaumont, Spectrum's 22-hospital merger advances | Amazon pushes ivermectin | 10 ACOs with most shared savings | Healthcare workers face threats, harassment

September 2, 2021

• HCA buys Tenn. hospital | 50 states ranked from healthiest to unhealthiest | Fired Wis. system exec charged in kickback scheme | Ascension partners with Central Mich. University | Va. systems clash over vertical integration | 67 financial benchmarks

September 1, 2021

• Hospital workers charged with buying fake vaccination cards | CHS hospital to end inpatient care | MD Anderson names CFO + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Ivermectin prescriptions soar despite federal warnings | Hospitals want $36B in cuts delayed

August 31, 2021

• Cleveland Clinic net income hits $1.3B | CEO of 2 Pa. hospitals resigns in leadership shuffle | Top hospital employers in each state: Forbes | Provider shortage halts elective surgeries at Ill. hospital | Piedmont expands service area with 4-hospital buy

August 30, 2021

• Cost of Colo. hospital campus tops $2B | 22 exec moves | Staff shortages riskier than unvaccinated staff, some hospitals say | Sutter finalizes $575M antitrust settlement | Hurricane damage forces La. hospitals to evacuate

August 27, 2021

• NJ hospitals take rare step in FTC merger fight | Ascension settles discrimination claims | Walmart names health, wellness CFO | Chicago hospital under investigation over use of charitable assets | Dollar General's healthcare agenda: 8 things to know

August 26, 2021

• Mayo, feds battle over tax refunds | COVID deaths at all-time high in Fla. | Nonprofit hospitals put tax-exempt status at risk | SD system offers nurses $40K sign-on bonus | Top 20 healthcare lobbyists by spending | ACOs earn $2.3B in shared savings

August 25, 2021

• Nonprofit hospitals invest for returns, not mission: KHN analysis | Fla. hospital fires physician who charged $50 for mask opt-outs | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Orlando Health plans $814M expansion, renovation | Ark. hospital CEO resigns

August 24, 2021

• 6 hospitals laying off workers | Medical Properties Trust buys 5 hospitals for $900M | 'Hospitals are not in the blame business' | Ill. systems in talks to combine | 25 top MBA programs | Physicians can't tell COVID patients what variant they have

August 23, 2021

• Unvaccinated COVID hospitalizations cost $2.3B in 2 mos. | 13 exec moves | Hefty sign-on bonuses not 'wildly successful,' AHN leader says | FDA fully approves Pfizer shot | Mount Sinai gets $60M to build cancer center

August 20, 2021

• Mayo quadruples income | 10 states with most for-profit hospitals | Protestors travel to harass Mo. hospital CEO | Baylor Scott & White pauses elective procedures | Insurers stop waiving cost-sharing for COVID care | NJ health plan can't pay out claims

August 19, 2021

• CHS, Tenet and HCA grow to 329 hospitals, $80.9B in revenue | 7 states with COVID hospitalizations at all-time highs | Ga. system claims Kaiser owes $41.7M | AHA defends hospital mergers | How Mayo, Allina + 6 systems decided on vaccine mandates

August 18, 2021

• OSU to open $1.8B hospital | 6 hospitals end inpatient care | HHS unveils booster shot plan | 8 hospitals face credit downgrades | Health systems lose $2.5B in potential PT revenue | How Kaiser, Scripps + 4 systems fared in Q2 | Kan. hospital CEO resigns

August 17, 2021

• HCA hospital's Medicare contract at risk | Wis. system fires VP accused in kickback scheme | Providence's operating loss shrinks to $94M | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 3 knowns and unknowns in this 'messy' surge | Ark. hospital CEO faces no-confidence vote

August 16, 2021

• Optum is selling virtual care for cash | 14 exec moves | CMS holds off on price disclosure fines | COVID hospitalizations soar 900% in Tenn. in 6 weeks | Ohio hospital: Nurses got CEO's bonus wrong on billboard | Calif. surgeon cleared in $500M fraud case

August 13, 2021

• Tampa General, USF form 800-provider group | Miss. hospitals brace for failure amid COVID surge | Ex-Broward director gets prison time for kickbacks | Don't let 'elective' fool you, physicians urge | UnitedHealth, Change strike timing agreement with DOJ

August 12, 2021

• 9 health systems with strong finances | ProMedica can drop rival's insurance contracts | Tenet to shed $1.1B of debt | Cyberattack cost Scripps $113M | HHS sued over insurance price transparency rule | Signing bonuses for 5 most-recruited specialties

August 11, 2021

• HCA hit with antitrust suit | Seattle Children's CEO, board chair face calls to resign | UPMC can build hospital near rival | Management failures put Calif. system's Medicare contract at risk | 11 hospital projects costing $1B+

August 10, 2021

• Hospitals are $3,700-a-day hotels for patients in limbo, CMO contends | Mass General Brigham posts $2.9B gain | 10 states with largest COVID-19 case surges | Dems unveil $3.5T budget: 5 healthcare notes | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

August 9, 2021

• Kaiser, Providence plan $1B hospital | 16 exec moves | Why aren't Cleveland Clinic, UPMC requiring vaccination? | Salaries for 20 medical specialties | US COVID-19 cases hit highest daily level since Feb. | 6 latest hospital suits, settlements

August 6, 2021

• AdventHealth makes $32M theme park buy | Ascension settles with feds over billing | 8 systems opening hospitals | Cyberattack tanks NY hospital's credit | 123 hospitals, systems mandating vaccines | 10 worst states for healthcare

August 5, 2021

• Court blocks NJ hospital merger | 619-bed hospital joins Cedars-Sinai | Mich. system hit with antitrust suit | JPMorgan's health co. makes first investment | 25 hospitals' telehealth prices | Ark. hospital offers nurses $25K signing bonus

August 4, 2021

• La. hospital avoids $200M Epic install | Staff demands pay after Tenn. hospital closes | 10 deals involving HCA, Tenet + more | Layoffs hit NY system | 7 ways this COVID-19 surge is different | Mayo researchers calculate telehealth's payoff

August 3, 2021

• Ascension sells 7 hospitals | CMS' inpatient payment rule: 7 notes | Piedmont grows to 15 hospitals | Pa. system sues insurer for $1B | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 2 states tied to one-third of COVID-19 cases | New St. Jude exec to oversee $11B expansion

August 2, 2021

• Tenet, LifePoint sell 8 hospitals | Feds sue Kaiser | 19 executive moves | NPs get prison time for telemedicine fraud | Miss. hospital reopens | 70+ hospitals, systems mandating vaccines

July 30, 2021

• Tower nixes hospital sell off | CMS finalizes 4 payment rules: 16 takeaways | Pa. hospital to lay off 110 | How CHS, HCA, Tenet and UHS fared in Q2 | Texas Children's plans $201M expansion | Biden pushes vaccine incentives

July 29, 2021

• CHS profit tumbles 91% | Northwell loses $1.25B COVID-19 coverage suit | 13 hospitals cutting services | Centra, UVA Health strike affiliation | New testing guidance for fully vaccinated | Infrastructure bill spares provider relief fund

July 28, 2021

• 20 hospitals laying off workers | Tenet hospital scales back services amid strike | US News: No. 1 hospital in each state | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | University Health CEO: Biden's order won't derail Piedmont deal | 13 numbers show Optum's growth

July 27, 2021

• CHS to cease inpatient care at Pa. hospital | US News: 20 best hospitals | Texas hospital workers go unpaid | UHS Q2 profit: $325M | Wyo. hospital CEO resigns after 6 mos. | Fla. physician sentenced in $20M scheme

July 26, 2021

• Viewpoint: CHS 'predatory billing' threatens public trust | 13 exec moves | Fla. hospital CEO dies | UVM Med. Center details $50M ransomware strike | COVID-19 surge projected to peak in Oct. | Health systems vie for market share in East Ga.

July 23, 2021

• NY systems pause merger | 14 latest hospital closures | Why Ballad hasn't mandated vaccines | Tenn. hospital CEO resigns | Breakthrough COVID-19 cases: 7 updates | UnityPoint names CFO | Telehealth costs at Amazon, Walmart, Walgreens, CVS

July 22, 2021

• Tenet posts $120M profit | 3 top Beaumont execs to depart | Dignity, Anthem end contract | 15 hospitals planning upgrades | Patient: Fla. hospital lost organ meant for biopsy | Hospitals' financial recovery: 10 numbers to know

July 21, 2021

• 18 health systems with strong finances | Pay cut forces Health Partners to lay off 560 | NY hospitals combine | UnitedHealth, Peloton partner | Ore. hospital CEO ousted | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

July 20, 2021

• HCA's revenue up 30% | CMS floats outpatient payment rule: 7 takeaways | Hospitals face capacity, staffing issues as COVID-19 cases rise | 25 top MBA programs: Fortune | Walmart to expand virtual care to 37 states

July 19, 2021

• 11 CFO moves | UnitedHealth: Lower ER use may be permanent | NC systems vie for primary care market as HCA retreats | CoxHealth CEO doesn't think he'll lose job over viral tweets | Hawaii system plans $500M expansion

July 16, 2021

• Piedmont's takeover of 11 hospitals needs FTC scrutiny, nurses say | Kaiser CFO: Get comfortable with the uncomfortable | Hospitals blast UnitedHealth profits | Bankrupt NC hospital to turn profit in 90 days, new owner says

July 15, 2021

• Atrium grows to 40 hospitals | 12 of 14 physicians exit NH hospital | 10 CFO job openings | UnitedHealth's profit down 36% | 7 thoughts on great leadership | Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai won't administer Alzheimer's drug

July 14, 2021

• CMS pitches physician pay rule: 9 takeaways | Medicare expansion in Senate Dems' $3.5T spending plan | NY hospital seeks financial turnaround advice | Hospitals criticize community benefits study | $1.4B hospital opens in Texas

July 13, 2021

• Investor sues UHS execs, alleging 'unfair' stock gains | 15 best, worst states for business | 7 credit rating downgrades | MUSC fires 5 over vaccine mandate | Calif. hospitals cite financial pressures in push for delayed seismic standards

July 12, 2021

• 'COVID' promo code center of lawsuit against CoxHealth, CEO | CFO of agency running embattled RI hospital resigns | Hospitals criticize Biden EO | CFOs tackle highest inflation in 13 years | 10 most, least stressed cities

July 9, 2021

• Biden fires at hospital consolidation | Trinity mandates COVID-19 vaccine for 117,000 employees | NJ system nixes $1B hospital campus | 21 notes for hospital execs on CMS' 2022 payment rules

July 8, 2021

• Regional deals are dominating 2021 hospital M&A | Biden to limit noncompete clauses | RIP 'Uber of healthcare' | The best, worst places to retire | Health First contract change leads to 407 layoffs

July 7, 2021

• Physicians go unpaid at NH system | Dollar General: Rural America's new health hub? | 10 CFO job openings | Surprise-billing rule bans retroactive ED denial policies | 2 potential buyers nix bids for Tower Health | 20+ systems with staff vaccine mandates

July 6, 2021

• Audit questions NY hospital's sustainability | Union tests 'danger zones' at Sutter hospitals | $10K+ bonuses not easing Pa.'s nurse shortage | Striking nurses to give 16-ft petition to Tenet execs | CEO pay, hospital value scores not linked

July 5, 2021

• SCOTUS takes cases on 340B cuts, DSH payments | Job losses return for hospitals | CMS floats surprise-billing rule: 10 details | OSF adds 15th hospital + 10 M&A deals | Hospital CEO to vaccine misinformers: 'Shut up'

July 2, 2021

• Tenet hospital delays EHR rollout amid strike | 40 nonprofit systems would make Fortune 500: report | Healthcare spending per capita, by state | Pa. hospital rebounds after St. Luke's takeover | Hackensack Meridian CEO on merger 5 years out

July 1, 2021

• NY, Neb. hospitals end inpatient care | Nurse stabbed at Ala. hospital | Lawmakers want probe into Tenet's use of relief aid | 406-bed Ariz. hospital eyes deal with LifePoint | Iowa hospital ends MercyOne affiliation | Labor market full of churn: 4 notes

June 30, 2021

• Former Spectrum CFO doubts value of Beaumont merger | 25 healthiest US communities | 'It'd be catastrophic': Dallas hospitals may lose $1.1B a year without 1115 waiver | Merger creates new Okla. system | 10 CFO job openings

June 29, 2021

• CFO overseeing RI hospital placed on leave | Site-neutral pay cuts upheld | COVID-19 still slowing surgeries | Hospital CEO turnover by state | ERs face overwhelming summer | Iowa hospital to end administrative contract with Mayo

June 28, 2021

• 6 CFO moves | Houston Methodist offers nurses $15K sign-on bonus | Hospital stocks outperform market | Spectrum CEO: Why Beaumont merger 'just makes sense' | Baptist, behavioral health provider end 25-year affiliation

June 25, 2021

• Neb. hospital to close | MUSC wants to buy 3 hospitals from LifePoint | UPMC to settle $100M pension lawsuit | 'Leave to protect' policy shielded RI hospital finance exec from layoffs | Struggling Texas hospital sold to new corp.

