Planned Parenthood decries executive power in pending House bill
National healthcare groups have signed on in opposition to a House bill that would soon grant President Donald Trump the...
High labor costs challenge hospitals
Though hospital performance has remained relatively stable, high labor costs continue to challenge hospitals’ bottom line, according to September figures...
General Catalyst’s HATCo to buy Summa Health for $485M
Venture capital firm General Catalyst’s Health Assurance Transformation Corporation (HATCo) signed a definitive agreement to buy Summa Health for $485...
CMS finalizes 2.9% pay bump for hospital outpatient facilities
Under a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, outpatient hospital facilities and ambulatory surgical centers...
New bipartisan bill aims to block Medicare pay cuts to docs
Physicians and other healthcare practitioners may get a pay boost in 2025 through a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress on...
Universal Health Services beats on revenue, misses on earnings
Universal Health Services (UHS) beat analysts’ estimates for third-quarter revenue as its top line grew 11%$3.963 billion to reach $3.96...
HCA bracing for $200M hurricane-related financial hit in Q4
HCA Healthcare took a $50 million financial hit in the third quarter due to the impacts of the back-to-back hurricanes...
Higher expenses, payer denials blunt CHS’ Q3 earnings
Community Health Systems, a 69-hospital system, posted $3.09 billion in third-quarter revenue, up slightly from a year ago, thanks to...
Hospitals’ August margins stay level despite high volumes
Though their margins have largely remained level, hospitals are starting to get a handle on length of stay and per-patient...
Last-minute IPPS update unwinds low wage index hospital policy
To comply with a summer court order, the Biden administration made a last-minute change to its inpatient rates that will...
