559 articles by Susanna Vogel

• CMS slows technical support for rural health fund despite looming deadline

  Oct. 17, 2025

• Jefferson Health to cut 1% of staff

  Oct. 17, 2025

• CommonSpirit’s Trinity Health, UPMC exploring integration

  Oct. 16, 2025

• California passes laws targeting PBMs, private equity

  Oct. 15, 2025

• Prospect inks deal to sell two shuttered Pennsylvania hospitals for $13M

  Oct. 15, 2025

• 31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers begin strike in Northern California, Hawaii

  Oct. 14, 2025

• CommonSpirit names new CFO

  Oct. 14, 2025

• California is the latest state to enact tougher restrictions on private equity in healthcare

  Oct. 10, 2025

• Highmark Health names Karen Hanlon president

  Oct. 9, 2025

• UnitedHealthcare swipes at Johns Hopkins, Capital Women’s Care in contract brawl

  Oct. 8, 2025

• Supreme Court hears challenge to Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy

  Oct. 7, 2025

• Saint Peter’s, Atlantic Health scrap merger

  Oct. 7, 2025

• CommonSpirit announces initiative to address mounting headwinds, lagging finances

  Oct. 2, 2025

• Yale New Haven to pay Prospect $45M to end hospital acquisition dispute

  Sept. 30, 2025

• UHS subsidiary hit with $4.7M verdict, plus damages in Nevada lawsuit

  Sept. 30, 2025

• Medical lobbies urge Trump administration to exempt healthcare from H-1B changes

  Sept. 30, 2025

• UPMC patients fight to quash DOJ subpoena of gender-affirming care services

  Sept. 29, 2025

• Changes to H-1B visa program threaten to worsen healthcare labor shortages

  Sept. 25, 2025

• Emergency department deaths tick up following private equity acquisition: study

  Sept. 24, 2025

• Disparity in vaccine access between states roils patients, providers

  Sept. 23, 2025

• Ascension returned to profitability in 2025

  Sept. 19, 2025

• Memorial Sloan Kettering to cut staff

  Sept. 17, 2025

• House lawmakers scrutinize nonprofit hospitals’ tax-exempt status

  Sept. 17, 2025

• More than half of healthcare workers are considering taking new jobs next year: survey

  Sept. 16, 2025

• CMS opens applications for Rural Health Transformation Fund

  Sept. 16, 2025

• Kaiser Permanente to expand into Nevada through joint venture with Renown Health

  Sept. 11, 2025

• Pacs Group CFO resigns amid allegations of improper conduct

  Sept. 10, 2025

• CMS issues guidance on cuts to Medicaid state-directed payments

  Sept. 10, 2025

• Mayo Clinic to close 6 clinics, consolidate service lines

  Sept. 9, 2025

• More than 600 Kaiser workers hold 1-day strike in Northern California

  Sept. 8, 2025

• States unprepared to implement Medicaid work requirements: report

  Sept. 8, 2025

• Lawmakers scrutinize AI’s role in prior authorization, mental healthcare in House hearing

  Sept. 4, 2025

• DOJ sues ProMedica Health for ‘non-existent, grossly substandard’ care at nursing homes

  Sept. 3, 2025

• Sycamore Partners closes Walgreens acquisition, splits retailer into 5 companies

  Aug. 28, 2025

• Physicians say fewer qualified doctors apply for jobs: report

  Aug. 27, 2025

• ModivCare files for bankruptcy with over $1.4B in debt

  Aug. 26, 2025

• A $50B rural health fund was negotiated with hospitals in mind. Experts are split on whether it will help them at all.

  Aug. 26, 2025

• Supreme Court allows NIH to axe millions of research funds related to DEI

  Aug. 25, 2025

• CMS initiative targets undocumented immigrants in Medicaid

  Aug. 20, 2025

• Private equity owners led to Genesis Healthcare’s bankruptcy: report

  Aug. 19, 2025

• CentraCare will shed 353 employees

  Aug. 15, 2025

• Providence narrows operating loss in Q2, but challenges remain

  Aug. 14, 2025

• Kaiser raises operating income in Q2 but eyes looming headwinds

  Aug. 13, 2025

• Proposed deal would bring former Prospect exec back to distressed hospitals

  Aug. 12, 2025

• CHS to take another stab at selling its Pennsylvania hospital portfolio

  Aug. 8, 2025

• Healthcare bankruptcies dipped to 3-year low in the second quarter

  Aug. 7, 2025

• Trump administration illegally axed NIH grants, government watchdog says

  Aug. 6, 2025

• States sue to stop ‘unconstitutional pressure campaign’ on gender-affirming care

  Aug. 5, 2025

• Physicians saw a 3.7% bump in pay last year — but it wasn’t distributed equally

  Aug. 4, 2025

• Trump administration to pilot 340B rebate model next year

  Aug. 1, 2025

• UHS posts softer-than-expected volumes for second consecutive quarter

  July 30, 2025

• FTC seeks comment on gender-affirming care, weighs enforcement options

  July 29, 2025

• HCA raises 2025 guidance despite softening volumes

  July 28, 2025

• The Trump administration wants to onshore drug manufacturing. Technologists are answering the call.

  July 9, 2025

• Court orders HHS to restore webpages related to ‘gender ideology’

  July 8, 2025

• Optum Rx slashes reauthorization requirements for more drugs

  July 2, 2025

• DOJ charges more than 300 in $14.6B healthcare fraud bust

  July 1, 2025

• Senate passes Trump’s spending bill with massive Medicaid cuts

  July 1, 2025

• CMMI to add prior authorization for some Medicare services

  July 1, 2025

• Supreme Court allows states to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood

  June 30, 2025

• Prospect Medical Systems lays off 125

  June 26, 2025

• UC San Diego Health lays off 230 workers

  June 26, 2025

• Ascension CEO to retire at year’s end

  June 24, 2025

• Providence unveils tech-focused strategic plan for 2030

  June 24, 2025

• Maintaining healthcare access and affordability increasingly difficult: report

  June 24, 2025

• Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on youth gender-affirming care

