2+ week, 4+ day ago  (390+ words) A Maine bill aims to cap how much hospitals can charge insurers for services in an effort to make healthcare more affordable, but health system executives in the state argue the legislation would lead to service cuts and closures, the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (200+ words) Two hospitals shared plans to close the week of Feb. 16, highlighting the mounting financial and operational challenges that many healthcare facilities face across the country. Regency Hospital-Meridian (Miss.), a long-term acute care facility, is no longer accepting new admissions and…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (170+ words) Of the 28 hospitals CMS has fined for alleged price transparency violations, only two have bed counts above 550, while 10 have 30 or fewer beds. CMS bases its civil monetary penalties on hospital bed counts. Fines fall into three tiers: In its fine…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (788+ words) As funds begin flowing to states through the five-year, $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, hospital leaders are confronting a central question: Will the initiative meaningfully stabilize struggling providers " or will it fall short of offsetting an estimated $137 billion in Medicaid…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (255+ words) Arizona providers could face license suspension or revocation for submitting too high of payment offers during No Surprises Act arbitration under a newly proposed bill in the state's legislature. The bill would cap what physicians and nurses can ask for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (289+ words) Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System recorded an operating income of $189.4 million (2.8% operating margin) in the first half of fiscal 2026, up from an operating income of $117 million (2% margin) during the same period last year, according to its Feb. 20 financial report....

8+ mon, 4+ week ago  (182+ words) 1. The probe is in support of President Donald Trump's executive order concerning hospital billing, as part of his "Make America Healthy Again" agenda. The order directs federal agencies to ensure hospitals and insurers disclose "actual prices, not estimates." 2. Last week,…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (234+ words) CMS has fined Crown Point, Ind.-based Pinnacle Hospital $51,615 for alleged price transparency violations." The hospital, which has fewer than 30 beds, was fined for 155 days of noncompliance with federal price transparency rules, according to CMS" letter sent to the hospital....

1+ year, 1+ week ago  (408+ words) Texas would lose the most healthcare jobs if ACA premium tax credits expire at the end of 2025, according to a March 3 brief from the Commonwealth Fund. The ACA provides low- and middle-income individuals with premium tax credits to purchase health…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (327+ words) CMS has issued preliminary guidance to states aimed at tightening rules on Medicaid provider taxes as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The agency projects the move will save more than $200billion over the next decade." Ten things to…...