Almost two-thirds of hospitals are complying with hospital price transparency rule requirements and have published machine-readable files with negotiated rates or cash rates, according to Turquoise...
Oregon nonprofit health systems are failing to comply with state laws and engaging in practices that make it difficult for patients to access financial assistance programs and avoid medical debt, a...
Hospitals will need to take drastic cost-cutting measures to stabilize balance sheets after one of the worst financial years in decades, according to economists from Johns Hopkins.
Those measures may...
Almost two-thirds of consumers do not know if their physicians or hospitals offer financial resources such as payment plans or financial assistance programs to help cover medical bills, according to a...
Metropolitan Anchor Hospitals (MAHs), which serve low-income and marginalized urban populations, offer a disproportionately high share of uncompensated care and have lower operating margins compared to...
More than eight in ten healthcare facilities are experiencing allied healthcare professional shortages, leading them to increase hiring incentives and employ newly graduated professionals, according to...
Healthcare organizations have tapped vendors for provider credentialing solutions to increase efficiency, but not all companies are created equal, a new KLAS report suggests.
“Credentialing...
Healthcare providers are doubling down on software investments and they are putting their money on revenue cycle management solutions to address key challenges, according to a new report from KLAS and...
Hospitals and health systems have increased their recruitment and retention strategies as workforce shortages and high expenses continue to be top challenges in 2022, according to a report from Kaufman...
Healthcare merger and acquisition activity was low in the third quarter of 2022, with just ten transactions generating $8.3 billion in revenue, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest M&A...
Prior authorizations are still the top regulatory burden according to executives from group practices, while No Surprises Act compliance has debuted on the list this year as the second most burdensome...
The merged hospital system between Beaumont Health and Spectrum Health, formerly known as BHSH System, will now be called Corewell Health, the health system announced.
Beaumont Health and Spectrum...
Most healthcare consumers do not typically research different pricing options before receiving healthcare services, indicating the need for greater price transparency, according to a survey from...
A COVID-19 boost vaccination campaign could seriously impact potential healthcare spending this fall and winter, according to a new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund.
The private think tank recently...
Health system finances will likely remain unstable for the rest of the year, as rising patient volumes and revenues were not enough to offset negative hospital margins in August 2022, according to a...
Nonprofit hospitals were more likely to make positive changes to their charity care policies rather than restrictive updates during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Network...
The Biden-Harris Administration has released additional Medicare nursing home ownership data to help boost nursing home transparency, safety and quality, and accountability.
The publicly available...
Inflation and rising labor costs will increase US national healthcare spending by $370 billion in the next five years, according to a McKinsey report.
Consumer prices are rising faster than healthcare...
Hospital expenses have increased 23 percent since 2016, a spike researchers attributed to continuous COVID-19 challenges, according to a recent analysis from QuoteWizard.
By...
Physician-led hospitals improve care quality and lower patient costs by driving market competition, making them an effective option to combat healthcare consolidation, according to a study conducted by...