June 24, 2021

• Real estate trust to buy 5 Tenet hospitals | Calif. hospital leaders get no-confidence vote | Buyouts, layoffs planned at NY system | 10 CFO job openings | Nearly 900 Chicago nurses strike | 6 PE deals in healthcare

June 23, 2021

• 10 systems with strong finances | CommonSpirit, Atrium plan new hospitals | Mayo physician fired after self-publishing book critiquing system | HCA to sell $2.4B of debt | Trinity gives $500 bonuses to 123,000 staff

June 22, 2021

• 7 hospital layoffs | How 30+ US systems pursue profits abroad | LifePoint to buy Kindred | 'It would be a behemoth': Employers oppose Spectrum-Beaumont deal | 21 exec resignations | Ill. hospital may reopen

June 21, 2021

• HCA trauma fees far exceed rivals | Ala. nurse fired over TikToks | How PE cash boosted Steward's finances | 19 exec moves | NY system to pay nurses restitution | Total UVM Health ransomware losses unknown 8 months out

June 18, 2021

• Why 5 hospitals have closed this year | Ochsner to take over 7-hospital system | UnitedHealth CMOs target hospital-based surgery, radiology | 'Bed tax' upheld in Colo. | 9 hospital projects costing $1B+

June 17, 2021

• Supreme Court upholds ACA | Beaumont, Spectrum to form 22-hospital system | Tenet to sell 5 Fla. hospitals | HCA hospital staff oust SEIU | Mount Sinai hospital cancels downsizing plans

June 16, 2021

• Turf war flares up over 40 beds in NC | 10 CFO opportunities | Elective surgery backlog disrupts Ore. system | 14 healthcare CEOs with best staff reviews | Tenet workers to picket in Calif. | 9 states with rising COVID-19 cases

June 15, 2021

• NY system trims jobs | Lawmakers blast HCA hospital over management, staffing | Hospitals opt for penalty over price disclosure | Northwell's new role: medical debt ombudsman | 10 best children's hospitals: US News

June 14, 2021

• Primary care group buys Miami's University Health Care for $600M | Judge dismisses lawsuit over Houston Methodist's COVID-19 vaccine mandate | Hospitals get extension for fed'l aid | 15 exec moves | Scripps records Q2 operating loss

June 11, 2021

• NY hospital halts admissions | Ex-COO of Pa. system sentenced for embezzlement | Hospitals have 14 days to comply with new OSHA rules | UnitedHealthcare delays ER policy | Physician wealth & debt: 5 notes

June 10, 2021

• Rural hospitals may get paid to become ERs | 2 Md. systems mandate vaccines | 1 in 10 claims could be denied under UnitedHealthcare ER policy | Emory names CFO | Shuttered Okla. hospital may have a buyer

June 9, 2021

• Hospitals slam UnitedHealthcare's ER policy | Texas hospital reinstates mask rules | CMS probes Mich. hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs + 10 systems opening hospitals | Ore. hospital blindsided by staffing crisis | Medical costs to rise 6.5% in '22

June 8, 2021

• Sutter to lay off 400 | 8 called-off hospital deals | Trinity's net income hits $3.2B through Q3 | Houston Methodist's vaccine mandate: Results are in | Centura sues crowdfunding site | Quorum makes 3 leadership changes

June 7, 2021

• Northwell shrinks operating loss | Ark. hospital leaders face no-confidence vote | Mich. nurses get back pay settlement | 24 exec moves | Medline lands $30B PE investment | Walmart to expand virtual care to 16 states

June 4, 2021

• Kaiser, Providence partner on $750M hospital | Hospitals end 4-month job loss streak | Labor groups to AG: Review HCA's bid for Tenn. hospital | Texas Children's employees get raises | Walmart prefers these 17 systems

June 3, 2021

• Sentara, Cone Health nix merger | Texas hospital files for bankruptcy | NY hospital to end inpatient care | 6 CFO moves | Regularly intoxicated VA pathologist misdiagnosed thousands: OIG | 6 healthcare providers in the '21 Fortune 500

June 2, 2021

• Okla. cancer hospital closes, lays off workers | Texas hospital eases masking | Supreme Court's ACA ruling looms | Sale approval saves 2 RI hospitals | Quorum sells consulting unit to PE firm | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

June 1, 2021

• Biden's $6T budget: 7 healthcare notes | 15 top-paid S&P 500 healthcare CEOs | Ind. system CFO to retire after 36 years + 25 exec moves | Houston Methodist workers sue over vaccine mandate | Revised Tenn. CON rules become law

May 28, 2021

• Ascension took $1.9B pandemic hit | Ore. hospital asks military for RNs amid staffing crisis | Physician pay up most in these 6 specialties | PE firm made $800M buying up hospitals | JPMorgan health business seeks finance VP

May 27, 2021

• Providers oppose Sentara-Cone merger | Baystate to close Mass. ER | Texas NP sentenced, ordered to pay $52M for fraud | Ill. rejects med group's proposed hospital | Piedmont offers nurses up to $30K sign-on bonuses

May 26, 2021

• Mass. hospital lays off 56, warns of more cuts without $10M in aid | Mayo to close 6 clinics | HCA, Google partner: 7 details | NY system to outsource 500 IT + RCM jobs | 9 systems opening hospitals

May 25, 2021

• 10 health systems with strong finances | Kan. hospital forced to transfer all patients | Hospital margins improve to 2.4% | Erlanger names interim CFO | 6 hospitals cutting services | 10 CEOs reshaping healthcare: Forbes

May 24, 2021

• Mayo Q1 net income rallies to $782M | CDC's new testing guidance | Providence owes surgeon $1 over lost privileges | Advocate Aurora to keep 12k employees remote | Stop calling everything 'burnout' | 15 exec moves

May 21, 2021

• Colo. will pay hospitals to close standalone ERs | Baptist Health moves 600 revenue cycle employees in-house | 2 more large systems mandate vaccines for staff | NY hospital CFO to succeed CEO | Penn State to open $300M hospital

May 20, 2021

• JPMorgan forms healthcare co. | NY hospital ends inpatient care | Babylon buys 700-physician group in Calif. | Advocate Aurora, CommonSpirit + 12 other system's Q1 results | Wyo. hospital to affiliate with Billings Clinic

May 19, 2021

• CommonSpirit, Essentia call off 14-hospital deal | Va. physician gets 59-year sentence for $20M fraud | Calif. physician chain abruptly closes | The new roles entering hospital C-suites | Sutter's Q2 operating loss: $49M | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

May 18, 2021

• Providence operating loss shrinks to $222M | Sentara sued over alleged cardiologist poaching | SCA fires back at DOJ in collusion case | Nurses 'outraged' over new CDC mask guidance | CHS sued 19K patients for unpaid bills

May 17, 2021

• CommonSpirit's Q3 net income hits $1.7B | 5 hospital CFO changes + 22 exec moves | Why one of America's largest cities has a hospital desert | Texas AG sues over revoked Medicaid funding | Fortune's 8 greatest healthcare leaders

May 14, 2021

• 3 Ascension hospitals pay $21M for alleged kickbacks | UHS, Labcorp among S&P 500 cos. with lowest worker wages | UNC Health, CarolinaEast to affiliate | 6 hospital deals | Mayo Clinic, IRS feud heads to lower court

May 13, 2021

• HCA to sell Ga. hospital to AdventHealth | World's 20 largest healthcare cos. | 12 hospitals hiring CFOs | How CHS, Kaiser + 6 systems fared in Q1 | 6 US pandemic progress stats | 'Foolish not to be worried': RWJBarnabas CFO on digesting the new normal

May 12, 2021

• Piedmont to add 3 more hospitals | Atrium's Q1 net income: $279M | 32 hospitals sue HHS over reimbursement | Retired attorney pitches plan to save 3 Pa. hospitals | Ex-nursing aide sentenced for 8 patient deaths

May 11, 2021

• Tenn. to change CON law | RI hospital finance chief dodges 2 layoff attempts | FTC to judge: Halt NJ health system deal | 8 hospital layoffs | Physicians see fewer recruiting offers | 8 private equity deals in healthcare

May 10, 2021

• Kaiser hits $2B net income in Q1 | Indoor mask guidance may be relaxed soon | Jefferson changes physician bonus policy | Cigna CEO: Preventive care back at pre-pandemic levels | 11 exec moves | 12 $500M+ hospital projects

May 7, 2021

• Hospitals get 1st warnings on price transparency failure | NJ hospitals in talks to combine | Hospitals lose jobs for 4th straight month | CMS ups payment for COVID-19 antibody treatment | Tyson Foods opens 1st medical clinic

May 6, 2021

• Kan. hospital accuses ex-CFO, COO of stealing funds | What jeopardized Mission Health's Medicare contract? | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Tenet workers to rally after shareholders meet | HCA, Orlando Health + 5 other systems opening hospitals

May 5, 2021

• CFO, CEO misrepresented NM hospital's finances, audit finds | Ind. hospital to cut 218 beds | HCA shareholders reject stronger quality, exec pay link | Ill. system CFO fights med group's proposed hospital | 700 workers petition Essentia-CommonSpirit deal

May 4, 2021

• HCA buys Ga. hospital for $73M | Why are physicians leaving this North Carolina hospital? City seeks attorney general probe | Ind. system to take over closed Tenn. hospital | Cigna won't get $1.9B breakup fee from Anthem | Value of healthcare IPOs reach $13.8B in Q1

May 3, 2021

• Piedmont to buy 4 HCA hospitals | Kaiser, Ascension to lay off hundreds | Tenn. hospital behind on paychecks | Rush names CFO + 18 exec moves | Patient volume trends at CHS, HCA, Tenet, UHS in Q1

April 30, 2021

• Owner threatens to close 2 RI hospitals over escrow | CMS releases final CJR rule: 5 notes | Mass General Brigham's $2B expansion faces backlash | 654 hospitals with 1 or 5 stars from CMS | Early retirements could hit healthcare hard

April 29, 2021

• Kan. hospital to end inpatient care | CHS loss hits $64M in Q1: How other for-profit systems fared | Leapfrog's 'F' + 'straight-A' hospitals | Fla. sues HHS over $97M in denied payments | Lifespan grows by 125 providers

April 28, 2021

• CMS pitches '22 inpatient payment rule: 8 takeaways | Biden's $1.8 trillion spending plan: 5 notes | Business ties of ex-Chicago hospital COO under scrutiny | Erlanger swings to $6.4M profit | Mayo to build 11-story research center + 6 other expansions

April 27, 2021

• UHS profit tops $209M | Median hospital operating margin: 1.4% | Top 100 hospitals + 15 health systems: Fortune/IBM Watson | St. Jude plans $11.5B expansion | Prosecutors seek retrial of Fla. health exec tied to $1.3B scheme | Telehealth co. fires CEO

April 26, 2021

• 15 health systems with strong finances | 800 Sutter workers accept voluntary buyouts | CFO leaves Erlanger + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Why millions are skipping their 2nd COVID-19 shot | 2 hospitals to split with U of Kan. Health

April 23, 2021

• UnitedHealth's plan to make Optum a $100B business | NC system to cut ties with Atrium | 5 exec retirements | Maine may have a 'syndemic,' top official says | Kaiser to pay $11.5M to settle racial discrimination suit | Glenview offloads Tenet shares

April 22, 2021

• HCA profit more than doubles to $1.4B | 5 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | CHS hospital workers strike | 7 hospitals cutting services | Why Amazon lost 45 top execs | Ore. hospital with 500 workers on leave rolls out emergency plan

April 21, 2021

• Tenet posts $97M profit | 18 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | Fla. system hit with monopoly suit | 5 systems opening hospitals | Novant shakes up leadership | Ex-Ohio hospital researcher gets prison time for stealing trade secrets

April 20, 2021

• NC system sues insurer over $1.5B payout | CHOP names CFO + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Tampa General partners with Israeli hospital | CMS rescinds billions in Texas Medicaid funding | Wyo. hospital gives $600 bonus to vaccinated employees

April 19, 2021

• 16 exec moves | Fla. system to fire nurse over alleged death threats | Mayo's $748M expansion advances + 8 hospitals planning upgrades | LifePoint cancer center to halt services | Optum Q1 growth: 10 numbers to know | 10 top-earning states for physicians

April 16, 2021

• Hospital chain reports late pay, cash shortfall | Baylor Scott & White names new CFO | 6 called-off hospital mergers | RCM breach hits 5 health systems | 29 specialties ranked by compensation | CDC releases data on COVID-19 cases among fully vaccinated

April 15, 2021

• Philly hospital in limbo over sale | UnitedHealth Q1 profit nears $5B | CMS bans codes hospitals use to hide prices in web search | NC system CEO delays departure | NY hospital's $1B renovation plan advances | Patient recruiter sentenced for telemed fraud

April 14, 2021

• Physician collects $26M in wrongful termination suit | Calif. hospital seeks split from Providence | RI hospital CEO removed | UConnHealth requests $174M bailout | 10 best states for children's healthcare | Mass General Brigham's clinic plan gets pushback

April 13, 2021

• 9 hospitals laying off workers | HCA adopts exec bonus program | 5 CFO moves + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 1 dead in Ohio hospital shooting: Police | UPMC International's China expansion moves forward | 9 best health systems to work for, per Fortune

April 12, 2021

• LifePoint, Prisma abandon hospital deal | 16 exec moves | Biden's $1.5T budget proposal: 6 notes for hospital leaders | Healthcare CEOs score big paydays | Lawyers want $184M slice of Sutter settlement | 10 most common passwords

April 9, 2021

• CMS pitches 4 payment rules: 12 takeaways | Mich. hospitals halt surgeries amid COVID-19 surge | Encompass opens 139th hospital | Staff shortage forces Ore. psych hospital to close | 4,000 Allina workers threaten to strike | States ranked by hospital beds

April 8, 2021

• RI hospital leaders get no-confidence vote | Exec pay at CHS, Tenet + HCA: 12 things to know | States ranked by COVID-19 restrictions | Pandemic spurs hospital megamergers | CMS pitches 2 payment rules | WVU Health grows to 16 hospitals

April 7, 2021

• 12 health systems with strong finances | HCA reaches agreement with 4,000 hospital employees | 35 billionaires in US healthcare | Fla. hospital brings back laid-off workers | Intermountain + 6 systems opening hospitals | UnitedHealthcare gets new CEO

