Category: Healthcare Finance News

Hospital margins improving despite tariff uncertainty

Hospital financial performance has improved since the start of the year, with margins improving for nonprofit hospitals specifically.
This is despite tariff policies at the national level that are causing uncertainty and market volatility, according to…

Insurance exchanges implore senators to extend ACA tax credits

Executives at state-based insurance exchanges have written a letter to healthcare leaders in the Senate expressing concern over the contents of the Republican-led “Big Beautiful Bill,” saying proposals in the legislation would likely drive up costs for…

Sparta Community Hospital improves SDOH data capture

Incorporating health-related social needs data into electronic health records is an increasingly integral part of accountable care performance in healthcare, but there’s no real consensus on how to best capture and manage this data.

Fired staffers sue Health and Human Services, DOGE

Fired Health and Human Services staffers have brought a lawsuit claiming the April 1 termination of thousands of federal workers was unlawful due to the use of faulty personnel records.

Sutter Health investing $23 million in primary and behavioral care

Sacramento-based Sutter Health, a 24-hospital health system serving patients in northern California, is putting up $23 million to invest in primary and behavioral healthcare in Del Norte and Lake counties.

Trump administration rescinds emergency abortion guidance

The Trump administration has rescinded July 2022 guidance that allowed physicians to perform emergency abortions.

Lawsuit blames patient death on Centene ‘ghost’ network

A Centene subsidiary is now facing a lawsuit filed by the mother of a deceased member in Arizona for allegedly failing to provide adequate access to mental health coverage.

Pxy Health acquires FarmboxRx on strength of $47.5 million investment

Social health company Pxy Health, which sometimes works with health plans to reach vulnerable populations, has acquired FarmboxRx, a healthcare food company that features fresh fruits and vegetables as a covered health intervention.
The acquisition cam…

Rite Aid closing more than 100 additional stores

Rite Aid is closing an additional 111 stores across 12 states, according to a filing on May 30 in federal bankruptcy court in New Jersey.
This is Rite Aid’s fourth notice of store closings.
The new closings are in Maryland, California, Virginia, Washin…

Use of GLP-1 medications for weight management growing substantially

More than two percent of adult patients now take a GLP-1 drug to treat overweight or obesity, according to newly released FAIR Health data, with much of the increase occurring over the past few years.