Month: May 2023

Conservative Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he will force the Senate to vote this week on cutting total federal spending by 5 percent in each […]

As part of their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative, Castle Connolly has released their list of Top AAPI Doctors 2023, which honors 350 doctors across […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s vaccine to prevent the respiratory disease RSV in older adults, the company announced. After decades […]

Health IT companies landed $1.3 billion in venture capital funding in the first quarter of 2023, up from the low point of late 2022 but […]

Members of the New York State Nurses Association are set to begin an open-ended strike on June 12 at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New […]

Heat and multi-day blackouts don’t go well together. In fact, they can be deadly, overwhelming hospitals with even millions of people suffering from heatstroke or […]

Under the financial stewardship of CFO Jennifer Alvey, Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health reported $45.1 million in operating income for the first quarter — reversing a […]

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will immediately stop enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandates for home health workers and other health care […]

Daniel Van Durme, MD, chief medical officer for Florida State University in Tallahassee died of injuries May 30 following a motorcycle accident that occurred in […]

The board of trustees at Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital — which has been closed since the start of the year — says the state’s $150 loan […]

Kimberly Miller, BSN, RN, resigned from her position as executive director of the Minnesota Nursing Board May 18 — the same day the board scheduled […]

Richard Liekweg, president and CEO of St. Louis-based BJC, would serve as the CEO of the combined nonprofit health system.

Fifty-eight percent of consumers say that having a unified digital platform will increase their ability to effectively manage their treatments and benefits, PYMNTS reported May […]

Several healthcare executives and leaders at Amazon have stepped down, left the company or taken a break from their positions in the last year. 

Upland, Calif.-based San Antonio Regional Hospital purchased a 127,000-square-foot office building for $22 million, L.A. Business First reported May 31.

Hyro, a conversational artificial intelligence company used by Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health, raised $20 million […]

Childhood obesity rates in the U.S. are not where they need to be affecting nearly 20 percent of children and adolescents, according to the CDC, […]

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health is launching the Center for Excellence for Telehealth and Aging, an institute that will aim to provide telehealth tools to older […]

U.S. News & World Report is updating the methodology for its “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranking, set to release June 21. 

Colorado Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera signed HB23-1215, legislation that will mandate hospitals increase transparency around facility fees and prohibit healthcare organizations from charging facility fees […]

Walmart is boosting the wages of more than 7,000 pharmacists and opticians as it continues its push into retail healthcare.

BJC HealthCare, based in St. Louis, and St. Luke’s Health System, based in Kansas City, Mo., have signed a non-binding letter of intent to form […]

Indianapolis-based IU Health, while having its default rating and that on $1.5 billion of bonds affirmed at “AA,” saw its outlook downgraded amid persistent inflationary […]

Large retailers – like CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) – that have invested heavily in home-based care aren’t just hoping […]

Wichita Falls, Texas-based Kell West Regional Hospital’s price transparency fine is under review as of May 25, according to CMS’ enforcement website. 

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai’s new center, dubbed the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education, will focus on “democratizing” artificial intelligence so all clinicians and biomedical […]

Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph’s Health is inviting back employees who were terminated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, WSTM reported May 31. 

As the healthcare industry faces mounting challenges, systems are slimming down to navigate the storm from a leaner ship. 

Medical imaging is experiencing a revolution thanks to artificial intelligence, machine learning and cloud technologies, improving patient outcomes and freeing up clinicians to focus on […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) national security adviser has resigned after a Washington Post story last week suggested he was largely behind the senator’s controversial hold on […]

Fresh off unveiling its $100 million venture capital fund, Wellstar Health System said it plans to open a new innovation center in downtown Atlanta, Atlanta […]

Life in healthcare depends on perspective. You can take a negative approach and see all the challenges in front of you. Or, you can look […]

Several of The Joint Commission’s elements of performance for critical access hospitals will be added or revised to align with CMS’ final rule published in […]

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y., has named Crystal Rodriguez-Dabney senior vice president and chief diversity officer. 