April 6, 2021

• HCA defends ER admission rates | Pa. hospital to lay off 365 | Hospital expenses per inpatient day, state by state | Fla. outlaws vaccine passports | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Wis. hospital replaces anesthesiologists with CRNAs

April 5, 2021

• Investment group demands ouster of HCA director | 18 exec moves | Chicago hospital avoids closure | Physician group tries to claw back emails amid fed'l probe | Average PA salary in 50 states | What hospital leaders can learn from 175,334 patient comments

April 2, 2021

• UnitedHealthcare squeezes competition like a 'boa constrictor,' physicians say | LifePoint sells Wash. hospital | OIG: HCA hospital received $23M in overpayments | What you should know about 5 COVID-19 variants | 11 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions

April 1, 2021

• HCA to buy Tenn. hospital | Mayo raises $500M | Biden's $2T infrastructure plan: 5 notes for hospital execs | Physician group sues SSM Health for $50M over lost privileges | Okla. cancer hospital to close | UK variant cases double weekly in Houston

March 31, 2021

• LA hospital closes today after 74 yrs | A top Walmart health exec resigns | Fla. hospitals slam $500M in cuts | How big is Cerner? 10 numbers to know | 474 face criminal charges for COVID-19 fraud | Geisinger, Acadia form joint venture

March 30, 2021

• Mo. hospital to split from BJC | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Chicago hospital CEO suspended | HHS flags $81M in pandemic aid to Calif. clinic | 20 top rural & community hospitals | Fla. hospitals get shield from COVID-19 suits

March 29, 2021

• 17 exec moves | Tenet CEO pay drops $7.6M | Ind. nurse faces felony after COVID-19 patient's death | Temple to buy cancer hospital | Carcinogen found in 44 hand sanitizer brands | Big Pa. systems not interested in buying Tower Health

March 26, 2021

• NJ system sues insurer over $2.5B payout | Mass General Brigham shakes up leadership | 5 systems opening hospitals | Ex-healthcare CEO admits role in $60M billing scheme | Partnership saves Philly hospital | Catholic Health to cut services at NY hospital

March 25, 2021

• Chicago hospital CFO resigns | Va. system sues insurer after $150M in losses | Hedge fund unloads $133M of Tenet shares | HCA's purchase of Ga. hospital faces opposition | 5 states with highest med mal payouts | Steward plans Utah hospital

March 24, 2021

• Calif. med group to close, lay off 151 | Wash. health system blames Cerner for bankruptcy | DoorDash to deliver COVID-19 tests | Hospitals see slim margins | Fla. nursing school loses accreditation, recruits students | 5 top concerns for healthcare boards

March 23, 2021

• Sutter hospital fined after nurse's death | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | HCA shareholder wants stronger link between quality, exec pay | 10 worst states to practice medicine | Med management firm exec pleads guilty to $91M fraud | SSM Health sells hospital

March 22, 2021

• Texas hospital execs sentenced in $200M scheme | Humana CFO to resign + 27 hospital exec moves | Viewpoint: Physician exodus from NC system is win for patients | HCA CEO's pay rises to $30.4M | 8 hospital deals | Intermountain net income: $1.2B

March 19, 2021

• Tenn. hospital 6 weeks behind on pay | Mich. may be next COVID-19 hotspot | Amazon's healthcare expansion: 9 numbers to know | Mass. hospital exec: Physician-poaching hindering reopening | Meet HHS secretary Xavier Becerra | Trinity faces libel claims

March 18, 2021

• NY hospital takes $34M hit from 2,700 canceled surgeries | Probe launched after Ind. nurse unhooks COVID-19 patient's oxygen | How HCA, Kaiser, Providence + 5 systems fared in '20 | Tenet CFO sells $12M in shares | 4 telehealth services cut from Medicare

March 17, 2021

• LA hospital to close, lay off 451 | Amazon telehealth to launch nationwide | 11 hospital CEO resignations | Hospital finances in '21: 10 things to know | UPMC makes 5 leadership changes | 14 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions

March 16, 2021

• Rural hospital closures hit record high | 17 exec moves | Biggest hospitals defy price disclosure rule | Baylor Scott & White job cuts, outsourcing to save $600M | CHS shares hit 1-year high | Mo. hospital CEO resigns | 16 healthcare suits, settlements

March 15, 2021

• 7 CFO moves + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Instagram photos in OR spur probe at Spectrum | Cardinal inks $1B deal to sell Cordis | 6 latest healthcare private equity deals | How big is Walmart's healthcare footprint? 9 numbers to know

March 12, 2021

• Billionaire unloads $42M of CHS shares | UnitedHealth, Tenet sued over alleged 'no-poach' deals | Biden to states: Open vaccine eligibility to all adults by May | Michigan Medicine resumes $920M hospital project | Debt default risk for hospitals drops

March 11, 2021

• 6 hospitals laying off workers | Trinity buys majority stake in Premier Health | Amazon to open health centers in 5 states | Sutter $575M antitrust settlement gets preliminary OK | Feds: Hospital worker stole $8M worth of meds | Ill. hospital CEO resigns

March 10, 2021

• OU Medicine inks merger deal | 4 health systems hit with credit downgrades | 'Ticking time bomb' could invalidate thousands of health rules | HCA + 3 systems opening hospitals | Pharma CEO charged in $134M scheme | 29 best-managed healthcare companies

March 9, 2021

• Billionaire cuts stake in CHS | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs + 9 exec retirements | Providence's net income slips $619M | Tenn. hospital months behind on bills | CDC guidance for fully vaccinated: 4 notes | HCA shares hit 1-year high

March 8, 2021

• 15 health systems with strong finances | Trinity posts $2.7B net income | 26 exec moves | 800 Tenet nurses strike | Hackers demand $1.7M from NC clinic | Chicago hospital may sell for $1 | COVID-19 relief bill heads back to House

March 5, 2021

• Major health systems report $1B+ profits | Mass General Brigham names new CFO | 100 top critical access hospitals | Casino mogul donates $50M to NY system | Sutter begins sweeping review of finances after sizeable loss | NY physician charged with murder

March 4, 2021

• HCA opens Colo. hospital | Healthcare CEO sentenced for $150M fraud | Newsweek's 22 best US hospitals | Chicago hospital secures buyer + 10 M&A deals | Cleveland Clinic operating income doubles | FTC ends investigation after Ga. systems abandon merger

March 3, 2021

• Tenn. hospital abruptly closes | Beaumont CFO resigns + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Optum to acquire 715-physician group | Troubled Pa. system looks for a buyer | 15 most overweight US cities | HHS makes 20 new hires

March 2, 2021

• Tenn. hospital loses staff, stops admitting patients | How CHS, HCA, Tenet and UHS fared in Q4 | 1 dead in Houston med office shooting | Cleveland Clinic gets $15M donation | States ranked by COVID-19 restrictions | Plan for $750M Calif. hospital halted

March 1, 2021

• 18 exec moves | FTC drops challenge to 18-hospital merger in Pa. | House passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan | UC Davis Health plans $3.7B expansion | J&J vaccine available in 1-2 days, CEO says | Mayo's annual revenue: $13.9B

February 26, 2021

• Ga. systems drop plan to combine | Dr. Atul Gawande: Why Haven fell apart | UHS profit climbs to $944M | Texas physician gets decade in prison for $10M scheme | 10 hospitals hiring VPs | Cone Health closing COVID-19 hospital

February 25, 2021

• NC hospital loses most physicians after contract talks | Texas healthcare CFO gets prison time for defrauding IRS | 800 nurses at Tenet Mass. hospital to strike | Hospitals want $35B in COVID-19 relief bill | 21 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs

February 24, 2021

• Mass. hospital to lay off 151 | Lifespan, Care New England to merge | FDA: J&J vaccine is safe | 2 N.H. hospitals will close without sale, CEO warns | Ga. hospital plans $700M expansion

February 23, 2021

• Top CHS execs get pay raises | 4 CFO moves + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Thousands of physicians can't get into residency programs | IT vendor pays ransom to recover 30,000 patients' data | St. Jude employee joins SpaceX flight | Calif. nurses delay strike

February 22, 2021

• CHS unloads 40 hospitals, reports $1.6B in proceeds | 16 exec moves | NY physician charged with manslaughter in patient death | 7 latest hospital closures + 6 systems opening hospitals | Financial updates from CommonSpirit, Mass General Brigham + 5 others

February 19, 2021

• CMS cuts payments to 774 hospitals | CommonSpirit's net income triples | Walmart rolling back ambitious push into healthcare | Calif. hospital alleges retaliation over affiliation dispute | 27 Fortune 500 healthcare companies recognized for equality

February 18, 2021

• CHS sheds 18 hospitals, swings to $511M profit | Meet Biden's pick to run CMS | Texas hospitals endure storm draining power, water: 6 things to know | Oncologists lose appeal over Medicare pay cuts | HCA, U of Central Florida to open hospital

February 17, 2021

• Biden's town hall: 5 healthcare takeaways | 217 top maternity hospitals, state by state | Stanford Medicine gets $80M gift | Kindred eliminates CMO role | How Aetna, Anthem, Humana, Cigna and UnitedHealth fared in Q4 | Catholic Health plans new hospital

February 16, 2021

• Iowa hospital: Surgeon's libel suit poses public welfare threat | HCA to open Colo. hospital | Ohio system to take over 4th hospital | Former Aetna exec sued over move to Cigna | Why competing hospitals partnered in SC | Feds bust phony Moderna website

February 15, 2021

• 18 exec moves + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Sutter to cut 277 jobs | Michael Jordan gives $10M to open clinics in NC | Calif. hospital CNO target of no-confidence petition | Walmart, Amazon & 3 more retail giants' virtual care strategies

February 12, 2021

• LifePoint in talks to acquire 30 hospitals | NC system sees exodus of physicians after HCA takeover | Biden to roll back Medicaid work rules | 8 systems opening hospitals | 26 hospitals among Forbes' best large employers

February 11, 2021

• Chicago hospital files for bankruptcy | 7 latest hospital closures | CDC refines mask guidance | Hospitals ask Supreme Court to reverse pay cuts | Tenet delays Conifer spinoff | 19 hospital M&A deals, state by state

February 10, 2021

• Hospitals can't sue over $840M pay cut | Tenet Q4 profit: $414M | 1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minn. clinic | How big is Optum? 11 numbers to know | Intermountain chief investment officer retires | Whistleblowing hospital CEO wins $1M in fees

February 9, 2021

• Healthgrades' 50 top hospitals | Colo. med center cancels vaccine appt. over unpaid bill | Tower Health trims exec pay | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Glenview cuts stake in Tenet | Mayo-backed $5.6B project moves forward + 7 hospitals buying land to expand

February 8, 2021

• 11 health systems with strong finances | Kaiser annual net income falls to $6.4B | 20 exec moves | CEO sentenced for $150M healthcare fraud | How the healthcare industry could save $16.3B | 10 healthiest, unhealthiest cities

February 5, 2021

• Pa. hospitals sued over alleged 'no-poach' deal | Quorum will expand to Ariz. | 7 latest PE deals in healthcare | Vt. ACO hit with suit over payroll data | Banner, Aetna strike joint venture

February 4, 2021

• 9 hospitals laying off workers | Tenet ordered to pay whistleblowing physicians $10M | 12 hospital M&A deals | Former Mass. healthcare exec charged in $100M scheme | Front-runner emerges for top CMS role | Church erases $30M in medical debt

February 3, 2021

• Geisinger, CHOP affiliate | 5 latest hospital credit downgrades | Ex-Ohio hospital researcher gets prison time for stealing trade secrets | UHS plans 32-acre medical campus in Fla. | Wash. physician charged with unprofessional conduct after patient dies

February 2, 2021

• HCA profit jumps to $3.8B | Billionaire buys SpaceX flight to raise $200M for St. Jude | CHS breaks with Miss. hospital | 2 workers stabbed at La. hospital | Biden's healthcare picks: 35 notes | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

February 1, 2021

• NM hospital slated to close | 26 exec moves | Cleveland Clinic adds 476-bed hospital + 6 systems opening hospitals | GOP senators propose $618B COVID-19 package | Feds: Miss. man hoarded PPE, gouged providers

January 29, 2021

• Biden signs healthcare orders: 5 takeaways | Sutter trims 200 jobs | 2 Va. hospital CEOs resign | 8 hospitals cutting services | 'Birthday rule' results in $270K hospital bill | HCA: Calif. hospital COO wasn't disciplined over lapse in vaccine protocol

January 28, 2021

• Baylor Scott & White to cut, outsource 1,700 jobs | CMS withdraws 3 proposed rules | 12 states with most rural hospitals at risk of closure | Okla. hospital chief resigns | Fla. system under probe over exec compensation

January 27, 2021

• Physician shortage forces Ariz. hospital to close ICU | OSF to add 15th hospital | Calif. hospital COO disciplined over vaccine scandal | Humana to open 100+ Medicare centers | Mass General Brigham plans $2B in capital projects

January 26, 2021

• CHS to cut ties with Miss. hospital | 7 guilty in $931M telemed scheme | 10 states with most, fewest COVID-19 restrictions | St. Louis hospital sells for $18M | Henry Ford, Mich. State strike 30-year partnership | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

January 25, 2021

• 897 hospitals at risk of closure, state by state | 6 CFO moves | Unplugged freezer wastes 1,900 Moderna doses at Boston hospital | Some large hospitals defy price transparency rules | Tenet's Fla. hospital to close maternity ward

January 22, 2021

• Biden's pandemic plan: 10 things to know | UC Irvine plans $1B hospital | Feds: Purported biotech exec sold untested 'COVID-19 vaccine' | Cerner names CFO | Insurance broker erases $2M in medical debt | AG won't block Novant's $5.3B hospital deal

