1+ week, 14+ hour 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…...

1+ week, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ 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....

1+ week, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ 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+ week, 5+ day ago  (240+ words) Prime Healthcare Foundation closed its acquisition of a Maine health system, and a pair of Texas hospitals are considering a potential merger. Here are three hospital M&A updates that Becker's reported during the week of Feb. 16." 1. Nacogdoches (Texas) County…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (266+ words) CMS said in a Feb. 18 document it plans to "beta launch" a national directory of Medicare Advantage providers, including hospitals and physicians." MA organizations are only required to supply current in-network providers and facilities to CMS, according to the agency's…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (342+ words) Two Connecticut cities filed federal lawsuits against Cigna, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group " targeting their pharmacy benefit managers " over an alleged "insulin pricing scheme," according to January filings in the U.S. District Court for the state. Along with Express Scripts, Evernorth,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (185+ words) Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System has agreed to serve as the presenting partner of Live Nation-promoted concerts at a local amphitheatre. Starting this summer at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., those performances will be dubbed Albany Med Health System…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (207+ words) In an online statement, Regency Hospital-Meridian said it is no longer accepting new admissions and will close on or before March 13. Regency Hospital-Meridian is a 40-bed facility on the second floor of Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South, according to a…...