The top quartile of hospitals provided $11.50 in charity care for the uninsured for every $100 of their overall net income compared to $72.30 for third-quartile hospitals.

Fairmont Regional Medical Center CEO Bob Adcock notified more than 600 employees that the 207-bed hospital will close.

The largest publicly traded health insurers grew profits by a combined 66% in 2019, driven by the massive mergers and acquisitions several of them completed the year before.

CommonSpirit Health posted $40 million in operating income in the second quarter of its fiscal 2020, marking the system's first operating gain since it was created by a 2019 merger.