January 21, 2021

• 6 healthcare execs pardoned by Trump | Billionaire sells $302M of CHS stock | Optum expects to add 10,000 physicians this year | 8 exec resignations | Amazon offers to help Biden with COVID-19 vaccines | Orlando Health to open $145M hospital

January 20, 2021

• HCA to acquire Ga. hospital | 3 healthcare actions Biden plans today | Houston hospital lockout forces physicians to treat patients in parking lot | Providence names CFO + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Pharma mogul to pay $344M in fraud case

January 19, 2021

• Texas hospital closes over unpaid rent | 21 exec moves | Physician purposely exposed patients to COVID-19, RI finds | Calif. hospital pays employees $300 to get vaccine | 14 new CMS actions | Tenn. cancer centers file for bankruptcy

January 15, 2021

• Tower Health, Cone Health CFOs resign | Biden unveils $1.9T relief plan, adds 8 to COVID-19 response team | CHS' revenue hits nearly $12B | The No. 1 lesson from the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference | DOJ rakes in $1.8B from healthcare fraud cases

January 14, 2021

• Chicago, LA hospitals to close | Mass General abandons acquisition of NH hospital | Why vaccinations are going so well in 4 states | CMS starts price transparency audits: 6 notes | 'I do regret being there': Calif. physician joined in storming the Capitol

January 13, 2021

• Ascension to sell 7 hospitals | Head of Operation Warp Speed resigns | Glassdoor: 5 best hospitals to work for in '21 | Tenet aims to acquire up to 40 surgery centers | 14 highest-paid healthcare jobs | Denver Health suspends exec bonuses

January 12, 2021

• Ex-Broward Health exec charged with bribery | Trump administration makes sweeping changes to vaccine rollout | Optum in talks to acquire 715-physician group | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Why MaineHealth is opting out of hazard pay

January 11, 2021

• ER chain declares bankruptcy | 19 exec moves | CommonSpirit to sell 14 hospitals | Pa. hospital cuts services | Biden assembles relief plan worth trillions | Kaiser hospital fined $43K over COVID-19 outbreak | Capitol riot was potential superspreader

January 8, 2021

• Ill. hospitals merge, get new names | UnitedHealth's Surgical Care Affiliates faces collusion charges | CMS changes physician payment rates | Healthcare exec wants $43M in penalties erased after clemency | UCLA Health buys hospital slated for closure

January 7, 2021

• Fired physicians win $10.6M award against Tenet | 'Don't make us ration care': Banner exec pleads for help | Nuvance medical school on pause | Holding area during Capitol riot called 'super-spreader' | 15 biggest gifts to healthcare orgs.

January 6, 2021

• 14 health systems with strong finances | LA hospital to halt patient care, lay off staff | CHI Franciscan, Virginia Mason merge + 20 M&A deals | Optum to buy Change Healthcare in $13B deal | 115 hospitals sue HHS over Medicare payments

January 5, 2021

• CHS sells 2 hospitals | Wash. hospital splits from Virginia Mason | Haven to dissolve | NY hospitals face $100K fine for failing to use up vaccines | LA paramedics told not to transport patients with low chance of survival | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

January 4, 2021

• Ohio health systems split 3 years early | 8 CFO moves | 90 arrested at COVID-19 'super spreader' events | Ga. system pursues $650M deal with Atrium | 46 hospitals sue HHS over bad debt policy | Ark. cancer center forgives $650K in debt

December 31, 2020

• Tenn. loses 3rd hospital this year | Wis. hospital: 500+ doses of COVID-19 vaccine intentionally ruined | LifePoint sells Wash. hospital | Church erases $21M in medical debt | Banner halts elective surgeries | 12 latest healthcare billing fraud suits

December 30, 2020

• 2 Kan. hospitals close | Healthcare exec allegedly duped investors in COVID-19 scam | 5 things we still don't know about COVID-19 | Hospitals lose price transparency challenge | Biden expands pandemic response team

December 29, 2020

• 15 exec moves + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | NY providers face $1M fine for COVID-19 vaccine fraud | Minn. hospital to close ED | A chaotic 'free-for-all': Hospital workers upset over vaccine distribution | Financial updates from Kaiser, Trinity + 7 others

December 28, 2020

• NH health system sells for $30M | NY hospital staff cut the line for COVID-19 vaccine | Geisinger, Duke Health sue HHS | CHI Franciscan, Virginia Mason ink merger agreement | Trump signs COVID-19 relief bill

December 24, 2020

• Tenet scraps $350M hospital deal | What 14 hospital CFOs told Becker's in 2020 | Trump commutes 20-year sentence for healthcare exec | Inova plans $1B medical campus | COVID-19 patient killed by roommate at Calif. hospital, police say

December 23, 2020

• Mass. hospitals file merger plan | Trump demands changes to COVID-19 relief bill | 14 latest deals involving CHS, Tenet and HCA | 2 injured in shooting at PeaceHealth facility | NY pharmacy owners charged in $30M COVID-19 scam

December 22, 2020

• Mayo returns $156M in fed'l aid | Hospital staff reject COVID-19 vaccine | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Calif. health plan files for bankruptcy | Congress passes COVID-19 relief: 10 things to know | Philadelphia system merger clears FTC challenge

December 21, 2020

• 15 exec moves | Fla. physician guilty of $29M fraud | SC hospital CEO calls Leapfrog 'increasingly irrelevant,' disputes failing grade | Kaiser gives 85,000 bonuses | Congress agrees on $900B COVID-19 relief package

December 18, 2020

• Tenet to sell 87 urgent care centers | Billionaire unloads $109M of CHS stock | Hospice chain owner gets prison time for $150M fraud | Employee gifts prompt Texas hospital probe | Ohio system will grow to 22 hospitals

December 17, 2020

• Ill. health system to merge with Northwestern | HHS gives hospitals extra $4.5B in aid | What CHS' new and outgoing CEOs will be paid | 'We want them infected': Ex-HHS adviser demanded herd immunity strategy | Intermountain, UnitedHealth launch ACO

December 16, 2020

• 10 cities with the most people in financial distress | Wash. hospital sells for $20M | Chicago hospital can't close, state officials say | Why one state keeps hospital CEO pay confidential | Johns Hopkins creates COVID-19 death risk calculator

December 15, 2020

• Tenet CEO sells $16M in stock | 7 called-off hospital mergers | Workers at 3 HCA hospitals call strike | Humana co-founder dies of COVID-19 | CHI Franciscan opens $500M hospital | America's healthiest + unhealthiest states

December 14, 2020

• 19 exec moves | UPMC to expand in Ireland | Leapfrog's 'F' and 'straight-A' hospitals | Moody's: Outlook negative for nonprofit hospitals | Ex-owner of healthcare staffing firm charged with wage-fixing | AHA: 28 actions for Biden's first 100 days

 December 11, 2020

• Tenn. hospital closes | New Sanford CEO shakes up leadership | NY hospital fires worker for refusing flu shot | FTC seeks emergency halt to Pa. hospital merger | 7 $1B+ hospital projects 

December 10, 2020

• Tenet strikes $1.1B surgery center deal | 21 hospital closures, state by state | Colo. hospital cuts ties with Quorum | Ind. hospitals ordered to halt elective surgeries | 9 latest private equity deals in healthcare | Stanford, Dignity ink affiliation

December 9, 2020

• Court rejects FTC bid to block 17-hospital merger | Kaiser accused of market monopolization | 110+ hospitals halting surgeries by state | Advocate Aurora gives $66M in bonuses | 5 cities with highest ICU occupancy | Cleveland Clinic to add hospital

December 8, 2020

• 15 hospitals laying off workers | Ex-Calif. hospital CEO arrested on felony charges | Care New England gets $250M bid | WellSpan names CFO + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Trump to sign order on COVID-19 vaccines | Most, least expensive states for ER visits

December 7, 2020

• 22 exec moves | Biden picks HHS, CDC leaders | Layoffs hit Baylor Scott & White | Sanford, Intermountain halt merger talks | Financial updates from Ascension, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser + 6 others | Walmart to sell at-home COVID-19 test kits

December 4, 2020

• UNC Health adds 12th hospital | Minn. system CEO abruptly resigns | FTC challenges Hackensack Meridian's hospital acquisition | Biden builds healthcare team: 5 notes | CMS launches new payment model | 4 EHR installs costing $100M+

December 3, 2020

• Involuntary diversion forces Tenn. hospital to close | CMS' 2021 outpatient payment rule: 5 takeaways | Biden narrows picks to lead HHS, FDA | 8 health systems with strong finances | COVID-19 sidelines 2,300 Cleveland Clinic, Mayo workers

December 2, 2020

• CMS finalizes physician payment rule: 6 takeaways | Tampa General, USF Health join forces | 6 hospitals closing departments, ending services | Renown CEO defends COVID-19 care site after Trump tweet | COVID-19 sidelines 70 workers at W.Va. hospital

December 1, 2020

• 80 hospitals halting elective surgeries | Trump's COVID-19 adviser resigns | Trinity's net income jumps $605M | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Calif. hospital begins $1.6B upgrade

November 30, 2020

• 10 exec moves | Cleveland Clinic's net income triples in Q3 | 11 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Meet the 3 new members of Biden's COVID-19 task force | Sanford settles billing fraud allegations

November 27, 2020

• Chinese billionaire sells $40M more of CHS stock | Calif. health system CEO resigns | Advocate Aurora's loss grows to $435M through Q3 | CMS seeks to boost capacity as COVID-19 hospitalizations top 90,000 | Cerner launches free telehealth offering

November 25, 2020

• Steward acquires 3 hospitals | 134 hospital closures, state by state | Sanford CEO is out | NY hospital warns of possible mass layoffs, bankruptcy | UPMC's operating income more than triples

November 24, 2020

• HCA defeats billing fraud suit | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Walmart heirs back startup developing $10 COVID-19 test | 66 hospitals postponing surgeries | Haven loses another exec | Hospital losses mount amid COVID-19 resurgence: 5 notes

November 23, 2020

• Wash. hospital splits with Virginia Mason | COVID-19 sidelines 1,000 Cleveland Clinic workers | 7 CFO moves | Ascension Q1 net income hits $1B | Walmart Health opens in Chicago

November 20, 2020

• Mayo's operating income drops 51% | Sanford CEO: I've had COVID-19, won't wear mask as 'symbolic gesture' | 9 latest lawsuits involving hospitals | Novant, UNC Health plan med school campus | 50 top cardiovascular hospitals

November 19, 2020

• 4 Ill. hospitals to merge | 32 latest hospital bankruptcies | Beaumont sees net income drop, gives $1K bonuses | Patient shot at LA hospital dies | How chiefs at SSM, Stanford + 6 systems address staff shortages | 47 hospitals postponing surgeries

November 18, 2020

• Chinese billionaire sells $41M worth of CHS stock | 900+ Mayo workers sidelined with COVID-19 | 41 hospitals postponing surgeries | Healthcare exec pleads guilty to part in $1.2B Medicare scam | 10 systems opening hospitals | Allina loss grows to $154M

November 17, 2020

• M Health Fairview closes hospital | 'Corporate leadership must go': Beaumont urged to oust top execs | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Cleveland system chiefs make plea as 1,000+ workers quarantined | Kaiser pays $6.4M to settle false claims suit

November 16, 2020

• FTC sues to stop $350M Tenn. hospital deal | Broward Health CEO resigns + 31 exec moves | CommonSpirit posts $800M net income | CHS wants out of Miss. hospital lease | 2 killed in Conn. hospital explosion

November 13, 2020

• 12 hospitals have closed during the COVID-19 pandemic | Baylor Scott & White nearly doubles operating income | 29 hospitals postponing elective procedures | Premier Health to outsource 700 jobs | NY hospital to close ICU

November 12, 2020

• RWJBarnabas to acquire 554-bed hospital | Biden forms 52-person COVID transition team | Direct primary care provider buys 230 clinics, changes name | Tower Health shakes up leadership | Tampa General CFO: '2020 was truly a baptism by fire'

November 11, 2020

• ProMedica hit with antitrust suit | Patients report charges for 'super COVID tests' | Quorum to buy Mo. hospital | 'We are about to enter COVID hell': Experts warn of most dangerous surge yet | Tower Health considers selling 6 hospitals

November 10, 2020

• Tenet to lay off workers in Detroit, shed urgent care centers | Maine hospital workers strike to remove CEO | 10 states with most for-profit hospitals | NJ physician charged in $25M billing fraud case | Hospitals lose billions in hit to medical tourism

November 9, 2020

• 11 hospitals laying off workers | Mayo, Banner have thousands of job openings | 23 exec moves | Kaiser Q3 net income up 68% | Cigna refused to cover COVID-19 testing, suit alleges | Meet the 13 members of Biden's COVID-19 task force

November 6, 2020

• 19 hospitals with strong finances | Prisma permanently closes hospital ED | Pa. system acquires 6th hospital | Texas microhospital sued for alleged overbilling | How Anthem, Cigna, Humana, UnitedHealth fared in Q3

November 5, 2020

• 2 Ariz. hospitals join Dignity | COVID-19 threat sidelines 190 Texas hospital workers | Patients report 'COVID' fees | Ohio system adds 19th hospital | HHS floats plan to eliminate unnecessary regs | $1.7B bond for Seattle hospital revamp approved

November 4, 2020

• Ex-Tenn. health system CEO indicted for theft | ER physicians: UnitedHealth illegally underpaying claims | 13 states see record COVID-19 hospitalizations | 9 Mich. hospital execs warn of 'capacity crisis' | 5 latest hospital M&A deals

November 3, 2020

• 39 hospitals hit with max readmission penalties | Geisinger, AtlantiCare unravel merger | Steward closes Mass. hospital ED | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Calif. system pays $31.5M to settle overbilling case

November 2, 2020

• Wash. hospital to split from Virginia Mason | Ga. hospital closes | CMS fines 2,545 hospitals for high readmissions | How CHS, HCA, Tenet and UHS fared in Q3 | 8 CFO moves | Tower Health hit with 3-notch credit downgrade

October 30, 2020

• Ark. hospital cancels elective surgeries after PPE destroyed | UHS profit up 150% | Hospital bankruptcy wave looms as COVID-19 surges | Maine hospital workers want CEO fired | 10 cities with highest, lowest physician compensation

October 29, 2020

• CMS unveils final price disclosure rule: 5 things to know | 16 rural hospital closures this year | CHS shares jump 30% | Children's Minnesota lays off 150 | Wis. could run out of ICU beds in 2 weeks

October 28, 2020

• Workers at 11 Tenet hospitals threaten strike | CHS posts $112M profit; CEO to step down | Intermountain + Sanford: 5 things to know about the $15B merger | Tenn. hospital to reopen | Staff shortage, air quality forces Kaiser hospital to close ORs

October 27, 2020

• CHS sells 2 hospitals + 6 systems opening hospitals | How HCA execs plan to cut costs | 9 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Intermountain, Sanford to form 70-hospital system | Ballad postpones elective procedures in Tenn.

