Month: December 2022

Ten Massachusetts health centers went live Dec. 1 with new Epic EHRs thanks to $5 million in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan.

Emily Moorhead was named president of Henry Ford Jackson (Mich.) Hospital.

Amid the challenges facing healthcare organizations, the American Hospital Association is planning an all-out effort to secure additional support from Congress on issues ranging from […]

Of the thousands of nursing homes that are understaffed, federal regulators only cited 4 percent and fined even fewer, according to a USA Today investigation. 

Three years ago, Senior Helpers rolled out its Life, Independence, Function, Evaluation (LIFE) Profile assessment tool. The hope was to break the unfortunate – but […]

Nurses at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health-owned hospital in Livingston, N.J., have approved a new contract that includes wage increases.  

Nearly 20,000 lab-confirmed flu patients in the U.S. were hospitalized for the week ending Nov. 26, up from 11,269 flu patients admitted the week prior, […]

We want efficient, seamless healthcare with better experiences for patients and providers, but we want to focus just on services and not share data and […]

Amazon, CVS and Walgreens are investing millions of dollars into primary care practices as part of a push to shift the U.S. healthcare system to […]

In 2023, healthcare organizations will see some of the most “catastrophic” cybersecurity attacks due to constraints on resources needed to implement better security, SC Media […]

UT Health East Texas has named Zach Dietze CEO of its Tyler hospital. 

Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, W.Va., has named a new COO and vice president of finance, nearly six months after it was acquired by […]

Advocate Health has more than $27 billion in revenue, 67 hospitals and 150,000 employees across six states.

The new system, Advocate Health, will operate 67 hospitals and more than 1,000 sites of care in six states.

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Stanford (Calif.) University’s board of trustees has opened an investigation into its president amid allegations that at least four research papers he co-authored may contain […]

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Integra Life Sciences will pay as much as $140 million to acquire Surgical Innovation Associates, a spinoff company of Evanston, Ill.-based Northwestern University.

Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health closed on their formal combination Dec. 2, resulting in a newly combined $27 billion, 67-hospital system called Advocate Health […]

The I-PASS Handoff Program, created to improve handoff miscommunications when providers change shifts, resulted in a 47 percent reduction in adverse events, a new study […]

An economic impact analysis of how direct employment and spending by Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis affects the local, regional and statewide economies found that the […]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving economic circumstances, middle-aged men have had a slower return to the workforce than other groups, The New York Times reported […]

GE Healthcare has partnered with MediView XR to create technology that provides a heads-up, augmented reality display of interventional X-ray imaging systems.

A November IT incident caused three of New York City-based One Brooklyn Health’s hospitals to shut down IT and EHR systems, yet little information has […]

BY JESS DaMASSA, WTF HEALTH NEW VC Fund! Angelini Ventures just launched their $300 million dollar investment fund to support early-stage biotech and digital health […]

Dalhart, Texas-based Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital District said a hacker stole the data of nearly 70,000 of its patients.

The last known Ebola patient has been discharged from a hospital in Uganda, signaling the country’s largest outbreak in nearly two decades may be near […]

This article is sponsored by SimiTree. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with SimiTree managing principal Eric Scharber to learn what […]

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by Becker’s since Nov. 23.

06/12/2022 The circular economy and occupational safety and health Image © Anncapictures by Pixabay The development of a circular economy is key to the European […]

In October, Providence, R.I.-based Care New England announced that Michael Wagner, MD, was selected as the next president and CEO of the organization. Dr. Wagner officially […]

Health systems and consumers can take solace in signs that the rate of inflation may be slowing, but a return to normal price increases could […]

Cleveland Clinic has signed a 10-year agreement with Palantir to use the company’s artificial intelligence technology to improve patient flow, Fox Business News reported Dec. […]

A one-time adjustment to fiscal year 2024 Medicare payments should be made to reflect recent inadequate reimbursements and help healthcare systems facing “unprecedented pressure,” the […]

The White House’s top supply chain advisor, Sameera Fazili, will depart from her role Dec. 2, according to a Politico report. 

Here are 99 chief nursing executives who started new positions in 2022:

Goshen (Ind.) Center for Cancer Care named Dr. Urs von Holzen medical director, Ink Free News reported Dec. 1.

HHS’s Office for Civil Rights warned healthcare entities that using pixel tracking technology in patient portals may violate HIPAA. 

The call service, which was launched in July, was restored shortly before midnight on Thursday.

Carthage, Ill.-based Memorial Hospital’s Stork Stopp closed Dec. 1, transitioning all labor and delivery services to Blessing Hospital in Quincy, the Herald-Whig reported.

Ambulatory healthcare services and hospitals have gained jobs consistently, adding about 300,000 and 130,000 jobs, respectively, since last November. 

Several healthcare organizations have closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.

Jefferson Health is migrating its Epic EHR system to Microsoft Azure in a bid to secure, improve and optimize IT service delivery. 

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health reported a slight revenue increase in the first quarter of the 2023 fiscal year ending Sept. 30 to $5 billion after […]

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System is eliminating its telehealth department, as the system posted a $25 million loss in August, WSAW reported Dec. 2.