  June 18, 2025

• Ascension agrees to acquire Amsurg to expand ambulatory surgery reach

  June 17, 2025

• UHS partners with Hippocratic AI to launch AI agents

  June 17, 2025

• Iowa passes law imposing tighter restrictions on PBMs

  June 16, 2025

• Providence cuts 600 roles amid restructuring

  June 13, 2025

• Employers eye rising costs as they assess benefit offerings: WTW

  June 12, 2025

• CommonSpirit CFO Daniel Morissette to retire

  June 12, 2025

• Oregon’s new law is nation’s toughest against private equity in healthcare

  June 12, 2025

• Healthcare job growth remained strong in May: BLS

  June 9, 2025

• Tenet appoints first COO

  June 6, 2025

• Charity care policies can vary wildly between hospitals: report

  June 5, 2025

• Trump administration rescinds Biden-era guidance protecting access to emergency abortions

  June 3, 2025

• Hospitals spend billions to answer growing threat of violence: report

  June 3, 2025

• Share of physicians working in private practice continues to fall: AMA

  June 2, 2025

• HHS ramps up pressure on providers offering gender-affirming care for children

  May 30, 2025

• PeaceHealth to cut 1% of workforce, freeze nonclinical hiring through 2025

  May 28, 2025

• Trump administration updates price transparency guidance for hospitals and payers

  May 27, 2025

• Nonprofit providers’ operating margins fall as more challenges loom

  May 22, 2025

• Ascension still chasing financial turnaround after last year’s cyberattack

  May 21, 2025

• Pennsylvania governor pushes private equity reform following Crozer Health closure

  May 19, 2025

• Judge rules Trump administration cannot carry out $11B in public health funding cuts

  May 19, 2025

• Residents more likely to suffer physical restraints, bedsores at bankrupt nursing homes: report

  May 16, 2025

• Kaiser invests in AI supply chain startup

  May 15, 2025

• Northwell CEO Michael Dowling to step down in October

  May 14, 2025

• CMS takes aim at provider taxes in proposed rule

  May 13, 2025

• Trump administration weighs rolling back mental health parity rule

  May 13, 2025

• Providers keep 2025 outlooks in place amid uncertain operating landscape

  May 9, 2025

• NewYork-Presbyterian lays off 2% of employees

  May 9, 2025

• After 6-month strike, Kaiser Permanente mental health workers ratify a new contract

  May 9, 2025

• Northwell, Nuvance complete merger

  May 7, 2025

• A year after Steward declared bankruptcy, hospitals and communities still feel fallout: report

  May 7, 2025

• State attorneys general sue over ‘unconstitutional’ HHS restructuring

  May 6, 2025

• Democrats introduce resolution demanding transparency in HHS

  May 2, 2025

• Trump HHS tiptoes around endorsing conversion therapy for transgender minors

  May 2, 2025

• AHA sounds the alarm on rising hospital costs

  May 1, 2025

• Tenet will stay the course on M&A, despite turbulence in Washington

  April 30, 2025

• Trump administration deploys DOJ, HHS in crackdown on youth gender-affirming care

  April 29, 2025

• UHS sees behavioral health volumes drop in Q1

  April 29, 2025

• HCA grows revenue in Q1, reaffirms 2025 outlook

  April 28, 2025

• UNM Hospital slashes executive roles amid uncertainties in Washington

  April 25, 2025

• CHS emphasizes divestitures, strong volumes in Q1 earnings

  April 24, 2025

• UNC Health CEO to step down

  April 24, 2025

• ‘I lose sleep over this case’: Prospect cleared to close Crozer Health

  April 23, 2025

• Providence freezes nonclinical hiring amid financial ‘perfect storm’

  April 22, 2025

• Duke, Novant request to build hospital in key North Carolina market

  April 21, 2025

• Growing market volatility spooks hospital analysts

  April 18, 2025

• Ascension to buy out CHS’ stake in Texas hospital for $460M

  April 16, 2025

• Crozer Health CEO steps down as health system fights to remain open

  April 16, 2025

• CarePoint Health exits bankruptcy, offloads portfolio

  April 15, 2025

• Tariff turmoil: Hospitals, device makers welcome pause, but fear long-term pain

  April 10, 2025

• Northwell, Nuvance merger clears final regulatory hurdle

  April 10, 2025

• Market volatility suppresses hospital M&A: report

  April 9, 2025

• Texas federal judge strikes down Biden-era nursing home staffing mandate

  April 8, 2025

• Judge temporarily blocks $11B in public health funding cuts

  April 7, 2025

• Tariffs send healthcare industry into ‘unchartered waters’

  April 4, 2025

• More Americans say they can’t afford healthcare: Gallup

  April 4, 2025

• AdventHealth taps David Banks as CEO and president

  April 4, 2025

• Healthcare, medtech industries brace for tariffs

  April 3, 2025

• States sue Trump administration over $11B cuts to public health funding

  April 2, 2025

• Ardent Health names COO

  April 1, 2025

• Lawmakers push for more oversight of organ donation amid reports of line skipping

  April 1, 2025

• Marathon Health CEO Jeff Wells on lessons learned 1 year post-merger

  April 1, 2025

• Penn Medicine cuts 300 roles, citing ‘pressures’ in operating climate

  March 27, 2025

• Physician sentiment survey shows returning optimism, decreased quit intentions

  March 26, 2025

• Yale New Haven Health restructures, consolidates leadership team

  March 24, 2025

• Academic medical centers say funding cuts jeopardize health research

  March 21, 2025

• Providence names new chief information and digital officer

  March 20, 2025

• Medicaid work requirements could cut coverage for 5.2M

  March 20, 2025

• Cone Health CEO to step down

  March 19, 2025

• Private equity firms are increasingly buying disability care centers

  March 19, 2025

• MedPAC recommends Congress tie physician pay to inflation for 2026

  March 17, 2025

• Mayo Clinic settles multiyear dispute with Minnesota AG over charity care policies

  March 17, 2025

• Providers contend with changes in Washington in 2025

  March 14, 2025

• Warren urges CMS nominee Dr. Oz to divest pharma and healthcare holdings

  March 13, 2025

• Florida-based hospital operator Landmark Holdings files for bankruptcy

  March 12, 2025

• Lawmakers move to allow Medicare pay cut, drawing rebuke from physicians

  March 11, 2025

• DOJ drops lawsuit seeking to protect emergency access to abortion in Idaho

  March 6, 2025

• Prospect, Yale New Haven hospital deal appears dead in the water

  March 5, 2025

• Novant and Duke Health partner to deliver care in North Carolina

  March 4, 2025

• Trump administration policies could create headwinds across healthcare: Fitch

  March 3, 2025

• UHS’ income soars in 2024 on behavioral health volume

  Feb. 28, 2025

• Federal Medicaid cuts could shift $44.3B in costs to expansion states

  Feb. 27, 2025

• Trump doubles down on price transparency in new executive order

  Feb. 27, 2025

• Physicians say prior authorization stands in the way of medically necessary care