October 26, 2020

• HCA records $668M profit | CHS divests Texas hospital | 24 exec moves | Tenn. hospital suspends elective surgeries | COVID-19 hospitalizations up 40% from Sept. | NY physician on opioid task force faces felony drug charges

October 23, 2020

• Chicago area to lose 14th hospital in 20 yrs. | Final presidential debate: 5 healthcare takeaways | 3 cities sue Trump over threats to cut COVID-19 aid | Court approves $20M sale of Wash. hospital | Hospitals in several states hit capacity: 8 notes

October 22, 2020

• 73-year-old Ga. hospital closes | 214 top hospitals for critical care | Calif. board fires Alameda Health trustees | Northwell to invest $500M in NY hospital | CentraState to join Atlantic Health

October 21, 2020

• Tenet reports $197M loss | 10 hospitals closing departments, ending services | Healthcare CEO, CFO sentenced for pocketing employees' benefit contributions | Novant opens clinic with Michael Jordan | Surgeon sues Cincinnati Children's for retaliation

October 20, 2020

• 9 hospitals with strong finances | Trump vs. Biden on healthcare: 8 notes | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 4 healthcare execs charged in $55M billing scheme | Einstein warns of cuts, 'death spiral' without merger | 5 latest private equity deals in healthcare

October 19, 2020

• NH system files for bankruptcy | Hospitals return $2.3B in fed'l aid | 4 Calif. systems refused or delayed COVID-19 transfers due to patients' insurance status | 21 exec moves | Direct primary care provider to acquire 230 clinics

October 16, 2020

• 47 latest hospital closures, bankruptcies | Trump, Biden hold town halls: 5 healthcare notes | Judges signal support for hospital price disclosure rule | CMS adds 11 services to payment list | HCA to help open med school | Ga. hospital to close ED

October 15, 2020

• 8 hospitals laying off workers | Kaiser blasts Ore. system's 30% price hike | Pa. physician pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in patient's death | UNC Health to add 12th hospital | How to manage the COVID-19 patient backlog

October 14, 2020

• 5 hospital mergers called off this year | Tenet to end inpatient care at Mass. hospital | Up to 28 Ky. hospitals at risk of closure | UnitedHealth posts $3.2B profit | 20 states record COVID-19 highs

October 13, 2020

• NY hospital to end inpatient care | Jefferson to cut 500 jobs, exec pay | 19 exec moves + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | UPMC hospital reopens | 5 hospitals buying land for expansions | Hartford HealthCare nurses begin strike

October 9, 2020

• HCA to return $6B in fed'l COVID-19 aid | 14 systems opening hospitals | Cigna restricts hospital-based MRIs, CT scans | CHS pays $5M over data breach | Physician clears Trump for public events | Billings Clinic names CFO

October 8, 2020

• Feds: Lawyer tried to extort Baltimore hospital out of $25M | Trump to skip next debate + 6 healthcare takeaways from VP debate | 4 physicians charged in $100M billing fraud | HCA joins rival in Nashville development | AdventHealth to open Kan. hospital

October 7, 2020

• Orlando Health acquires CHS hospital | 6 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Patient shot at UCLA hospital | Trump quits COVID-19 relief talks | UPMC says it can't be sued for fraud over ads | 'Shut it down': Va. hospital isn't safe, nurse says

October 6, 2020

• M Health Fairview to lay off 900 | LA hospital can force Anthem to cover ER visits | 9 exec resignations + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Novant's $5.3B deal for NC hospital moves forward | OIG tags Calif. hospital for erroneous billing

October 5, 2020

• Investors extracted $400M from hospital chain that couldn't afford supplies | 7 hospitals with strong finances | CommonSpirit posts $550M operating loss | 21 exec moves | Trump's known contacts: Who's tested positive, negative | 50 top teaching hospitals

October 2, 2020

• Beaumont, Advocate Aurora cancel merger | Trump tests positive for COVID-19 | HCA sells hospital, exits Miss. | St. Luke's to close 2 Kan. hospitals; Trinity to close Mich. hospital ER | Mayo, IRS face off in court | HHS to send $20B to providers: 5 notes

October 1, 2020

• CHS divests hospital, plans to sell 2 more | Lee Health freezes pay for 13,500 workers | Cleveland Clinic delays hospital, closes office | Hospitals get Medicare loan relief | 6 latest PE deals in healthcare

September 30, 2020

• Trump, Biden debate healthcare: 7 takeaways | Baylor St. Luke's regains Medicare pay for heart transplants | NY hospital plans $1B campus modernization | Mich. lawmakers urge Beaumont, Advocate Aurora not to merge | 5 traits of PE-controlled hospitals

September 29, 2020

• Layoffs hit Wellforce, UC Health | House unveils $2.2 trillion COVID-19 relief bill | 6 exec retirements + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Trump, Biden debate at Cleveland Clinic: 5 notes | Temple University Health System doubles operating income

September 28, 2020

• 17 exec moves | 2 Ga. hospitals to close | Children's Minnesota considers 'significant' layoffs + 9 hospitals laying off workers | Calif. hospital rebukes physician over anti-mask video | 10 safest states for schools to reopen

September 25, 2020

• Trump signs orders on healthcare: 6 takeaways | 100 largest hospitals, health systems | BCBS insurers reach tentative $2.7B antitrust settlement | MidMichigan Health CFO to retire | ProMedica opens hospital | 16 hospitals planning upgrades, expansions

September 24, 2020

• Texas hospital to split from Baylor Scott & White | Trump preps healthcare exec orders | Medicare loans leave hospitals in limbo | UMass Memorial to add 4th hospital | COVID-19 transmission debate divides health systems

September 23, 2020

• Ascension reports $1B loss | Donors urge Beaumont to delay merger | Sam's Club launches $1 telehealth visits | 10 healthiest US communities | DC Council OKs $450M hospital after settling ethics issue | Top 5 drivers of hospital M&A

September 22, 2020

• Mayo workers recover salary cuts, get $1K bonuses | 9 latest hospital layoffs | UnitedHealth accused of deflating reimbursements | Broward Health hires 2 CFOs + 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | CHS, Tenet, UHS shares drop over ACA uncertainty

September 21, 2020

• Bankruptcy trustee fires Mo. hospital's chief strategy officer | 9 hospitals ending services, closing departments | HCA offers COVID-19 bonuses | 20 exec moves | Walmart Health to expand in 3 states | UNC Rex plans $170M hospital

September 18, 2020

• Hospitals face loss of Medicare pay for failing to disclose prices | CHS' 7 latest hospital divestitures, closures | Investigation stalls sale of St. Louis hospital | 6 CFO retirements | Hospitals charge private insurers 2x what Medicare pays

September 17, 2020

• NY hospital ends furloughs for 3,426 workers | Chicago hospital defeats 'ghost payroll' case | Moody's: For-profit hospital outlook negative | 1,200 UF Health physicians, faculty won't get bonus pay | St. Joseph's Health CFO to retire

September 16, 2020

• FTC warns against CHS' sale of Texas hospitals | 8 health systems with strong finances | New bill forgives $45B in Medicare loans | Essentia delays opening $900M hospital | COVID-19 test charges range from a penny to $14K

September 15, 2020

• HCA to cut services at Calif. hospital | Private equity-backed hospitals get $2.5B in fed'l aid | Atlantic Health to add 8th hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | CMS scraps Medicaid fiscal accountability rule | 10 states with fewest COVID-19 restrictions

September 14, 2020

• LifePoint gets $1.5B in fed'l aid | 22 hospitals laying off furloughed workers | UPMC hospital closed indefinitely after fire | 7 CFO moves | WVU Health adds 13th hospital + 10 M&A deals | Trump signs exec order on drug prices

September 11, 2020

• Ex-Beaumont trustee wants top execs fired, merger delayed | Ill. system to join Northwestern | HCA co-founder, Epic CEO among 400 wealthiest Americans | National healthcare scorecard: Where does your state rank? | Mass. hospital halts $180M expansion

September 10, 2020

• Care New England, Lifespan to merge | W.Va. hospital settles whistleblower suit for $50M | Former CHS hospital receives takeover bids | Adventist adds Calif. hospital | How Cleveland Clinic + 7 systems fared in Q2

September 9, 2020

• 8 latest hospital closures + 13 systems opening hospitals | Senate to vote on scaled-back COVID-19 relief bill | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Patient burned in OR sues UPMC | Furlough updates from 92 hospitals, systems

September 8, 2020

• CHS, Fla. hospital to cut ties | Physician quits over $11K COVID-19 antibody test | 26 exec moves | Atrium fights to open hospital | 11 hospitals planning expansions | Urgent care network pays $12.5M in billing fraud case

September 4, 2020

• OIG tags Ariz. hospital for erroneous billing | Orlando Health forced in-network referrals, surgeon says | 10 latest private equity deals | Einstein Healthcare: Flagship hospital at risk without merger | 50 states ranked from healthiest to unhealthiest

September 3, 2020

• CMS' final IPPS rule for 2021: 7 things to know | AdventHealth to buy Ga. hospital | Walmart partners with Oak Street Health to open clinics | Ex-Hacienda HealthCare CEO, CFO face felony charges | Ascension reopens Fla. hospital

September 2, 2020

• Essentia pitches $1B plan to add 2,500 ICU beds | Ascension sells Minn. hospital | 10 hospital credit downgrades | HCA hospital staff link device malfunction, patient death to understaffing | Baptist Health acquires 9th hospital for $361M

September 1, 2020

• Mayo hits pause on luxury hotel | 7 systems with strong finances | Tower Health's operating loss doubles | 26 hospitals bringing back furloughed workers | Mass. system seeks partner after 2 deals fall through

August 31, 2020

• Fla. hospital closes | 20 exec moves | SSM Health opens $550M hospital | Cleveland Clinic Q2 operating loss: $202M | Mass. system lays of 118, extends exec pay cuts | Workers picket at 11 Tenet hospitals

August 28, 2020

• CMS to require COVID-19 test results for Medicare pay boost | La. hospital forced to evacuate | Cook County Health lays off 130 | 10 colleges with most COVID-19 cases | Allina, BCBS of Minn. tie payment to value | 5 largest healthcare M&A deals this year

August 27, 2020

• Hospitals face closure as $100B in Medicare loans come due | UPMC's revenue tops $11B | Chicago hospital's Medicare contract at risk | 5 latest PE deals in healthcare | Ex-Calif. hospital CFO pleads not guilty to felony charges

August 26, 2020

• Mass General Brigham CFO to retire + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Erlanger rejects $475M bid from new PE firm | 2 Ariz. hospitals to join Dignity | Advocate Aurora posts $914M loss | Ballad dismisses surgeon who asked CEO to make incision on patient

August 25, 2020

• 38 hospitals laying off workers | Beaumont loses confidence of 650+ nurses | OSU proceeds with $1.8B hospital | How Kaiser, Mass General Brigham + 5 systems fared in Q2 | Hospitals bought by PE firms charge more, study finds

August 24, 2020

• Baylor Scott & White CFO steps down + 9 other CFO moves | AdventHealth posts $799M operating loss | Mayo invests $50M in Abu Dhabi hospital | Vt. hospital has bankruptcy exit plan | Hospital operating margins down 96% without fed'l aid

August 21, 2020

• Mayo's operating income down 49% | 14 rural hospital closures this year | Union sues HCA | Biden's pandemic plans: 7 notes | UC Health settles Medicare fraud suit | 'Mercy for Mercy': Physicians, lawmakers protest Chicago hospital closure

August 20, 2020

• Ga. hospital to close | Fla. hospital terminates Medicare contract | Hospital M&A: 10 deals by the numbers | Ex-CEO gets prison time for healthcare fraud | Wildfires force Calif. hospital to evacuate | 4 execs' advice to systems bringing back 500+ workers

August 19, 2020

• Providence posts $538M loss | 10 systems with strong finances | Beaumont physicians lack confidence in leadership | 8 systems opening hospitals | Walmart CEO commits to health center expansion | Hospitals' new challenge: Reimagining real estate

August 18, 2020

• Hospitals to get Medicare pay hike | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | UPMC wins antitrust case | Hospitals must repay $100B pandemic lifeline | ProMedica Q2 profit: $235M | Senate Republicans scale back COVID-19 relief bill

August 17, 2020

• Physician complaints delay Beaumont merger vote | Providence CFO departs + 27 other exec moves | Prime completes $350M deal for 46th hospital | NH hospital postpones surgeries after equipment failure | HHS sends $1.4B to children's hospitals

