CMS finalizes 2.6% pay bump for hospital outpatient care, ASCs
The Trump administration has finalized the rule that sets government payments to hospital outpatient facilities and ambulatory surgical centers, including...
CommonSpirit Health’s Q1 operations battered by inflationary pressure, reimbursement challenges
CommonSpirit Health’s operations saw year-over-year improvement for the quarter ended September 30, but the nonprofit health system continues to be...
How HCA Healthcare has deployed AI across its hospitals
The country’s largest for-profit hospital chain isn’t sitting on its hands when it comes to artificial intelligence. Speaking Wednesday morning...
Kaiser Permanente logs 0.7% operating margin for Q3 2025
Kaiser Permanente and its subsidiaries posted a $218 million operating income, or a 0.7% operating margin, for the third quarter...
Understanding Various Measures to Assess Hospital Finances: A Cheat Sheet
Profit margins are the most common measure of financial performance. They can be positive (if the hospital earns a profit)...
Hippocratic AI lands $126M series C at $3.5B valuation
Hippocratic AI has seen rapid growth in the past 18 months, inking partnerships with more than 50 large health systems,...
CMS finalizes increased pay rates for physicians in 2026
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its annual physician pay rule for 2026 on Friday night, which increases...
HRSA approves 8 drugmakers’ rebate plans for 340B pilot program
The Trump administration has approved eight drugmakers’ rebate plans for a controversial 340B drug discount pilot program that kicks off...
Patients are blaming insurers for medical debt: survey
U.S. consumers across the political spectrum are largely in favor of new legal protections against medical debt, and the majority...
HCA raises 2025 guidance after Q3’s strong demand, revenue
HCA Healthcare raised its guidance for 2025 amid the third quarter’s solid demand and greater per patient revenue metrics, though...