  Feb. 25, 2025

• Private equity investment in healthcare remained steady in 2024: report

  Feb. 24, 2025

• Orlando Health to close derelict Florida hospital, citing ‘years of neglect’ under Steward

  Feb. 21, 2025

• CHS’ losses widen in 2024

  Feb. 20, 2025

• Hospitals are more packed post-pandemic

  Feb. 19, 2025

• Novant Health reshuffles leadership team

  Feb. 19, 2025

• Amwell touts military contract deployment wins in Q4

  Feb. 13, 2025

• Tenet has ‘outstanding’ 2024, addresses policy changes in Washington

  Feb. 13, 2025

• Trump administration healthcare executive orders hit snags in court

  Feb. 12, 2025

• Mass General Brigham to conduct largest layoffs in its history

  Feb. 11, 2025

• Kaiser’s 2024 earnings show ROI of Risant Health spinoff

  Feb. 10, 2025

• Crozer Health placed into receivership after proposed deal collapses

  Feb. 6, 2025

• Providers sue Trump over gender-affirming care policies, purge of health information

  Feb. 6, 2025

• AHA joins call for Trump to exempt devices from import tariffs

  Feb. 6, 2025

• Preserving access, affordability are Americans’ top healthcare priorities: Gallup

  Feb. 5, 2025

• HCA finalizes acquisition of Catholic Medical Center

  Feb. 4, 2025

• Prospect Medical wants to to sell its Rhode Island hospitals to the Centurion Foundation

  Feb. 4, 2025

• Healthcare supply chain, pharmacy costs to rise in 2025: report

  Feb. 3, 2025

• Bankrupt Prospect Medical says it has tentative deal to sell Crozer Health

  Feb. 3, 2025

• Trump seeks to ban federal funding for youth gender-affirming care

  Jan. 30, 2025

• Main Line Health threatens to go out of network with Cigna over contract dispute

  Jan. 29, 2025

• Providence restructures its executive team — again

  Jan. 24, 2025

• HCA closes 2024 strong despite lingering hurricane impacts

  Jan. 24, 2025

• Jefferson, Lehigh Valley Health to lay off 271 workers

  Jan. 23, 2025

• Providers to target efficiency, supply chain resilience in 2025

  Jan. 22, 2025

• Divestitures and distressed deals defined hospital M&A in 2024: report

  Jan. 17, 2025

• False claims settlements in healthcare total $1.7B in 2024

  Jan. 17, 2025

• Private equity poses ‘new and unique risks’ to healthcare, federal agencies warn

  Jan. 16, 2025

• Prospect Medical Holdings files for bankruptcy

  Jan. 13, 2025

• After Steward crisis, new Massachusetts law aims to strengthen oversight of hospitals

  Jan. 10, 2025

• Private equity firms got rich while shirking obligations to hospitals, Senate report finds

  Jan. 9, 2025

• New rule wipes medical debt from consumer credit reports

  Jan. 8, 2025

• Ardent Health acquires 18 urgent care clinics

  Jan. 7, 2025

• Marshfield Clinic Health System joins Sanford Health

  Jan. 6, 2025

• Ascension gets green light from Illinois board to pursue Prime sale

  Dec. 19, 2024

• Steward Health Care to close Sharon Regional Medical Center in January

  Dec. 18, 2024

• State officials push Kaiser to end behavioral healthcare strike

  Dec. 17, 2024

• AdventHealth CEO to retire in July

  Dec. 16, 2024

• CHS to sell North Carolina hospital for $280M

  Dec. 13, 2024

• CareTrust REIT continues acquisition spree with $97M deal

  Dec. 12, 2024

• Fitch bumps outlook for nonprofit hospitals in 2025

  Dec. 11, 2024

• CareMax could lay off 530 people, including executives

  Dec. 10, 2024

• Mount Nittany Health to pay $1.8M to settle online tracking technology lawsuit

  Dec. 6, 2024

• Risant Health completes acquisition of Cone Health

  Dec. 4, 2024

• Ascension reduces operating loss, grows volumes in Q1

  Dec. 3, 2024

• Hospices owned by private equity firms underperform nonprofit facilities, study says

  Dec. 2, 2024

• CHS deal to sell 3 Pennsylvania hospitals falls through after buyer fails to secure funds

  Nov. 27, 2024

• CHS to sell Florida-based ShorePoint Health System

  Nov. 26, 2024

• AI could be ‘transformational’ for payers, experts say

  Nov. 25, 2024

• Hospital price transparency continues to drop: report

  Nov. 22, 2024

• MPT installs new leadership at Prospect hospitals as system continues to miss rent payments

  Nov. 21, 2024

• Providence names new COO

  Nov. 20, 2024

• Healthcare industry braces for RFK Jr.

  Nov. 20, 2024

• CareMax, dragged by Steward, files for bankruptcy

  Nov. 20, 2024

• CHS is gearing up to play offense again in hospital M&A game, CFO says

  Nov. 15, 2024

• Health systems band together to test and publicly rank top AI models

  Nov. 14, 2024

• Tenet CEO looks ahead to second Trump term

  Nov. 13, 2024

• Pharmacy costs, high utilization drive Kaiser to $608M operating loss in Q3

  Nov. 12, 2024

• CHS to sell Mississippi hospital

  Nov. 11, 2024

• Ascension Michigan settles multiyear dispute about employee vaccination policy

  Nov. 7, 2024

• CareTrust REIT to buy 31 nursing homes for $500M

  Nov. 1, 2024

• Pennsylvania attorney general sues Prospect Medical alleging ‘corporate greed’

  Oct. 31, 2024

• Demand for services boosts Tenet’s third-quarter revenue to $5.1B

  Oct. 29, 2024

• HCA logs $50M hurricane hit in Q3, expects greater loss in Q4

  Oct. 29, 2024

• Tech companies pitch AI platforms for healthcare, outline plans for responsible rollout

  Oct. 28, 2024

• Providence, Compassus to form joint venture offering home health care

  Oct. 25, 2024

• ‘AI arms race’ underway as payers, providers jockey for upper hand in claims review

  Oct. 24, 2024

• PBM model is a ‘dead man walking.’ What comes next?