Hospitals continue to feel the pinch from high expenses offsetting revenues, especially in relation to the cost of labor, leading to another month of negative […]

Healthcare employment continued to grow in November, although at a slower pace, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.  

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Community Health Systems’ Wayne T. Smith will retire from the role of executive chairman of the board of directors and carry on as non-executive chairman […]

Chicago-based CommonSpirit said during its Oct. 2 ransomware attack, an unauthorized third party gained access to files containing patients’ personal information from one of its […]

A three-judge arbitration panel in Florida has awarded $10.8 million to TeamHealth after finding UnitedHealthcare underpaid the physician group’s clinicians from 2017 to 2020.

07/12/2022 EU-Commission recommends recognising COVID-19 as occupational disease in certain sectors and during a pandemic Image The European Commission has adopted an updated Recommendation on […]

GPs and other prescribers are now able to issue NHS prescriptions for antivirals due to increasing levels of the virus circulating in the community.

KHN senior correspondent Angela Hart joined the nonpartisan group Democracy Winters on Nov. 19 to discuss the politics of health care in California. She focused […]

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Do you have a “swashbuckling attitude”? A “general aura of badassery”? Then you may be the right fit to be NYC’s new “rat czar.” Today […]

For Brian Smith, home has always been Bon Secours Mercy Health. He spent 32 years at the system, serving in human resources and operations roles […]

Here are six hospital and health system COO moves that have been reported by Becker’s since Nov. 9:

PictorLabs, a digital pathology spinoff from Los Angeles-based UCLA, has launched with $18.8 million in funding.

The state of Oregon is reviewing Amazon’s proposed $3.9 billion acquisition of membership-based primary care company One Medical.

General Catalyst has led a $67 million series B funding round for digital clinical trials startup Vial.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in the country, has had its ratings affirmed at “AA-,” both for bonds it […]

As home-based care becomes more popular and renowned among the larger health care system, agencies will need to put a greater emphasis on legal compliance. […]

More than 9% of hospitals in the Lone Star State are at risk of closure, compared with 4.7% in 2020, according to a report released […]

Several health systems recently reported financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of the year, with many seeing higher expenses eat into […]

Most healthcare providers have implemented a new patient payment platform in the past five years, but only 58 percent said they were highly satisfied with […]

The American Nurses Credentialing Center has redesignated Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a Magnet facility for the fourth consecutive time, despite pressure from […]

A coalition of leading physician groups urged a federal judge in Texas to preserve ObamaCare’s coverage of preventive services, arguing that gutting the requirements would […]

UnitedHealthcare and TeamHealth have a history of suing one another.

Mountain Mesa, Calif.-based Kern Valley Hospital applied for a $34.5 million grant to meet a 2030 deadline that requires the hospital be “reasonably capable” of […]

Boston-based Fenway Health went live Dec. 1 with a new Epic EHR.

Akron (Ohio) Children’s Hospital has named Brian Dinger as its vice president of primary care, where he will lead the overall administration, operation, financial management […]

They may oversee teams of varying sizes and scopes, and serve patients in different markets, but one thing more than 100 healthcare executives shared in […]

Home-based care companies are growing, and financial health is top of mind looking ahead to 2023. That’s according to a new survey from Home Health […]

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The American Nurses Association is calling on Congress to include actions to support the nation’s nursing workforce in any end-of-year package legislation.  

Those trying to reach the line for help with suicide, depression or other mental health crises are greeted with a message that says the line […]

Ten women under 30 years old in healthcare made the annual Forbes “30 Under 30” list honoring young professionals focused on “saving lives and creating […]

New York City announced plans to hire a new leader for what it dubbed its “rat pack” to keep the city’s ongoing rodent problem “in […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday announced it will be expanding eligibility for the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps […]

The problem of higher labor costs will continue to be a “formidable challenge” for nonprofit hospital systems well into 2023 and even beyond, Fitch Ratings […]

As many as 15,000 nurses in Minnesota are set to strike on Dec. 11 if no agreement is reached with hospital executives on a fair […]

Walgreens has been fined 15 times and CVS four times so far in 2022 for violating Maine’s staffing and operating hours laws, Bangor Daily News […]

The Department of Veterans Affairs admitted it failed to protect the COVID-19 vaccination status data for about 500,000 of its employees after a spreadsheet containing […]

A Wyoming couple can now proceed with their case against the hospital where their disabled son was born, the state’s Supreme Court ruled, according to […]

Amazon is increasing its healthcare presence with its planned acquisition of One Medical and its new telehealth platform Amazon Clinic, but privacy experts are concerned […]

EHR vendor Athenahealth has launched a clinical advisory board to serve as a forum providing feedback to improve EHR workflows for clinicians.

A system update at Baptist Health Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital caused registration and digital record-keeping systems to go offline, BocaNewsNow reported Nov. 30.