August 14, 2020

• 18 latest hospital closures, state by state | Allegheny Health posts first loss in 11 quarters | Ky. system to lose CEO, CFO | Chicago COVID-19 hospital cost $1.7M per patient | 13 $1B+ hospital projects | Where the COVID-19 relief deal stands

August 13, 2020

• Houston hospital closes | Sentara, Cone Health to form $11.5B system | CMS unveils new payment model: 10 takeaways | Kamala Harris' healthcare policy positions: 6 things to know | Offensive graffiti halts MetroHealth construction | 20 most expensive drugs

August 12, 2020

• Mich. system acquires 15th hospital | Defamation suit accuses NJ hospital of 'bowing to Twitter mob' | Allina Q2 operating loss: $85M | Prime to buy bankrupt hospital | 85 hospitals with 1 star for patient experience

August 11, 2020

• Mass General Brigham: Patient revenue to drop $1B+ | 15 states with most, fewest COVID-19 restrictions | Judge upholds block on new UPMC hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Steward accused of illegal 'revenue enhancement' scheme

August 10, 2020

• Tenn. hospital abruptly closes | Trump signs measures on COVID-19 aid: 5 takeaways | Kaiser's net income more than doubles in Q2 | 16 exec moves + 22 hospitals bringing back furloughed workers | Hospitals 'unfile' bankruptcy to get fed'l aid

August 7, 2020

• 7 called-off hospital mergers | CHS' sale of Texas hospital delayed | MetroHealth's $1B campus revamp: 4 notes | DOJ sues Cigna, alleges billing fraud | 8 latest PE deals in healthcare | CRNA salary by state

August 6, 2020

• Feds sue to block Geisinger hospital acquisition | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q2 | IU Health plans $1.6B hospital | Medicare payment rules for '21: 11 notes for hospital execs | 7 latest hospital credit downgrades

August 5, 2020

• Fla. hospital to close | NY hospital lays off CFO + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Summa brings back 654 furloughed workers | CMS' proposed outpatient payment rule: 5 notes | 11 hospitals return $192M in fed'l aid | 25 top safety-net hospitals

August 4, 2020

• Tenet's net income more than triples | Ascension sells 2 hospitals + 27 other M&A deals | CMS pitches physician payment rule: 6 takeaways | NewYork-Presbyterian opens hospital | White House walks back comments that virus is 'extraordinarily widespread'

August 3, 2020

• 9 health systems with strong finances | UMass Memorial CEO: Avoiding layoffs helped financial recovery | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Mo. hospital loses Medicare contract | 19 exec moves | Trinity tried for 18 mos. to sell Chicago hospital

July 31, 2020

• Beaumont brings back 1,360 furloughed workers | 8 hospitals ending services | AdventHealth, Orlando Health open facilities in same county | Texas hospital ends $20M Cerner EHR contract | How Anthem, Cigna + 2 more payers fared in Q2

July 30, 2020

• Chicago, W.Va. hospitals to close | How much fed'l aid HCA, CHS + UHS received in Q2 | 16 hospital credit rating actions | Anthem doubles profit in Q2 | Methodist to acquire 5 EDs in Texas

July 29, 2020

• CHS posts $70M profit, plans to sell 5 more hospitals | Anthem pays $27K bill after TV report | Prospect tries to block sale of 384-bed bankrupt hospital | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs + 6 delayed, called-off hospital deals

July 28, 2020

• UHS profit tops $251M | 9 systems opening hospitals | US News: 20 best hospitals + No. 1 hospital by state | WVU Health eyes takeover of 223-bed hospital | GOP unveils $1T COVID-19 relief bill: 9 notes

July 27, 2020

• Ga. hospital to close | 5 CFO moves | Calif. hospital ends merger talks with Dignity | Ascension St. Vincent to open $115M hospital | Trump signs 4 drug pricing orders

July 24, 2020

• Banner expects $1B in revenue losses | 9 hospital layoffs, closures | Hospitals must tell HHS how they spent COVID-19 aid | Atrium to open new hospital | CHS, HCA and Quorum's 6 latest divestitures | States ranked: COVID-19 positivity + spread rates

July 23, 2020

• Kan. hospital closes inpatient unit | HCA receives $1.7B in CARES Act cash | Walmart Health expands | CHS, Quorum to pay $18M to end stock-drop suit | COVID-19 hotspot funding per hospital by state | COVID-19 in the US: Positivity rates + 6 nat'l updates

July 22, 2020

• HCA records $1B profit in Q2 | COVID-19 stalls NY hospital merger | 56 Fla. hospitals at ICU capacity | 14 hospitals bring back furloughed workers | Layoffs hit UW Medicine | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

July 21, 2020

• Fla. system brings back 640 furloughed workers | States ranked: COVID-19 positivity + spread rates | Schumer to Montefiore: Keep NY hospital open | 5 latest PE deals in healthcare | CMS to resume Medicare audits | 10 states with most COVID-19 restrictions

July 20, 2020

• Texas, W.Va. hospitals to close | HHS sends $10B to hospitals | Trump says he'll sign healthcare plan in coming weeks | Memorial Hermann names CFO + 20 other exec moves | Appeals court: Site-neutral pay cuts are legal | 800 Calif. hospital workers strike

July 17, 2020

• Cedars-Sinai to add 619-bed Calif. hospital | Virginia Mason in merger talks with CHI Franciscan | Fitch: Hospital margins unlikely to recover until COVID-19 vaccine | States ranked by uninsured rates | What billing claims reveal about COVID-19 patients

July 16, 2020

• Jackson Health on 'disastrous course' financially, CEO says | 16 hospital credit downgrades | Geisinger settles suit over NICU deaths | Northwell plans $460M expansion | OIG: Hospitals overbilled Medicare $1B | Novant execs share details on hospital deal

July 15, 2020

• UnitedHealth doubles earnings | Banner inks $200M hospital deal | 6 hospitals cut inpatient care this year | Avg. salaries for 20 medical specialties | Michael Dowling: COVID-19 put my system through hell + back | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

July 14, 2020

• NY hospital closes ICU | Novant wins bid for NC hospital | COVID-19 aid per hospital, by state | Quorum to grow after shedding 16 hospitals | 25 states with fastest, slowest virus spread | IRS: For-profit hospitals to pay taxes on COVID-19 relief funds

July 13, 2020

• 8 health systems with strong finances | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta furloughs 400 | HHS sends $4B to hospitals | 26 exec moves | CHS' sale of 480-bed hospital moves forward | Military sends medical staff to Houston

July 10, 2020

• 9 hospitals return $167M in fed'l aid | Sutter can't delay $575M settlement | Which hospitals suspended elective surgeries? A list, by state | 48 Fla. hospital ICUs are full | Ochsner creates 450 jobs | Medicare vs. private payers: Rates for 10 services

July 9, 2020

• HCA restricts surgeries in Fla., Las Vegas | NY hospital refiles for bankruptcy | 15 cities with best healthcare access | NorthShore to acquire Ill. hospital | 40 Fla. hospital ICUs at capacity | 20 healthcare companies give back stimulus loans

July 8, 2020

• Walgreens strikes $1B deal to open 500+ clinics | 10 most concentrated hospital markets | Quorum exits bankruptcy with new CEO | 50 Fla. hospitals' ICUs are full | 15 hospitals hiring CFOs | 9 M&A deals + 6 hospitals closing departments, ending services

July 7, 2020

• HCA invests $500M in Tenn. expansion | St. Luke's acquires 12th Pa. hospital | 15 states with most COVID-19 restrictions | Novant closer to $4.5B hospital deal | CMS pitches dialysis payment rule | Nationwide Children's fires nurse for using racial slur

July 6, 2020

• Steward to close ED | 7 hospitals buying land for expansions | Mass. hospital closed by flood damage furloughs 800+ | 22 states with fastest, slowest COVID-19 spread | HealthPartners lays off 200

July 3, 2020

• 36 CAH closures, state by state | CHS sells last La. hospital | Saint Luke's takes over hospital from HCA | Walmart expands in healthcare: A timeline | Young adults in Ala. throwing COVID-19 parties with a payout | WVU Health adds 12th hospital

July 2, 2020

• 12 hospital layoffs | Orlando Health buys hospital from CHS | 6 hospital credit downgrades | FTC, DOJ have new vertical merger guidelines | 8 hospitals giving workers pandemic bonuses | Broward Health makes $14M land buy

July 1, 2020

• Kan. hospital to close | Trinity furloughs, lays off 1,000 | 45 CFO moves + 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Elective surgery ban in Texas poses risk to HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS | WVU Medicine opens hospital | Former hospital exec charged in $1.4B fraud scheme

June 30, 2020

• Tenet to end inpatient care at Mass. hospital | Trinity cuts jobs, projects $2B revenue drop | 15 top health systems: IBM Watson | Quorum's $1.3B restructuring plan approved | House passes bill expanding ACA | Ex-hospital CEO sentenced on federal charges

June 29, 2020

• CHS' hospital sell-off spree: 7 latest deals | 9 hospitals bring back furloughed workers | Ochsner partners with Miss. system | 14 systems with strong finances | Primary care set for $15B hit this year | Where new COVID-19 cases are rising, falling, flat

June 26, 2020

• CHS to divest Fla. hospital | Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down ACA | Ex-CFO sues Tenet unit | CMS' proposed home health payment rule for 2021: 3 takeaways | 602 Lee Health workers apply for buyouts

June 25, 2020

• Mayo to end furloughs months early | US COVID-19 cases hit all-time high | HHS hasn't delivered $72B in hospital bailout funds | Orlando Health, LHC Group form joint venture | U of Cincinnati College of Medicine to furlough 940

June 24, 2020

• Penn State Health to acquire Geisinger hospital | Hospitals lose lawsuit over price disclosure | U of Iowa Hospitals workers to give up PTO, take furloughs | Intermountain delays hospital opening | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | COVID-19 deaths by state

June 23, 2020

• 42 latest hospital closures, bankruptcies | Nurses at HCA hospital issue strike notice | 5 health systems cutting physician pay | UTMC has 40 potential buyers | 10 states with most COVID-19 restrictions | Hospital care spending hits 11-year low

June 22, 2020

• $30B for hospitals in infrastructure bill | Cleveland Clinic cancels raises, faces $500M shortfall | 9 exec moves | South Padre Island to get hospital | 11 states with fastest COVID-19 spread | Ransomware group auctions Crozer-Keystone data | 10 M&A deals

June 19, 2020

• Pa. health system lays off 10% of workers | Calif. hospital medical staff sues Dignity | 3 NJ systems hire Chris Christie | Care New England payroll systems locked | Ex-Nuvance CIO claims unjust firing over accounting mishap | MedStar, One Medical partner

June 18, 2020

• Mass General Brigham cuts exec pay, projects $2B shortfall | CHS defeats false claims suit | Atrium submits new $2B bid for NC hospital | TriHealth cuts 440 jobs | 8 latest PE deals in healthcare | Advocate Aurora, Beaumont deal by the numbers

June 17, 2020

• Beaumont, Advocate Aurora in merger talks | 7 health systems report $1B+ losses | CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS get $2.1B bailout | UCHealth freezes raises | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 10 best business schools for innovation, ranked by Bloomberg

June 16, 2020

• Tower Health cuts 1,000 jobs | HCA to sell hospital, exit Miss. | Hedge fund makes bid for bankrupt hospital chain | 5 hospitals bring back furloughed workers | Hospitals accused of bilking Medicare get $50B bailout | US News: 10 best children's hospitals

June 15, 2020

• Erlanger eliminates 11 leaders | 7 CFO moves | Ill. health system furloughs 460 | Patient faces $1.1M tab for COVID-19 treatment | Hospitals identify possible compromise in price disclosure fight | Cuomo threatens to lock down NYC again

June 12, 2020

• Texas health system files for bankruptcy | Atrium makes $3B hospital bid | 10 hospital layoffs | NYC Health + Hospitals down to 18 days cash on hand | How COVID-19 affected revenue across 7 specialties | NM hospital fires CEO

June 11, 2020

• Novant pitches $5B hospital deal | Trinity gets $2.2B infusion | CMS encourages return to in-person care | COVID-19 aid per safety-net hospital, state by state | Kaiser's 8-step plan for next phase of pandemic | ProMedica makes bid for Ohio hospital

June 10, 2020

• Duke Health pitches $3B deal for NC hospital | 130 hospital closures, state by state | HHS to dole out $35B in CARES Act funds | Henry Ford, Michigan State sign LOI | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | ProMedica halts plan to sell Mich. hospital

June 9, 2020

• Houston hospital to close | 8 nonprofit systems got $1.7B bailout, furloughed 30,000+ | Newsweek's 11 best US hospitals | U of Ark. for Med Sciences cuts COO role, 14 other positions | ED visits down 49% since Jan. | Summa plans $100M in new construction

June 8, 2020

• Kaiser returns $500M in bailout funds | Providence cuts salaries of 1,200 providers | 10 latest hospital credit downgrades | How hospitals are convincing patients it's safe to come back | 12 exec moves | NewYork-Presbyterian gets $567M in CARES Act cash

June 5, 2020

• NC health system cuts 10% of workforce + 266 hospital furloughs | 10 most in-demand specialties & average compensation | UHS, ThedaCare execs take pay cuts | Which specialties bill out of network the most? | Care New England, Lifespan resume talks

June 4, 2020

• Sale saves Pa. hospital | 10 health systems with strong finances | How Northwell, Providence, UPMC + 22 others fared in Q1 | CMS extends Next Gen ACO model | What 20 healthcare CEOs earned in 2019 | Humana medical group to open 20 clinics