  Oct. 23, 2024

• Blue Shield of California partners with Salesforce to automate prior authorization

  Oct. 22, 2024

• Senate report slams Medicare Advantage insurers for using predictive technology to deny claims

  Oct. 21, 2024

• Google’s AI-backed healthcare search tool now available for general use

  Oct. 18, 2024

• Blue Cross Blue Shield to pay $2.8B to settle class action provider antitrust case

  Oct. 16, 2024

• UHS, HCA could see financial boost from growth in state-directed payments for Medicaid services

  Oct. 16, 2024

• CVS Health slashes infusion services offerings, blaming industry headwinds

  Oct. 15, 2024

• FTC increases premerger reporting requirements over provider objections

  Oct. 14, 2024

• Fewer than 1 in 5 employer-sponsored plans cover GLP-1s for weight loss

  Oct. 10, 2024

• Hurricane Milton disrupts infrastructure, could trigger more hospital evacuations in Florida

  Oct. 10, 2024

• AHA asks Biden administration for relief amid IV fluid shortage from Hurricane Helene

  Oct. 8, 2024

• Walgreens snags chief commercial officer from Optum

  Oct. 7, 2024

• CMS should take stronger stance on hospital pricing compliance: GAO

  Oct. 4, 2024

• CHS offloads two North Carolina hospitals to Iredell Health

  Oct. 3, 2024

• UHS forced to pay more damages related to child sexual abuse allegations at behavioral care facilities

  Oct. 2, 2024

• HCA’s Mission Hospital in North Carolina still without running water days after Hurricane Helene hits

  Oct. 2, 2024

• Steward CEO sues senators day before he steps down

  Sept. 30, 2024

• Acquisitions work as a one-time efficiency boost for hospital margins: study

  Sept. 27, 2024

• Senate votes unanimously to hold Steward Health Care CEO in criminal contempt

  Sept. 26, 2024

• Providers say claims denials are increasing: survey

  Sept. 25, 2024

• Lifespan lays off 20% of executive team

  Sept. 23, 2024

• Struggling CarePoint Health could lay off 2,600

  Sept. 20, 2024

• Senate committee unanimously votes to hold Steward CEO in contempt

  Sept. 19, 2024

• Ascension posts $1.1B net loss for 2024 after May cyberattack

  Sept. 19, 2024

• CHS subsidiary to acquire 10 urgent care centers

  Sept. 18, 2024

• Senate committee expected to hold Steward CEO in contempt

  Sept. 13, 2024

• Steward inks deal to slash debt, keep most remaining hospitals open

  Sept. 12, 2024

• Hospitals experienced labor rebound in August, reports say

  Sept. 10, 2024

• Steward Health Care auction: What assets sold, closed and are still up for grabs

  Sept. 9, 2024

• Steward loses money on Massachusetts hospital sales; CEO snubs Senate

  Sept. 5, 2024

• Henry Ford Health and Ascension to launch joint venture in October

  Sept. 5, 2024

• Healthcare labor shortage predicted by 2028, with uneven state impacts: report

  Sept. 3, 2024

• Steward closer to finalizing Massachusetts hospital sales

  Aug. 30, 2024

• Hospitals boost operating margins in July: report

  Aug. 29, 2024

• Risant Health plans to invest over $1B into Cone Health

  Aug. 29, 2024

• Northwell-Nuvance deal gets green light from state attorneys general

  Aug. 27, 2024

• HCA pushed out providers, downgraded care after acquiring Mission Health: report

  Aug. 16, 2024

• Unsealed court filings offer details of DOJ investigation into Prospect Medical

  Aug. 14, 2024

• Steward to sell physician group to private equity firm for $245M

  Aug. 13, 2024

• Kaiser’s operating margin rises to 3.1% in second quarter

  Aug. 13, 2024

• For-profit health systems see Medicaid supplemental payment bump in Q2

  Aug. 12, 2024

• Nonprofits’ cash on hand hit 10-year low in 2023: report

  Aug. 12, 2024

• Prospect Medical to sell Crozer Health to real estate company CHA Partners

  Aug. 9, 2024

• Tenet to sell majority stake in 5 Alabama hospitals for $910M

  Aug. 6, 2024

• Steward will lay off more than 1,200 workers in Massachusetts

  Aug. 5, 2024

• Judge approves Steward’s plan to close 2 hospitals by month’s end

  Aug. 1, 2024

• CHS to sell 3 hospitals, exiting Pennsylvania

  July 31, 2024

• North Carolina to offer enhanced Medicaid funds to hospitals that help eliminate medical debt

  July 31, 2024

• CHS trims losses in second quarter

  July 29, 2024

• Senate committee subpoenas Steward CEO over bankruptcy

  July 26, 2024

• Ascension offloads Illinois hospitals, continuing selling spree

  July 26, 2024

• Adventist HealthCare taps new CEO

  July 25, 2024

• UHS says demand for services ‘moderating’ at acute hospitals in Q2

  July 25, 2024

• Tenet raises full-year earnings guidance again

  July 25, 2024

• PBMs battle bipartisan scrutiny as lawmakers eye industry reform

  July 24, 2024

• Maternal health quality varies widely by state: report

  July 24, 2024

• HCA posts $17.5B in Q2 revenue and raises full-year guidance

  July 23, 2024

• Steward fails to spark competitive auction during first round of hospital sales

  July 22, 2024

• CrowdStrike outage hits US hospitals

  July 19, 2024

• Providence names new CEO

  July 18, 2024

• Steward executives cashed in prior to bankruptcy filing

  July 17, 2024

• UHS names new senior VP of human resources

  July 17, 2024

• Steward Health Care under federal investigation for fraud and corruption

  July 12, 2024

• Sanford Health and Marshfield Clinic in talks to merge

  July 11, 2024

• Geisinger to spend $880M on medical center expansion

  July 11, 2024

• Federal judge blocks LGBTQ+ healthcare protections

  July 9, 2024

• Hackensack Meridian Health files lawsuit in wake of Chevron decision

  July 3, 2024

• Cedars-Sinai taps new CEO

  July 3, 2024

• Prospect Medical Holdings reveals DOJ investigation

  July 2, 2024

• Healthcare workers’ compensation rose in 2023 amid staffing shortages: report

  July 1, 2024

• Optum backs out of deal to buy Steward’s physician group

  June 28, 2024

• Supreme Court allows emergency abortions in Idaho, sidestepping broader EMTALA questions

  June 26, 2024

• UAB Health to acquire Ascension St. Vincent’s for $450M

  June 26, 2024

• Hospital mergers tied to increased layoffs, reduced tax revenues: report

  June 26, 2024

• Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors heads to Supreme Court

  June 25, 2024

• Kaiser-owned Risant to buy North Carolina system Cone Health

  June 24, 2024

• Steward further extends asset sale timeline. More delays could follow.

