Tara Bannow

Providers and insurers agree bundled payments for prenatal care, delivery and postpartum care lower costs and boost quality, but squaring away payment terms has proven more tricky.

Sutter Health was able to convince a jury that it did not engage in anticompetitive practices that drove up healthcare costs for Northern Californians.

A top Sutter Health finance executive said during testimony in a federal trial that her organization is not required to provide free or discounted care, otherwise known as charity care, as a condition of being not-for-profit. Experts say that's true, with caveats.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau questions whether medical debts should appear on credit reports at all.

On Tuesday, Tenet Healthcare announced it no longer plans to spin off its revenue-cycle subsidiary into a separate, publicly traded company.

Mayo Clinic said its patients were sicker and had to be hospitalized longer in 2021, contributing to the health system's $1.2 billion operating surplus.

Patient lawsuits, unsuccessful so far, argue hospitals should have notified them about their practice of charging thousands of dollars in facility fees onto emergency department bills.

Community Health Systems updated its long-term goals during an investor call. The company is holding itself to a higher earnings margin and lower debt ratio.

A group of Connecticut residents alleged Hartford HealthCare used its monopoly status to impose all-or-nothing contracts on insurers, which have driven up prices.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed regulations could give health systems more insight into the workings of private equity, venture capital and hedge funds.

Strong investment returns drove the California health system's net income to $8.1 billion in 2021, even as its operating income declined from the prior year.

Opening arguments in the federal antitrust trial against Sutter Health focused on parties' disagreement over whether Sutter engages in all-or-nothing contracting.

Pittsburgh's Highmark Health made the rare disclosure on Monday that it saved $245 million in 2021 by preventing instances of fraud, waste and abuse. The health insurer said its program has saved almost $1 billion since 2017.

Tenet Healthcare leaders are considering whether it would be more beneficial to keep Conifer in-house rather than spinning it off as a separate subsidiary.

Far fewer municipal bonds issued in 2021 had ratings from each of the Big Three rating agencies compared with 2012. Hospitals say there’s less of a need today to have all three ratings compared with a decade ago.