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UnitedHealth forecasts 2026 revenue drop on shrinking business
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (217+ words) UnitedHealth Group Inc. forecast a decline in 2026 revenue, the first annual contraction in more than three decades, as the insurer falters in its attempt to rebuild confidence with investors after a stunning fall last year. The news was the second…...
3 CFO Tips For Building Resilient Health Systems in an Era of Policy Risk
1+ week, 2+ day ago (155+ words) 3 CFO Tips For Building Resilient Health Systems in an Era of Policy Risk'HealthLeaders Media 3 CFO Tips For Building Resilient Health Systems in an Era of Policy Risk How finance leaders can protect margins and expand access as policy uncertainty, workforce…...
How UW Health is Redefining the Patient Financial Experience
1+ week, 3+ day ago (519+ words) Analysis "|By Luke Gale| March 10, 2026 The revenue cycle begins long before a claim is ever generated, according to Ryan Klein, Senior Director of Patient Access and Financial Experience at UW Health. As health systems across the country grapple with the…...
Sick of Fighting Insurers, Hospitals Offer Their Own Medicare Advantage Plans
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1176+ words) Analysis "|By KFF Health News| January 26, 2026 by Susan Jaffe January 26, 2026 Ever since Larry Wilkewitz retired more than 20 years ago from a wood products company, he's had a commercial Medicare Advantage plan from the insurer Humana. But two years ago, he…...
Price Transparency Data Reveals 'Startling Spread' in Payer Rates
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (402+ words) Analysis "|By Luke Gale| September 25, 2025 Newly available health plan price transparency data reveals a "startling spread," "according to a Trilliant Health analysis. The review of Aetna and UnitedHealthcare rates, using federal Transparency in Coverage (TiC) files, shows significant price variation…...
CMS final rule closes gaping Medicaid loophole
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (219+ words) CMS has finalized a Medicaid rule that closes a loophole that allowed states to extract additional federal funding through Medicaid provider taxes. The rule reinforces and implements a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The CBO estimates this…...
Humana's CenterWell acquires MaxHealth primary care clinics
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (161+ words) CenterWell, a division of Humana, has completed its acquisition of MaxHealth, a network of primary care clinics and other healthcare services reaching more than 120,000 patients, the companies announced late last week. MaxHealth will now be owned by and affiliated with…...
Shaping the Revenue Cycle Through a Clinical Lens
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (575+ words) Analysis "|By Luke Gale| February 18, 2026 Integrating clinicians into the revenue cycle delivered significant ROI, with one new role accounting for around $750,000 in new annual revenue." Due to the rapid pace of technological updates, the daily work of revenue cycle leadership…...
Hospital Margins Slip as Volume Declines Test Cost Controls
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (391+ words) Analysis "|By Jay Asser| January 19, 2026 Hospital financial performance softened in November as volumes fell and expense pressures intensified, according to Kaufman Hall's latest National Hospital Flash Report. The report, based on data from more than 1,300 hospitals nationwide, shows that while…...
CMS issues proposed notice of benefit and payment parameters for 2027
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (243+ words) CMS on Monday released its 2027 proposed standards for the health insurance marketplaces, including the issuers and brokers who assist marketplace enrollees. Notably, the proposed rule would allow CMS to certify non-network health plans as qualified health plans, beginning in plan…...