  June 21, 2024

• Novant calls off plan to purchase CHS hospitals following FTC challenge

  June 20, 2024

• Lawmakers ask Department of Labor to protect Steward workers

  June 18, 2024

• Steward contends with possible facility closures

  June 14, 2024

• Proposed rule would wipe medical debt from credit scores

  June 13, 2024

• Court strikes down FTC’s latest attempt to block Novant-CHS deal

  June 12, 2024

• Steward secures $225M days before it was set to run out of cash

  June 11, 2024

• Prospect files suit demanding Yale New Haven purchase its three Connecticut hospitals

  June 10, 2024

• 9th Circuit orders new $411M antitrust trial for Sutter Health

  June 7, 2024

• FTC cannot block $320M Novant, CHS deal

  June 6, 2024

• Under the watch of the attorney general, Northwell overhauls charity care policy

  June 5, 2024

• ‘We’re always running out of money’: Steward seeks new DIP financier ahead of June 14 to keep operations afloat

  June 4, 2024

• State healthcare cost caps could further pressure hospital operating margins: report

  June 4, 2024

• Tenet, HCA shareholders reject calls to report risks from providing abortion services

  May 31, 2024

• Expense management differentiated nonprofit providers in Q1

  May 31, 2024

• Allina Health interim CFO steps into full-time role

  May 30, 2024

• Nursing homes sue to block HHS staffing mandate

  May 28, 2024

• Tufts Medicine lays off workers — again

  May 23, 2024

• New online portal allows patients to report potential EMTALA violations

  May 22, 2024

• Providence posts $360M net income in first quarter, rebounding from years of losses

  May 21, 2024

• Steward lays out timeline for asset sales

  May 20, 2024

• Cleveland Clinic names new CIO

  May 17, 2024

• Kaiser nixes planned $500M Seattle med tower build, looks to sell property

  May 16, 2024

• Ascension hit with lawsuits days after ransomware attack

  May 16, 2024

• Providence CEO to retire at end of year

  May 16, 2024

• Hospitals charged employers and insurers 254% more than Medicare in 2022: study

  May 14, 2024

• Kaiser rides completed Geisinger acquisition to $7.4B income in Q1

  May 14, 2024

• Inpatient admissions lift for-profit providers’ revenue during Q1

  May 14, 2024

• Steward’s landlord Medical Properties Trust posts $736M loss as hospitals flounder

  May 9, 2024

• Steward’s financing, hospital sales take center stage during bankruptcy hearing

  May 8, 2024

• Steward’s bankruptcy documents reveal sprawling debt, planned hospital fire sale

  May 7, 2024

• Steward Health Care files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

  May 6, 2024

• Debt covenant violations tick up among nonprofit providers: report

  May 1, 2024

• Tenet raises full-year revenue guidance on $2.2B in Q1 profit

  May 1, 2024

• Hospitals’ COVID reporting burden to lighten as pandemic-era policies expire

  April 30, 2024

• Ascension taps new CFO

  April 30, 2024

• Rising inpatient volumes boosted HCA’s first quarter earnings

  April 29, 2024

• Kaiser exposed up to 13.4M plan member records to third parties

  April 26, 2024

• CHS kicks off 2024 with a net loss as expenses remain high

  April 25, 2024

• Intermountain Health exits Kansas

  April 25, 2024

• UHS posts strong profits as acute and behavioral care revenue rises

  April 25, 2024

• UPMC to cut 1,000 roles

  April 25, 2024

• Nurse staffing rule slammed by both industry and advocacy groups

  April 23, 2024

• Senators press Steward lenders for solutions days ahead of payment deadline

  April 23, 2024

• CHS to sell Tennessee hospital for $160M

  April 22, 2024

• Over 20% of healthcare bankruptcies last year were linked to private equity: report

  April 17, 2024

• Steward bankruptcy likely as massive debt remains, with few options left

  April 16, 2024

• Cybersecurity takes center stage at AHA annual meeting

  April 16, 2024

• Medical Properties Trust selling spree continues, Utah deal closes

  April 15, 2024

• Steward buy could add 3,000 doctors to Optum’s physician network, regulator says

  April 11, 2024

• Medical Properties Trust offloads 5 hospitals to Prime Healthcare

  April 11, 2024

• Massachusetts lawmakers call on regulators to review Steward-UnitedHealth deal

  April 10, 2024

• Banner Health names new CEO

  April 10, 2024

• North Carolina county seeks damages in HCA Mission lawsuit

  April 9, 2024

• Senate ramps up scrutiny of private equity ‘greed’ in healthcare

  April 5, 2024

• Blue Shield of California and Providence at stalemate over contract negotiations

  April 3, 2024

• Intermountain-owned Saltzer shutters operations, sells clinics

  April 3, 2024

• UHS could face hit from $535M judgment against subsidiary

  April 2, 2024

• Novant’s proposed purchase of CHS hospitals ‘irreversibly’ harms competition, FTC says

  March 29, 2024

• Steward to sell physician group to UnitedHealth’s Optum Care

  March 27, 2024

• Healthcare companies expand perks to recruit talent: report

  March 27, 2024

• Tax breaks exceed community care spending at large majority of nonprofit hospitals: report

  March 26, 2024

• Ascension will outsource Illinois hospitalist functions to PE-backed staffing firm

