With struggling giants Tenet Healthcare and Community Health Systems now sellers rather than buyers of hospitals, their competitors are paying a premium to acquire their coveted facilities.

Hospital company stock prices were mixed on Friday after the news that the Trump administration would end financial support for ACA enrollees' cost-sharing.

With high-deductible insurance generally requiring patients these days to pay for all care until June, hospitals are relying on revenue-cycle cost estimators to have frank payment conversations with patients before treatment.

Arkansas Children's is preparing to open the nation's smallest free-standing children's hospital, with nearly 40% of the costs being paid by charitable donations from Walmart, Tyson Foodsn and other prominent individuals and employers in the area.

Trevor Fetter, the outgoing CEO of Tenet Healthcare, is to receive a severance package of $22.9 million and $19.4 million in pension payments when his replacement is found, according to Tenet financial documents.

A $1.4 billion investment gain covered a 2017 decline in operating income largely caused by Ascension's more generous charity policies.

With higher rates of Medicaid patients, rural hospitals would be hit harder than their urban counterparts if Medicaid expansion ends as proposed in the new Graham-Cassidy bill.

The acquisition of HealthSun, with its 40,000 Medicare Advantage members, will give Anthem 650,000 Medicare and Medicaid members across Florida

Three of the nation's largest hospital chains—HCA, LifePoint Health and Universal Health Services—had each posted 1% gains in share prices Wednesday afternoon.

The departure of Robert Coward caught investors by surprise, given that Envision has not pointed to specific problems with its crucial physician-staffing business in recent quarters.