The average weekly travel nurse pay in November in the U.S. was $3,204, down 16.32 percent from $3,829 during the same month in 2021, according […]

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Health systems and insurers are sending inaccessible medical bills and notices, breaking disability rights laws and “effectively creating a disability tax” for blind Americans, according […]

As hospitals and health systems increasingly look to remotely monitor patients for a variety of chronic conditions, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is already tracking the […]

Indianapolis-based Ascension St. Vincent Hospital has broken ground on a $325 million brain and spine hospital, Inside Indiana Business reported Nov. 30. 

On Nov. 29, Davie-based HCA Florida Healthcare broke ground on an $88 million expansion to its Lake City Hospital, ABC affiliate WCJB reported. 

A new study in JAMA suggests patients may be misinterpreting medical terms used by physicians, affecting health outcomes.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has named Melissa Fana, MD, director of women’s health for Suffolk County and chief of service for breast surgery […]

Grace Lee, MD, was named chief quality officer at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif. Her role […]

Rates of death from drug overdoses among seniors has more than tripled in the past two decades, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics found.

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A majority of nurse practitioners have a positive working relationship with physicians, although most also said they’d like to see their scope of practice increased, […]

UC Davis Health has adopted low pressure surgery as a standard for all laparoscopic procedures performed at the Sacramento, Calif.-based health system. 

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association plan to begin a strike Dec. 11 at 16 hospitals.

A former New York physician was sentenced to prison for 111 months for fraud and identity theft as he attempted to steal almost $1 million […]

Richmond University Medical Center will rename its hospital campus in honor of former longtime board chair, Kathryn Rooney, SILive reported Nov. 30. 

Labor challenges, rising costs, inflation and declining inpatient volumes are some of the key factors leading to many hospitals and health systems reporting third-quarter losses. […]

This latest filing targets the methodology for how payments are calculated and used during arbitration.

The CDC estimates long COVID-19 affects 7.7 million to 23 million Americans, which could cost trillions of dollars in treatment and economic impact, according to […]

Records released in November allege that Akram Boutros, MD, who was fired as president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, factored social justice initiatives into […]

This article is sponsored by Axxess. In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Tammy Ross, Senior Vice President of Professional Services […]

The FDA pulled its emergency use authorization for Eli Lilly’s bebtelovimab Nov. 30, which was the only monoclonal antibody treatment to be authorized for COVID-19. 

In a Dec. 1 opinion piece for Fast Company, Jordan Teicher, former director of communications at digital health company Cedar, argued there are three main […]

Talking General Practice speaks to GP and PCN clinical director Professor Aruna Garcea, who is chair of the NHS Confederations primary care network advisory group.

Many health experts are voicing an outcry after Twitter dropped its policy to label tweets that promote misinformation about COVID-19 on Nov. 23. 

Artificial intelligence, telehealth and patient access are “top of mind” for health systems, according to a new report from the Center for Connected Medicine at […]

Personalized medicine is constantly evolving, and the technologies it relies on are advancing rapidly. In this environment, the associated challenges are numerous and complex; overcoming […]

From R1 RCM naming a new CEO and president to health systems selecting partners to handle services, here are 11 revenue cycle management stories Becker’s […]

Few employers offer retiree health benefits, and those that do increasingly are turning to Medicare Advantage plans to provide that coverage – a shift that […]

Madison, Wis.-based SSM Health Dean Medical Group is suing two physicians who resigned to start a new practice, The Chippewa Herald reported Dec. 1.

Drug overdoses and alcohol-induced deaths are on the rise among Americans aged 65 and older, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control […]

Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center shuttered Nov. 1. In the month that followed, Grady Memorial Hospital — now the only level 1 trauma center in the […]

West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health reported $147.9 million net loss for the quarter ending Sept. 30 on revenue of $1.2 billion.

Management at Jackson, Wyo.-based St. John’s Hospital have reached an agreement with a current physician board member over a noncompete conflict, averting the need for […]

Cleveland-based MetroHealth reported operating loss for the quarter ending Sept. 30, but $24.3 million operating income for the 2022 calendar year so far shortly after […]

From piloting a clinical search tool with Google Health to partnering with new health systems, here are seven updates on Meditech’s operations, software products and […]

Anne Marie Lynch is no longer CEO of Anchorage, Alaska-based North Star Behavioral Health System, the Anchorage Daily News reported Nov. 30.

GE said Nov. 30 its board approved the planned spin-off of its healthcare business, GE Healthcare. 

To incentivize people to get a COVID-19 vaccine or booster, clinics across Massachusetts are offering $75 dollar gift cards through the end of the year, […]

The FDA approved the first fecal transplant therapy, Rebyota, for people with ongoing Clostridioides difficile, ABC News reported Nov. 30.

The East Florida division of HCA Healthcare named Richard Read as its CFO, effective January 1, 2023. 

This analysis examines the extent to which large private and non-federal public employers that offer retiree health benefits are turning to Medicare Advantage and why […]

The number of Texas hospitals at risk of closing has nearly doubled in the past two years, rising from 4.7 percent in 2020 to 9.2 […]

02/12/2022 OSH risks! Digital platforms and teleworking during the global pandemic – New language versions available Image As a consequence of the COVID-19 crisis, millions […]

Like most hospitals and health systems, staffing is the number one priority for Colton, Calif.-based Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, a 3,500-employee organization that faces stiff […]

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