  March 26, 2024

• Advocate offloads senior home care business to private equity firm

  March 25, 2024

• Hospital groups question HHS about data breach reporting after Change attack

  March 22, 2024

• Hospitals could face revenue hit if insurers play hardball over MA: report

  March 21, 2024

• Steward’s legal battles offer insight into pattern of mismanagement

  March 20, 2024

• Bon Secours Mercy Health names new CFO

  March 20, 2024

• MedPAC’s physician pay recommendations insufficient, provider groups say

  March 19, 2024

• Inexperienced clinicians pose the largest patient safety risk in 2024: report

  March 15, 2024

• Mass General Brigham lays out multi-year plan to integrate flagship hospitals

  March 14, 2024

• For-profit hospital operators bet on outpatient services, expense reductions in 2023

  March 12, 2024

• Elevance completes Paragon Health acquisition

  March 11, 2024

• Providence improves in 2023, but still posts $600M net loss

  March 8, 2024

• House committee advances bill to block nursing home staffing standards

  March 7, 2024

• Federal government probes healthcare private equity deals

  March 6, 2024

• Kaiser lays off IT workers for a second time in 4 months

  March 5, 2024

• Geisinger Health taps new CEO

  March 5, 2024

• Hospital price transparency compliance dips: report

  March 4, 2024

• Change Healthcare cyberattack having ‘far-reaching’ effects on providers

  March 1, 2024

• Cleveland Clinic posts $911M net income in 2023 on investment, volume growth

  March 1, 2024

• Mayo Clinic boosted operating income by 82% in 2023

  Feb. 29, 2024

• Northwell Health, Nuvance Health to merge

  Feb. 29, 2024

• UHS eyes 2024 growth but ‘cautious’ amid persistent cost pressures

  Feb. 28, 2024

• Nurse leaders say the job is a ‘no-win’ role

  Feb. 28, 2024

• Catholic health system taps CommonSpirit executive as next CEO

  Feb. 27, 2024

• Trinity Health cuts operating losses by 85% in first half of 2024

  Feb. 26, 2024

• CHS hit with Justice Department investigation

  Feb. 23, 2024

• Women in healthcare report higher levels of burnout than male colleagues, study finds

  Feb. 22, 2024

• Steward Health Care gets ultimatum from Massachusetts governor

  Feb. 21, 2024

• CHS’ income falls in the fourth quarter as costs continue to climb

  Feb. 21, 2024

• CMS finalizes rule to cut Medicaid DSH payments for some hospitals

  Feb. 21, 2024

• Ascension posts $231M in quarterly operating income as labor costs come down

  Feb. 20, 2024

• Mass General Brigham’s investment income boosted Q1 earnings

  Feb. 20, 2024

• CommonSpirit trims operating losses in second quarter

  Feb. 16, 2024

• What’s going on at Steward Health Care?

  Feb. 15, 2024

• SCAN Group, CareOregon abandon merger plans

  Feb. 15, 2024

• HCA updates C-suite reporting structure

  Feb. 14, 2024

• Washington state bill seeks to regulate hospital mergers, care access

  Feb. 13, 2024

• Kaiser reports $4.1B net gain in 2023 on improved investments

  Feb. 12, 2024

• Lawsuit accuses Advocate Aurora of charging ‘eye-watering’ prices

  Feb. 12, 2024

• Primary care providers Marathon Health and Everside Health merge

  Feb. 9, 2024

• Tenet says its upcoming ‘new era’ will be fueled by ambulatory surgeries

  Feb. 8, 2024

• Amazon cuts hundreds of One Medical, Amazon Pharmacy jobs

  Feb. 7, 2024

• Healthcare job growth reached three-decade high in 2023

  Feb. 5, 2024

• Providence erases or refunds $158M in medical bills

  Feb. 2, 2024

• UCI Health completes $975M purchase of 4 Tenet hospitals

  Feb. 1, 2024

• Healthcare CFOs explore M&A, automation and service line cuts in 2024

  Jan. 31, 2024

• HCA beats Q4 expectations, outlines 2024 expansion

  Jan. 30, 2024

• Low operating margins will be new normal for some nonprofit hospitals: Fitch

  Jan. 30, 2024

• Healthcare labor churn increased through 2021, study finds

  Jan. 29, 2024

• Troubled Steward Health Care announces yet another facility closure

  Jan. 26, 2024

• FTC sues to block Novant purchase of two CHS hospitals

  Jan. 25, 2024

• Cleveland Clinic to focus on ‘smart growth,’ cutting costs this year

  Jan. 25, 2024

• Marshfield Clinic to close Wisconsin hospice center due to ‘limited resources’

  Jan. 24, 2024

• Lawmakers press Steward Health Care over reports of ‘grave financial distress’

  Jan. 24, 2024

• Intermountain’s Saltzer Health will close if it can’t find a buyer by spring

  Jan. 22, 2024

• Financial distress drove nearly a third of hospital M&A in 2023: Kaufman Hall

  Jan. 19, 2024

• Allina Health CFO to depart

  Jan. 19, 2024

• Bright Health rebrands as NeueHealth, distances itself from insurance portfolio

  Jan. 18, 2024

• Allina Health doctors unionize over health system’s objections

  Jan. 17, 2024

• CarePoint and Hudson Regional Hospital announce new system

  Jan. 16, 2024

• HCA granted extension to respond to Mission lawsuit

  Jan. 12, 2024

• RWJBarnabas will lay off 79 employees

  Jan. 11, 2024

• Key hospital and provider trends in 2024

  Jan. 10, 2024

• HHS publishes updated provider conscience rule, rolls back Trump-era policy

  Jan. 10, 2024

• Most nonprofit hospitals and health systems had ‘strong’ cash reserves in 2022, KFF finds

  Jan. 9, 2024

• Marshfield Clinic to furlough 3% of staff following abandoned Essentia merger

  Jan. 8, 2024

• More hospitals, payers compliant with price transparency laws

  Jan. 5, 2024

• Cigna, HCSC near deal on Medicare Advantage business: WSJ

  Jan. 4, 2024

• Falls and infections rise in hospitals after private equity acquisitions, study finds

  Jan. 3, 2024

• Blue Shield of California says it will lay off 140

  Jan. 3, 2024

• Antitrust enforcements hit a high in 2022, with health deals impacted

  Dec. 22, 2023

• Labor conditions stabilizing at nonprofit hospitals: Fitch

  Dec. 21, 2023

• Jefferson Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network combine into 32-hospital system

  Dec. 20, 2023

• Steward Health Care hit with False Claims Act lawsuit

  Dec. 20, 2023

• No Surprises Act dispute portal reopens again amid ‘challenging’ policy rollout