June 3, 2020

• Physicians acquire Steward's 35 hospitals | 29 hospital bankruptcies this year | Private equity lands $1.5B in Medicare loans | Rise, fall of COVID-19 spread by region | Hospitals ask for $52B in emergency funding | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

June 2, 2020

• NY hospital closes ED | Northwell gets $1B in CARES Act cash | CHS wants out of Fla. hospital lease | Physician pay grew most for these 5 specialties | Coronavirus death rates by state | 'We're keeping our team together': Miss. hospital rejects layoffs

June 1, 2020

• W.Va. hospital to close, lay off 340 | 7 systems opening hospitals + 9 M&A deals | Ark. hospital receives $8.8M bailout by mistake | U of Vt. Medical Center furloughs 450 | 16 exec moves | PeaceHealth gets $373M infusion

May 29, 2020

• Beaumont, Summa Health cancel $6.1B merger | Miss. hospital lays off 250 | Sutter's Q1 loss: $1.1B | CARES Act cash per hospital bed: 4 notes | Southcoast furloughs 10% of workforce + 265 other hospital furloughs | Kaiser extends COVID-19 cost waiver

May 28, 2020

• Providence posts $1.1B loss | Emory to furlough, cut hours of up to 1,500 | Cleveland Clinic takes COVID-19 financial hit | Cigna, CVS, Walmart, DaVita and Encompass return bailout funds | 20 healthcare companies with biggest profits

May 27, 2020

• Baylor Scott & White to lay off 1,200 | 4 Chicago hospitals cancel merger | Novant makes $5B bid for NC hospital | Ascension posts $2.7B loss | W.Va. town will get 2 new hospitals | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

May 26, 2020

• UW Medicine furloughs 4,000 | 20 health systems get $5B bailout | Funding for Chicago hospital merger falls through | 14 exec moves | Layoffs hit Allegheny Health, Highmark | 15 states with fastest spread of COVID-19

May 22, 2020

• Essentia Health lays off 900 | These 10 specialties generate most revenue for hospitals | Advocate Aurora gets $328M bailout | 10 delayed, called-off hospital deals | States ranked by COVID-19 case fatality rate | Fla. hospital cuts nearly 1,000 jobs

May 21, 2020

• Tenet gets $2B infusion | 261 hospitals furlough workers | LA Surge Hospital to close in June | Hospital expenses per visit, state by state | Texas Children's to build $450M hospital | 100 great hospitals in America

May 20, 2020

• BJC furloughs 3,000 | 10 children's hospitals getting biggest slice of fed'l bailout | Sutter expects $1.1B Q1 loss | 10 states with most COVID-19 restrictions | Epic install, pandemic hit Tower Health's finances | CVS Health to return $43M in relief aid

May 19, 2020

• UW Medicine furloughs 1,500 | Which health systems received the biggest bailouts? | 2 Mercy execs retire early amid financial fallout | Prospect Med Group to add 10,000 physicians | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Henry Ford posts $36M operating loss

May 18, 2020

• Mayo's operating income drops 88% | 40 healthcare companies make Fortune 500 | Losses top $1B for CommonSpirit, Mass General Brigham | House passes $100B for hospitals | 15 exec moves | UCHealth requires salaried employees to use PTO

May 15, 2020

• 15 hospitals closed this year — here's why | Mount Sinai cuts crisis pay | Hospitals with larger margins get bigger bailouts | 7 latest PE deals in healthcare | BayCare posts $656M loss | 10 states with highest physician salaries

May 14, 2020

• Hospitals blast CMS for doubling down on price transparency | 20 physician specialties ranked by compensation | UMass Memorial commits to no layoffs | CMS offers hospitals $1.9B in incentive payments | 10 cities least likely to bounce back from pandemic

May 13, 2020

• $100B for hospitals in new relief package | COVID-19 by the numbers: 51 stats, dollar figures and dates to know | Baptist Health speeds up $361M deal for 9th hospital | Hospital execs take pay cuts: 30 updates | UW Med projects $500M loss by summer's end

May 12, 2020

• 25 hospitals get biggest slice of $12B bailout fund | CMS pitches IPPS rule for 2021: 8 takeaways | Allina's operating loss triples | 12 M&A deals involving CHS, HCA and Quorum | 16 hospital credit downgrades | Flagler, UF Health plan new campus

May 11, 2020

• Kaiser posts $1.1B loss | NY hospital furloughs 3,400 | Estimated volume losses for 30 service lines | Dell Children's plans $700M expansion | 10 exec moves | Unemployment rate could exceed 20% by June

May 8, 2020

• 14 health systems receiving biggest bailouts | Michigan Medicine delays $920M hospital | RN: My hospital's leadership is a bigger threat to me than COVID-19 | Advocate Aurora CEO takes pay cut | 9 states ready to reopen safely

May 7, 2020

• MultiCare furloughs 6,000 | 9 health systems with strong finances | HCA extends exec pay cuts | 10 M&A deals | Walmart returns aid from provider relief fund | NY hospital to close ED | 1,500 CVS HealthHubs to open by end of next year

May 6, 2020

• Walmart Health expands as physicians face cash crunch | Pa. hospital to close if sale collapses | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q1 | Jefferson, Temple nix cancer center deal | 5 more hospitals furlough workers | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

May 5, 2020

• HCA acquires 2 hospitals | COVID-19 hospital aid, state by state | Tenet swings to profit | Hoag sues to split with Providence | Allina exec warns of more cuts + 4 hospitals furlough workers | 8 states see uptick in COVID-19 cases, deaths

May 4, 2020

• HHS doles out $22B to hospitals | 20 top CAHs + Leapfrog's 32 'straight-A' hospitals | 230 hospitals furlough workers | Bankrupt hospital network receives bailout | 13 exec moves | Hospitals losing $1.4B in revenue a day

May 1, 2020

• CMS unveils sweeping changes in response to COVID-19: 12 notes | Mayo sends furlough notices by mistake + 6 more hospitals furlough workers | OSHA investigates Ga. hospital after nurse's death | How Cigna, Anthem, Centene and Humana fared in Q1

April 30, 2020

• Ky. hospital closes | For-profit hospitals get $1B bailout | 221 hospitals furloughing workers | UHS strikes $375M deal to replace DC hospital | Union takes aim at Tenet CEO's pay | Astria cancels asset sale

April 29, 2020

• CHS turns profit, says divestiture spree almost done | Updated COVID-19 peak dates by state | Advocate Aurora gives bonuses to 60K workers | Cash crunch may force 100 hospitals to close | Timing of Denver Health exec bonuses delays grant money

April 28, 2020

• CHS to sell 3 hospitals | COVID-19 vulnerability: Where does your state rank? | UHS profit drops 39% | Denver Health CEO apologizes for timing of exec bonuses | Mayo receives $1B infusion | 8 more hospitals furlough workers

April 27, 2020

• 201 hospitals furloughing workers | Part of $50B bailout goes to closed hospitals | IU Health's operating income drops 50% | CMS suspends Advance Payment Program | 7 exec moves | Hospitals urge HHS to cut interest rate on loans

April 24, 2020

• $484B COVID-19 relief bill heads to Trump | HealthPartners furloughs 2,600 | Nurses double as janitors at Okla. hospital facing closure | Hospital margins plummet | Kaiser building $14M COVID-19 lab | Boston, NYC hospital CFOs offer advice amid pandemic

April 23, 2020

• Mayo, Henry Ford + 9 others furlough workers | HHS divvies up $40B in hospital aid | CHS to sell 2 hospitals to HCA | When will hospitals recover from COVID-19? 3 thoughts | 14 hospital execs on the toughest thing about resuming elective surgeries

April 22, 2020

• Hospitals get $75B in bailout bill | Beaumont cuts 450 jobs, delays merger | Tower Health furloughs 1,000 amid dramatic revenue drop | 7 CFO moves + 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | 39 hospitals get negative rating outlook from S&P

April 21, 2020

• HCA's profit drops 44% | CHS to sell Texas hospital | COVID-19 financial hit forces W.Va. hospital to close | Banner + 6 more hospitals furlough workers | Hospital aid package delayed | UPMC plans to ramp up elective surgeries despite state ban

April 20, 2020

• Trump, Congress near deal on hospital aid | Billionaire buys LA hospital | 10 hospitals furlough workers | CMS to release $30B for hospitals, calls for gradual return to elective procedures | 11 latest PE deals in healthcare

April 17, 2020

• New COVID-19 peak date projections, state by state | Trump's 3-phase reopening plan | 73 hospital execs in thick of COVID-19 surge to peers: Do this, if nothing else | 11 hospitals furlough workers | Beaumont shuts down hospital to prep for next surge

April 16, 2020

• 12 more hospitals furlough workers | Tenn. hospital closes | 27 healthcare execs on Trump's economic revival task force | PE-owned physician practices locked out of CARES Act loans | Geisinger execs take pay cuts | 10 best states for children's healthcare

April 15, 2020

• Hospitals close as COVID-19 hits rural America | Beaumont posts $278M loss, cites pandemic | Ariz. hospital bailout requires exec pay cuts | 12 hospitals furlough workers | Negotiations over new COVID-19 aid stall | Details on 4-hospital merger in Chicago

April 14, 2020

• Federal hospital aid per COVID-19 case, state by state | Kan. hospital abruptly closes | 11 more hospitals furlough workers | Kaiser taps $2.4B credit line for COVID-19 response | CMS delays new payment model | 100 academic medical center CEOs to know

April 13, 2020

• Mayo projects $900M shortfall | Walmart Health to double footprint | 13 latest hospital credit downgrades | CMS pitches 3 payment updates: 5 things to know | 14 more hospitals furlough workers

April 10, 2020

• CMS sends $51B to hospitals | Quorum using pandemic to fast-track bankruptcy plan, investor says | 11 more hospitals furlough workers | COVID-19 to trigger wave of bankruptcies | Prime to acquire Calif. hospital

April 9, 2020

• Updated COVID-19 peak dates, state by state | Mount Sinai execs take pay cuts | 354 rural hospitals at high risk of closing | $30B in hospital aid is coming, Verma says | 11 more hospitals furlough employees

April 8, 2020

• SC health system lays off 900 + 9 more hospitals furlough employees | CHS execs take pay cut | CMS to speed $34B in payments to hospitals | Ill. hospital to reopen for COVID-19 patients | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

April 7, 2020

• Kaiser, Dignity to manage LA Surge Hospital | 11 health systems with strong finances | Quorum files for bankruptcy | 10 more hospitals furlough employees | 20 states to face bed shortages when COVID-19 peaks | CHS withdraws financial guidance

April 6, 2020

• Tenn. hospital to close April 15 | 9 hospitals furloughing staff | COVID-19's growth speed in 10 cities | Piedmont to open 400-bed hospital 5 months early | NC health systems call off partnership | NY hospitals face $400M in cuts

April 3, 2020

• Quorum faces bankruptcy | Tenet furloughs 500 + 7 other hospitals reducing staff | Billionaire MD aims to reopen LA hospital as 'central command' for COVID-19 | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | 43K healthcare jobs lost in March

April 2, 2020

• Trinity to furlough 2,500 + 11 other hospitals reducing staff | UPMC closes network hospital | When will COVID-19 peak? A state-by-state analysis | Hospitals want $25K per bed from emergency relief fund

April 1, 2020

• NY hospital, Ascension split after 18 years | Trump warns 'very painful' 2 weeks ahead | Geisinger, AtlantiCare to unwind merger | Bon Secours furloughs 700 | Wash. hospital will reopen for COVID-19 patients

March 31, 2020

• W.Va. hospital to close in April | CMS unveils sweeping regulatory changes: 6 notes | Beth Israel execs take pay cuts | NC health system furloughs 300 | UPMC protects 89,000 workers' salaries | 4th COVID-19 relief package in the works

March 30, 2020

• Ky. health system furloughs 500 | CMS accelerates payments to hospitals: 5 notes | Pa. hospital facing April 1 shutdown gets lifeline | COVID-19 threatens to close physician offices nationwide | Trump says hospitals are 'hoarding equipment'

March 27, 2020

• 5 Wash. hospitals face 'imminent closure' | DOJ sues Anthem | 'It's a greed decision': Paper blasts UPMC for continuing elective cases | Ky. hospital furloughs 300 | Philly hospital won't reopen for COVID-19 patients | 11 TriHealth execs take pay cuts

March 26, 2020

• Cities rush to reopen hospitals as COVID-19 spreads | $2T COVID-19 relief plan moves forward: What's in it for hospitals | Hospitals in Ohio, Ore. furlough employees | UPMC hit with credit downgrade | Hospitals consider DNRs for all COVID-19 patients

March 25, 2020

• Kaiser cancels $900M HQ project | Mayo protects 63,000 workers' salaries | Where hospital employees have tested positive for COVID-19 | Pa. hospital furloughs 225+ | Ex-hospital CEO blames firing on proactive COVID-19 response

March 24, 2020

• Hospitals face financial fallout from COVID-19: 6 things to know | W.Va. hospital closes | US coronavirus deaths jump 100+ in a day | HCA, Mayo + 16 others form COVID-19 coalition | Mercyhealth furloughs employees not involved in direct patient care

March 23, 2020

• Coronavirus death toll passes 470 in US | Will COVID-19 overwhelm hospitals near you? 16 things to know | $2T coronavirus spending plan hits snag | 9 exec moves | Coronavirus threatens to close hundreds of rural hospitals

March 20, 2020

• Hospitals seek $100B bailout | $1T stimulus plan boosts hospital pay, freezes cuts: 4 things to know | ACOs want shielded from COVID-19 losses | Moody's: Nonprofit hospital outlook negative | Webinar: Now's the time to improve patient transfer protocols

