2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (659+ words) Analysis "|By Luke Gale| May 07, 2026 Health systems are battling a perfect storm of workforce shortages, rising labor costs, and expanding federal rules. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), coupled with the No Surprises Act and hospital price transparency rules,…...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago  (659+ words) Analysis "|By Luke Gale| May 07, 2026 Health systems are battling a perfect storm of workforce shortages, rising labor costs, and expanding federal rules. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), coupled with the No Surprises Act and hospital price transparency rules,…...

6+ hour, 12+ min ago  (340+ words) Analysis "|By Jay Asser| May 07, 2026 Healthcare bankruptcies increased 33% in the first quarter of 2026 as clinics/physician practices and senior care providers accounted for most new Chapter 11 filings, according to a report from Gibbins Advisors. The restructuring advisory firm recorded 12 healthcare…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (219+ words) Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley announced an "employee" who let the county's health insurance contract with United Healthcare lapse last year has been fired. "This was an error by an employee in the Department of Human Resources, and as a…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (102+ words) Analysis "|By Luke Gale| January 21, 2026 U. S. healthcare spending hit $5. 3 trillion in 2024, growing 7. 2% year-over-year, according to new national healthcare expenditure data. See the infographic below for our takeaways from the recently released report." Luke Gale is the revenue cycle editor for Health…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (443+ words) Analysis "|By Luke Gale| January 16, 2026 U. S. healthcare spending hit $5. 3 trillion in 2024, growing 7. 2% year-over-year, according to the newly released National Health Expenditure Accounts report. For the second year in a row, health spending growth outpaced the broader economy, pushing healthcare's share of…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (120+ words) Physicians are in short supply. They are costly. Is the APP the answer to the CMO's workforce and budget challenges? .. . In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, .. . OPM calls on federal insurance carriers to promote…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (147+ words) The Trump administration's new law that Americans must work or volunteer to qualify for Medicaid healthcare benefits, set to take effect next year, has left states waiting for "details on how to comply and with limited funding promised, according to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (524+ words) Analysis "|By Luke Gale| April 28, 2026 Complexities in the revenue cycle do not merely impact the bottom line for health systems; they directly influence patient behavior and perception. A critical challenge facing revenue cycle leaders is the administrative friction between payers…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1760+ words) Analysis "|By KFF Health News| April 20, 2026 But physicians, dentists, ambulance companies, and other health care providers are still taking their patients to court, a Connecticut Mirror-KFF Health News investigation of state legal records shows. Lawsuits by doctors and other nonhospital…...