  Dec. 18, 2023

• North Carolina AG sues HCA over degraded care quality at Mission Health

  Dec. 15, 2023

• Humana used algorithm to deny care to Medicare Advantage patients, lawsuit claims

  Dec. 13, 2023

• Kaiser Permanente, Novant Health to cut IT jobs

  Dec. 12, 2023

• CommonSpirit names new COO

  Dec. 11, 2023

• Boosted by federal funds, Mass General Brigham posts profit in FY 2023

  Dec. 11, 2023

• Senators probe private equity’s role in hospital operations

  Dec. 8, 2023

• Michigan doubles fines for violence against healthcare workers

  Dec. 7, 2023

• Corporate healthcare ownership reduces care quality, physician survey finds

  Dec. 6, 2023

• Steward Health Care to close Massachusetts hospital amid financial troubles

  Dec. 6, 2023

• Nonprofits’ 2024 outlook still ‘deteriorating,’ Fitch says

  Dec. 5, 2023

• Mass General Brigham cuts workers in its tech division

  Dec. 4, 2023

• Cleveland Clinic posts slimmer operating losses in Q3

  Dec. 4, 2023

• Lifepoint Health and Ascension Saint Thomas announce joint venture

  Dec. 4, 2023

• Striking nurses reach tentative deal with RWJUH after months on picket line

  Dec. 4, 2023

• Providence, struggling to rebound, posts more losses in Q3

  Nov. 30, 2023

• Highmark Health’s insurance business boosts earnings

  Nov. 29, 2023

• Global medical costs to dip in 2024 — but respite may not last long, research finds

  Nov. 29, 2023

• Majority of Medicaid enrollees satisfied with plans, despite flaws, survey finds

  Nov. 29, 2023

• Cleveland Clinic, Canon to establish medical imaging research center

  Nov. 28, 2023

• Advocate Health slows growth in Q3

  Nov. 27, 2023

• Intermountain Health financials are in the black, but down from 2022

  Nov. 22, 2023

• Mount Sinai Health System names new CEO

  Nov. 22, 2023

• PeaceHealth will pay up to $13.4M to settle charity care probe

  Nov. 21, 2023

• Where are all the nurses? Hospitals, advocates disagree on crisis

  Nov. 21, 2023

• Mass General Brigham sued after hundreds potentially exposed to HIV, hepatitis

  Nov. 20, 2023

• Mayo Clinic posts $4.5B in operating revenue for Q3

  Nov. 17, 2023

• CommonSpirit kicks off 2024 fiscal year with $738M loss

  Nov. 16, 2023

• Biden administration finalizes rule requiring nursing homes disclose ownership

  Nov. 15, 2023

• New AMA policies focus on GLP-1 coverage, resisting corporate medicine

  Nov. 14, 2023

• Most rural hospitals no longer deliver babies, report finds

  Nov. 13, 2023

• Mass General Brigham offers buyouts to workers in its digital unit

  Nov. 13, 2023

• HCA outlines plans to expand market share by 2030

  Nov. 10, 2023

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

  Nov. 9, 2023

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

  Nov. 9, 2023

• Kaiser Permanente’s investment, operating income rebounded in Q3

  Nov. 7, 2023

• Research flags ‘concerning’ employment losses at nursing homes amid Biden administration staffing push

  Nov. 6, 2023

• Minnesota law kicks in requiring hospitals to bolster charity care checks prior to debt collections

  Nov. 3, 2023

• Hospitals, providers file amicus briefs against HHS website tracking restrictions

  Nov. 3, 2023

• North Carolina AG threatens lawsuit against HCA

  Nov. 2, 2023

• Physicians spend more time after hours on EHR tasks post-COVID, report finds

  Nov. 2, 2023

• HHS announces first ransomware settlement

  Nov. 1, 2023

• Tracking healthcare data breaches

  Oct. 31, 2023

• Tenet Healthcare beats expectations on growth in ambulatory and acute services

  Oct. 31, 2023

• Insurer prices vary widely by U.S. region, study finds

  Oct. 30, 2023

• Again in the red, Community Health Systems logs $91M net loss in Q3

  Oct. 26, 2023

• UHS beats Wall Street expectations on rising patient volumes

  Oct. 26, 2023

• Calling healthcare burnout a crisis is an ‘understatement,’ CDC says

  Oct. 25, 2023

• Prospect Medical Holdings clear to seek buyer for Crozer Health

  Oct. 24, 2023

• HCA misses Q3 expectations on costs from staffing firm Valesco

  Oct. 24, 2023

• Physician turnover more complex than just burnout, study finds

  Oct. 20, 2023

• Senators urge CMS to withhold staffing mandate, citing negative impact on veteran care

  Oct. 19, 2023

• Washington hospitals sue state over expanded interpretation of a charity care law

  Oct. 19, 2023

• Atrium Health ends policy of suing patients for unpaid medical debt

  Oct. 17, 2023

• Healthcare worker exodus continued through 2022, new data shows

  Oct. 17, 2023

• California sets $25 per hour minimum wage for healthcare workers

  Oct. 16, 2023

• Kaiser workers ratify new contract, ending prolonged labor conflict

  Oct. 13, 2023

• UnityPoint Health, Presbyterian Healthcare Services call off cross-market merger

  Oct. 13, 2023

• Ascension faces negative outlooks following weak earnings

  Oct. 10, 2023

• Kaiser and unions reach ‘tentative agreement’ after historic strike

  Oct. 9, 2023

• Novant Health cuts 160 jobs, citing a ‘challenging healthcare environment’

  Oct. 6, 2023

• Physician burnout rate doubled between 2019 and 2021, study finds

  Oct. 6, 2023

• ‘Labordemic’ to continue for nonprofit hospitals into next year, report finds

  Oct. 4, 2023

• 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers begin strike as negotiations continue

  Oct. 4, 2023

• Trinity Health expenses surpassed operating revenue in fiscal year 2023

  Oct. 3, 2023

• Inside Kaiser Permanente’s labor relations breakdown

  Sept. 29, 2023

• Judge greenlights LCMC Health’s $150M hospital buy

  Sept. 28, 2023

• Ohio lawmakers propose minimum nurse-to-patient ratios

  Sept. 27, 2023

• CommonSpirit lays off 2K, reports $1.4B operating loss

  Sept. 25, 2023

• Kaiser unions issue unfair labor practice strike notice as bargaining further breaks down