March 19, 2020

• Are hospitals in your city ready for a surge of COVID-19 patients? 4 scenarios | 2 Calif. hospitals receive $50M bid + 10 other deals | Trump signs $100B coronavirus relief plan | Hospitals cancel elective surgeries as US prepares for 18-month pandemic

March 18, 2020

• W.Va. hospital to close this week | HCA, Novant, UNC + 3 others compete for NC hospital | Coronavirus in 50 states; US cases top 6,000 | Henry Ford quadruples net income | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | Global recession underway, economists say

March 17, 2020

• Hospitals seek $1B to aid coronavirus response | Top HCA execs get pay bump | How a cash-strapped hospital is preparing for coronavirus | MedPAC's report to Congress: 7 takeaways | 10 best, worst states to practice medicine

March 16, 2020

• Kan. hospital abruptly closes, blames physicians for financial troubles | 12 CFO moves | Quorum shares crash after KKR tables buyout | Overcoming staffing challenges amid coronavirus: Providence, Keck Medicine + others' strategies | 2 NY hospitals merge

March 13, 2020

• Advocate Aurora, Providence halt bills for coronavirus patients | Calif. hospital secures $20M to stave off closure | Nonprofit hospitals in these 10 states report lowest expenses | Layoffs hit Lifespan | 'Compound King' convicted in $21M fraud scheme

March 12, 2020

• Hospital earnings face cuts as coronavirus delays elective care | Mo. town loses hospital after 100 years | Tampa General, USF physician groups to merge | Amazon offers to deliver at-home coronavirus tests | VCU Health overhauls debt collection practices

March 11, 2020

• Texas medical group declares bankruptcy | 7 latest hospital credit downgrades | Alaris is putting NJ hospitals in jeopardy, state officials say | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | US coronavirus cases pass 1,000 | 20 top rural & community hospitals

March 10, 2020

• Vidant lays off 191 | 8 hospitals closed so far this year — here's why | Cedars-Sinai to add 619-bed Calif. hospital | Trinity Health's net income jumps $1.1B | 9 ways coronavirus can wreak havoc on patient finances

March 9, 2020

• NC health system files for bankruptcy | 10 best hospitals in the world, ranked by Newsweek | Scripps triples operating income | 'Project Gesundheit': Amazon's secret quest to cure the common cold | 8 hospital construction projects costing $1B+

March 6, 2020

• LifePoint sells 3 SC hospitals | Halt Calif. hospital closure amid coronavirus outbreak, lawmakers say | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in 2019 | US coronavirus cases rise to 238 | 10 states with the most for-profit hospitals

March 5, 2020

• Md. hospital ceases inpatient care post-merger | Mayo, UPMC + 5 other systems' financial results | Feds launch investigation into NYU Langone's Medicare payments | 6 hospitals investing in express care | 20 most overweight US cities

March 4, 2020

• 14 health systems with strong finances | Houston hospital to close | Rennova gets takeover offer from ex-board member | 6 new PE deals in healthcare | Hospitals may get paid for treating uninsured coronavirus patients | 100 top rural & community hospitals

March 3, 2020

• Ala. hospital will close Friday | Quorum to sell hospital, exit Tenn. | Patients kept in hospital over coronavirus fears face surprise medical bills | Merger creates 10-hospital system in Maine | 5 exec resignations | HCA acquires NH hospital

March 2, 2020

• CHS to end inpatient care at 2 Fla. hospitals | Texas health system files for bankruptcy | St. Louis hospital eyes sale + 6 other M&A deals | CMS launches new payment model: 5 details | Coronavirus fears enrich some healthcare execs

Feb. 28, 2020

• Mayo to close network hospital March 1 | FTC challenges Philly hospital merger | How CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS fared in Q4 | Walmart clinics will drive 'consumer revolution' | Average hospital expenses per inpatient day across 50 states

Feb. 27, 2020

• CHS signals succession plan, gives exec big vote of confidence | Cleveland Clinic's operating income up 47% | Ex-Fed chief: Coronavirus could throw US into recession | Aetna, Optum misused CPT codes, AMA says | Physician sentenced for $700K billing fraud

Feb. 26, 2020

• Mayo's operating income exceeds $1B for first time | 100 top CAHs, state by state | HCA's takeover of Mission has watchdog's attention | Walmart clinic visits surpass expectations | Viewpoint: CFOs need to make ethical leadership apparent

Feb. 25, 2020

• HCA reverses decision to close Fla. hospital | Tenet's annual net loss: $243M | 110 hospital benchmarks | UC Davis Medical Center plans $1.9B expansion | Wheeling Hospital calls off acquisition | Insurer clinic competition 'very worrisome for hospitals'

Feb. 24, 2020

• No pay raise for CHS CEO | Ascension, CommonSpirit, Kaiser + 8 other systems' financial results | ACO exec sentenced for stealing Medicare bonus | 6 healthcare bankruptcies | Why a Fla. hospital will feature a $400K cat sculpture | 25 exec moves

Feb. 21, 2020

• Ky. hospital to close in April | CHS stock surges 40% | CMS pitches changes to CJR model: 6 details | U of Vt. Health blames operating loss on Epic install | Tenn. hospital slammed with wage complaints | UNC Health spends $1M to drop 'Care'

Feb. 20, 2020

• CHS' annual loss shrinks to $675M after divestiture spree | Ascension will sell 2 Wis. hospitals | Kaiser, Scripps plan expansions in same city | Americore CEO to give up control of hospitals | How Amazon is diversifying its MBA applicant pool

Feb. 19, 2020

• W.Va. hospital to close, lay off 600 | CommonSpirit ends quarter with $579M in net income | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | PE firms gobble up physician practices | Amazon Care goes live: 5 things to know | Tenn. hospital loses employees after missing payroll

Feb. 18, 2020

• Highest-earning nonprofit hospitals offer little charity care, study finds | Hospital CEO accused of mismanagement takes the 5th | Beaumont, Duke + RWJBarnabas' financial results | 10 systems opening hospitals | Feds: Physician bilked $26M from insurers

Feb. 17, 2020

• Allina's operating income doubles; Partners' sinks 60% | 9 CFO moves | Mayo Clinic medical school accidentally accepts 364 students | Healthcare bankruptcies up 125% | Hospitals can be sued for battery when patients say 'stop'

Feb. 14, 2020

• Mass. hospital's faulty data slashes Medicare payments statewide | CMS: Prices for these 70 services must be posted | Oak Street Health plans major expansion | Hospital CEO under criminal investigation | CarePoint, RWJBarnabas hit impasse on hospital sale

Feb. 13, 2020

• Lawmakers, patients and staff blast HCA's management of Mission | Hospitals in Mo., Kan. file for bankruptcy | Steward wants to sell Pa. hospital | Rennova CEO seeks money to run hospitals | Trinity Health to end inpatient services at Philly hospital

Feb. 12, 2020

• Creditor seeks to oust hospital chain CEO | 453 rural hospitals vulnerable to closure | UPMC sues pension actuary for $100M | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs | $750M NJ hospital may hinge on school board vote

Feb. 11, 2020

• 30 hospitals hit with credit downgrades | Healthgrades names 50 best hospitals in US | Ill. health system strikes $850K deal in overtime case | Bon Secours begins wind-down phase at Ky. hospital | Ore. health system plans $1B expansion

Feb. 10, 2020

• Kaiser's income nearly triples to $7.4B | Calif. health system lays off 920 | The rural hospital closure crisis: 10 things to know | Trump budget proposal to cut Medicaid, CDC funding | Fla. hospital owes back wages to 141 employees

Feb. 7, 2020

• CHS fights securities fraud case: 'Not a whiff of evidence' | Top 22 patient-recommended hospitals | Adventist to manage DC hospital, bring in new CEO | 10 largest health insurers | Cape Cod Healthcare halts $180M expansion

Feb. 6, 2020

• Tenn. hospital diverts patients after payroll delays | HCA escapes ER 'cover charge' suit | CEO, CFO leave Altru | 9 NY hospitals at risk of losing CAH status | Johns Hopkins takes hiring push to next level

Feb. 5, 2020

• Texas, Pa. hospitals close | How Baylor Scott & White doubled income as admissions fell | Fla. health system accused of forging letter to defame competitor | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Former GE exec finds way to cut healthcare costs

Feb. 4, 2020

• Pa. hospital loses license | Adventist cuts 651 jobs | Md. health system merges with UPMC | 8 health systems with strong finances | Walmart Health has expanded: 5 things to know | Cook County Health halts plan to build Chicago hospital

Feb. 3, 2020

• NY health system closes campus | HCA faces staffing concerns in NC | UPMC hospital ends inpatient services | Private equity pushes into healthcare: 8 latest deals | Mayo Clinic network adds 4 hospitals

Jan. 31, 2020

• CMS cuts payments to 786 hospitals | FBI raids Pa. hospital | Intermountain CFO: Real problems can't be solved with money | HCA has acquisitions in the pipeline | 407 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS | Nurses lose PTO after Philly hospital goes bankrupt

Jan. 30, 2020

• Ill. health system adds 14th hospital | Tenet expands in Texas | FTC shakes up leadership in healthcare merger division | ProMedica puts hospital on the market | 6 hospitals buying land for expansions | Healthcare CFOs look for growth in 6 places

Jan. 29, 2020

• IRS revokes hospital's tax-exempt status | Surgeon claims Orlando Health forced referrals | 9 systems opening hospitals | For-profit hospital M&A: 5 deals involving CHS, Tenet, HCA | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Wyoming Medical Center signs LOI with Banner

Jan. 28, 2020

• HCA profit tops $1B | 6 hospital bankruptcies, closures | Pa. hospital gets takeover bids | Analysts: Stock market overreacting to coronavirus threat | Texas hospital hit with $300K penalty over typo | 40 healthcare companies among 'world's most admired'

Jan. 27, 2020

• Geisinger sues to stop NJ system from breaking away | Layoffs hit UPMC | 45 financial benchmarks | Mayo Clinic compensation: 5 stats | 7 latest CFO moves | Baptist Health to build $200M hospital

Jan. 24, 2020

• LA hospital closes after takeover falls through | Healthcare's top 10 billionaires | CHS buys time for turnaround with plan to raise $1B | 4 Chicago hospitals form new system | Geisinger seeks to fill 2,000 jobs | 20+ women CFOs to know

Jan. 23, 2020

• CHS divestiture spree reaches 90+ hospitals | Wash. hospital closes | Ascension, UAB Health develop 8-hospital alliance | Bon Secours Mercy Health forecasts $10B in revenue | Texas Health Resources CFO finds focus as the finance chief role blurs

Jan. 22, 2020

• Bon Secours to close Ky. hospital | Tenn. hospital misses payroll | Intermountain to invest $500M in pediatrics | Pa. hospital banned from reopening after racking up 40 citations | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs

Jan. 21, 2020

• Mo. hospital fails to pay employees' insurance, gets hit with class action | Baptist Healthcare to invest $1B in upgrades | SD health system joins Mayo network, changes names | Hospital-linked dark money group launches pricey ad blitz in Colo.

Jan. 17, 2020

• SC health system lays off 327 | CHS, Tenet, HCA and UHS: 32 things to know | Aggressive creditor forced hospital chain into bankruptcy, CEO says | MedPAC recommends hospital payment boost | Texas physician guilty in $325M fraud case

Jan. 16, 2020

• Walmart expands standalone health center model | Mo. hospital abruptly closes | Layoffs hit Highpoint Health | Tenet on track to meet $450M cost-cutting goal, CEO says | CHS releases preliminary financial results, shares surge

Jan. 15, 2020

• 120 hospital closures, state by state | Advocate Aurora plans to double revenue | 5 health systems investing in express care | Nurses lose bid to keep Wash. hospital open | Jefferson Health explores JV to fuel growth

Jan. 14, 2020

• Wash. hospital closes ER, lays off 463 | Partners' $6B expansion plan | 7 latest hospital credit downgrades | Hospitals sue to halt site-neutral pay cuts | WVU Medicine to absorb Pa. hospital

Jan. 13, 2020

• W.Va. health system files for bankruptcy | HCA acquires tech company | 25 exec moves | Allegheny Health adds 9th hospital | 17 latest healthcare lawsuits

Jan. 10, 2020

• NorthShore buys Chicago hospital | Why 'lien doctors' skip billing insurance | Advocate Aurora to sell 2 hospitals | Feds rake in $2.6B from healthcare fraud cases | Ardent Health withdraws IPO, faces class-action complaint

Jan. 9, 2020

• Wash. hospital to close within weeks | LifePoint, Emory form joint venture | Healthcare affordability scorecard: Where does your state rank? | Feds accuse Ind. health system of billing fraud | Amazon's healthcare strategy: 15 things to know

Jan. 8, 2020

• CHS reaches $53M deal in stock drop lawsuit | Prime withdraws bid for NJ hospital | 7 health systems with strong finances | How UMass Memorial cut exec payroll in half | 10 hospitals hiring CFOs

Jan. 7, 2020

• Los Angeles hospital to close | HCA buys majority stake in nursing school | 22 hospital bankruptcies in 2019 | CMS releases MIPS results: 5 things to know | Orlando Health plans $250M hospital

Jan. 6, 2020

• Pa. hospital bankruptcy leaves 1,000 physicians scrambling | One Medical files for $100M IPO | Piedmont quits Ga. Hospital Association | 10 health systems opening new hospitals

Jan. 3, 2020

• St. Louis hospital delays payroll | 'This is survival': NY hospital CEO on $1.2B redevelopment plan | Banner workers strike $500K deal with advisory firm | Del., Md. health systems merge

Jan. 2, 2020

• CHS sells 3 Va. hospitals, appoints new CFO | 2 NY hospitals merge | Price hikes hit 250+ drugs | 10 hospitals seeking CFOs | Hospital acquisitions hurt patient experience, study suggests

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