Alex Kacik

Nurses’ participation in the hospital boardroom has been historically limited. Some providers are trying to achieve a better balance in governance.

Regulators are unjustly withholding tens of millions of dollars in adjusted Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments, more than 40 hospitals allege in a lawsuit.

Sutter will look to partner with Northern California academic institutions to shore up its workforce over the long term.

The Kaiser Family Foundation study also noted that systems provide just $16 billion in charity care.

Providers and payers are fighting over how to set appropriate reimbursement rates in roughly a dozen lawsuits -- including four filed by the Texas Medical Association -- that could take years to resolve.

AtlantiCare CEO Lori Herndon, who started her career as a critical care nurse 40 years ago, has led the New Jersey-based health system since 2016.

The combined organization would have more than 40 hospitals, 40,000 employees and roughly $11 billion in annual revenue.

MercyOne and Genesis Health System announced plans to combine in September.

Community Health Systems will sell Lake Norman Regional Medical Center and Davis Regional Medical Center in North Carolina to Novant Health in a deal expected to close this year.

Trinity Health’s MercyOne is set to add Genesis Health System's four hospitals to its portfolio within days, according to a source familiar with the deal.

Hospitals moving patients to post-acute care facilities struggle to find open beds as staffing, technology and Medicare and Medicaid payment woes delay care.

SUNY Upstate Medical University and Crouse Health System called off their transaction, citing economic and operational headwinds. In October, the Federal Trade Commission recommended the state oppose the deal.

Though the short-term health impacts of vinyl chloride spilled into the air and water appear minimal, healthcare experts worry more about long-term effects.

The partnership, which formed Centura Health, has reached its “natural maturity,” the health systems said.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a proposed rule that aims to promote transparency in the often opaque realm of nursing home ownership.