  Sept. 22, 2023

• Federal agencies propose increase to No Surprises Act administrative fees

  Sept. 22, 2023

• Nearly 80,000 Kaiser workers authorize potential strike as final bargaining session begins

  Sept. 20, 2023

• Frustration over surprise billing implementation builds in House hearing

  Sept. 20, 2023

• Over 80% of nursing homes currently fall short of proposed CMS staffing thresholds

  Sept. 19, 2023

• Ascension posts $2.7B net loss in fiscal year 2023, driven by rising expenses

  Sept. 18, 2023

• 65,000 Kaiser Permanente workers vote to authorize strike

  Sept. 15, 2023

• Inflationary labor pressures for nonprofits show signs of easing

  Sept. 14, 2023

• Lawmakers introduce bipartisan legislation addressing workplace violence in hospitals — again

  Sept. 13, 2023

• ‘It is time to settle the strike’: RWJUH nurse work stoppage hits 40th day

  Sept. 13, 2023

• Kaiser Permanente to pay $49M after investigators found syringes, medical records in trash

  Sept. 11, 2023

• Sanford Health shakes up C-suite

  Sept. 8, 2023

• Unionized nursing homes more likely to report workplace injuries and accidents

  Sept. 7, 2023

• Intermountain’s operating income fell 35% in H1 as system battles rising expenses

  Sept. 6, 2023

• Patients ‘steered’ toward health systems, more costly treatment after vertical consolidation, study finds

  Sept. 5, 2023

• Biden administration proposes landmark nursing home staffing minimums

  Sept. 1, 2023

• Prisma Health files suit against UnitedHealthcare, alleging ‘bad faith’ contract negotiation tactics

  Aug. 31, 2023

• Advocate Health in black in first H1 as combined system

  Aug. 30, 2023

• Providence posted $202M operating loss in Q2 as it deploys recovery programs

  Aug. 29, 2023

• More than 80% of healthcare executives say recruiting talent is a top business risk, report finds

  Aug. 28, 2023

• Mental health service utilization and spending increased during the pandemic, study finds

  Aug. 28, 2023

• KFF report explores cost, antitrust implications for cross-market hospital mergers

  Aug. 25, 2023

• CMS threatens to cut hospices from Medicare if they can’t prove legitimacy

  Aug. 24, 2023

• Pandemic relief funds bolstered operating margins at vulnerable hospitals, Health Affairs finds

  Aug. 23, 2023

• Scale of healthcare cyber attacks increase as criminals change tactics, report finds

  Aug. 22, 2023

• Minnesota AG launches investigation into Allina Health’s billing practices

  Aug. 21, 2023

• Mayo Clinic’s profit continued to rebound in the second quarter after 2022 struggles

  Aug. 18, 2023

• The Joint Commission acquires National Quality Forum

  Aug. 17, 2023

• Physicians used social media to spread COVID misinformation to thousands, report finds

  Aug. 16, 2023

• Mass General Brigham posts positive operating margin in Q3 after high 2022 losses

  Aug. 15, 2023

• Demand for nurse practitioners exceeded other specialty providers, report finds

  Aug. 14, 2023

• HHS pledges more than $100M to grow nursing workforce

  Aug. 10, 2023

• For-profit hospitals beat Q2 expectations on rising admissions, expense improvements

  Aug. 10, 2023

• Hospital CEO turnover remained low in 2022, but recent data suggests uptick

  Aug. 9, 2023

• Kaiser Permanente in the black for second quarter, after loss in 2022

  Aug. 7, 2023

• Top paying specialties less likely to recruit women and underrepresented groups, study finds

  Aug. 4, 2023

• Centura fold finalized; CommonSpirit and AdventHealth divvy up hospital portfolio

  Aug. 3, 2023

• CHS announces new strategic initiatives to get back in black

  Aug. 3, 2023

• U.S reaches record low uninsured rate just prior to Medicaid redeterminations

  Aug. 3, 2023

• UnitedHealth unit sued by Labor Department over systematic claims denials

  Aug. 2, 2023

• Hospital mergers led to diminished quality of care, Elevance study finds

  Aug. 2, 2023

• Tenet posts $123M profit on strong surgical demand, lower contract labor costs

  Aug. 1, 2023

• Sanford-Fairview merger dead, following significant stakeholder pressures

  July 28, 2023

• HCA raises full-year outlook on strengthening admissions

  July 27, 2023

• UHS beat Wall Street estimates for Q2 earnings on ‘high demand’ at acute care hospitals

  July 26, 2023

• This year will not bring ‘full rebound’ for nonprofit hospitals

  July 25, 2023

• Primary care providers say field is ‘crumbling’

  July 20, 2023

• COVID relief funds helped some hospitals soar to ‘all-time high’ operating margins

  July 19, 2023

• M&A transactions heat up to pre-pandemic levels, Kaufman Hall finds

  July 14, 2023

• Share of physicians working in private practice continues to dip

  July 13, 2023

• Length of provider notes on the rise, despite efforts to temper documentation burden

  July 11, 2023

• Patients continue to utilize telehealth for mental healthcare: Fair Health

  July 6, 2023

• Patients report acceptance of AI in healthcare, but don’t prefer it

  July 5, 2023

• DOJ charges dozens in multiple states for $2.5 billion healthcare fraud

  June 29, 2023

• State legislatures around US grapple with how to handle nursing shortages

  June 28, 2023

• Hospital operating margins positive for third consecutive month: Kaufman Hall

  June 28, 2023

• AHA ramps up criticism of site-neutral legislation

  June 27, 2023

• New York to approve staffing requirement in critical care units

  June 15, 2023

• New York becomes 35th state to extend Medicaid, CHIP postpartum coverage

  June 14, 2023

• Expanded federal safety net during COVID led to improved health access for adults, report finds

  June 13, 2023

• Wage growth at nonprofit hospitals falls below 2022 highs, but remains elevated

  June 12, 2023

• SCOTUS rulings on COVID-19, guns, abortion will lead to increase in preventable deaths, JAMA Network Open finds

  June 12, 2023

• Patients of color disproportionately suffer adverse health events, regardless of hospital safety ratings

  June 7, 2023