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With Prime's deal dead, and bankruptcy on the horizon, Daughters of Charity executives have several options for possible new deals, including many of the original bidders.

As providers face declines in reimbursement from commercial plans, they are seeing more patients covered under the lower-reimbursement rates for Medicaid and Medicare.

For the 9 months that ended March 3, Daughters saw a $55.3 million operating loss as it looks for a new buyer after its sale to Prime Healthcare fizzles out.

Lakewood Hospital, like others, has fewer patients and they aren't staying as long -- which can cut into revenues.

Organizations need to find ways to increase collections on the front end, revise charity policies and contract for shared risk to stay solvent, according to a new report from iVantage Health Analytics.

Medicaid expansion, and the rise of insured populations seeking care at the for-profit company's 200 hospitals, pads balance sheet for the Tennessee-based healthcare provider.

Majority surveyed by the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Global Healthcare Services Team, in conjunction with the Building Owners and Managers Association, said their hospital was seeking to own more medical office buildings, with outpatient surgery and health and wellness listed as top targets.

Linda Burt of Nebraska Methodist and Katrina Belt of Baptist Health say analytics gives them the data to reshape their healthcare environments in the transition from fee-for-service to value-based care reimbursement.

The insurer is demanding reductions from what it believes are overpaid hospitals and physicians, while CHI is health is trying to meet it with what it believes are reasonable compromises.

The health system is losing around $6 million a month, and may or may not be able to find a buyer after for-profit hospital chain Prime backed out of an $843 million takeover deal.