Northern Light Health has named Gregory LaFrancois president of its Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. 

The Queen’s Health System in Honolulu has named Darlena Chadwick, MSN, its new executive vice president and chief operating officer. 

Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health has named Jim Sheets group president to oversee the system’s sites of care in Colorado and Utah.

Screenings that were delayed due to COVID-19 are likely to contribute to an exponential increase in cancer diagnosis totals over the next few years, experts say.

While funding for remote patient monitoring companies has been up and down, the market is expected to grow exponentially by 2030 as clinicians and patients […]

According to a recent American Hospital Association (AHA) survey, most hospitals know about the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) and, among those, very […]

Researchers predicted that by 2060, cardiovascular disease such as heart disease and stroke will increase by at least 30 percent in the U.S.

Stanley Berry, MD, is suing Detroit-based Wayne State School of Medicine for allegedly stifling his advocacy for Black patients and passing him over for promotion […]

Harvard researchers may have debunked a theory about a drug-resistant pathogen linked to severe lung infections, which was previously thought to spread person-to-person. 

The Oklahoma Supreme Court struck down two laws Wednesday that required a “medical emergency” before a doctor could terminate a pregnancy to save a mother’s […]

Infectious disease threats are growing and can have fatal consequences for patients and the public. 

EHR vendor Epic Systems continues to be the leader in the EHR hospital market share, with 83 hospitals joining its network in 2022, compared to […]

Retail clinics have exploded in popularity in the past five years, as health systems and pharmacy giants like CVS Health continue to open them, a […]

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AdventHealth’s Rapid Amoeba PCR test, which can confirm a brain-eating amoeba infection in as little as three hours, is a “game changer” and could mean […]

A J.D. Power study found overall satisfaction with commercial health plans fell, with sicker members less likely to receive outreach and care coordination.

Commonwealth Health’s Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital will no longer provide planned inpatient labor and delivery services, effective July 31. 

Weight loss surgeries are on the rise among American teenagers and children, according to a study.   A new research letter, published in the JAMA […]

Highmark Health revenue increased 4.6% to $6.7 billion during the first quarter.

Charlotte, North Carolina-based Advocate Health, a 67-hospital nonprofit system created by the merger of the Advocate Aurora and Atrium systems, reported first-quarter net income of […]

Having a heart attack can be directly associated with a drop in cognitive abilities, according to a Johns Hopkins Medicine study published May 30 in […]

UCLA Health, Cedars-Sinai and more are accelerating their adoption of artificial intelligence to help them interpret data, build predictive models, streamline tasks and procedures, and […]

Todd Huffman has been appointed CFO for Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center in Glen Ridge, N.J., and Ardent Health Service’s New Jersey market, which includes […]

Lancaster, Wis.-based Grant Regional Health Center is notifying 4,135 patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised when an unauthorized party […]

Ascension Ventures, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, and CVS Health Ventures participated in a $166 million funding round May 31 for Strive Health, a tech-enabled […]

Time in the operating room. Overseeing a team of 12,000 nurses. Administrative work. Family time. This is just a glimpse into the day-to-day life of […]

Oak Street Health’s expansion plans come less than a month after CVS Health acquired the primary care provider.

The nonprofit giant formed in December barely made it into the black, after revenue of $7.54 billion squeaked past expenses of $7.53 billion.

A breach at medical billing company MedInform has compromised the data of Cleveland Clinic patients.

Oak Street Health, a primary care network acquired by CVS Health in May, will expand into Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and Virginia by the end of […]

Hospitals, physicians and medical educators in Boston are all making use of ChatGPT and its generative artificial intelligence capabilities, the Boston Globe reported.

In 2021, 32,127 more males died from cancer in the U.S. than females. Males accounted for nearly 53 percent of the 605,213 total cancer deaths […]

Northwell Direct, an employer health services provider owned by New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has been selected to provide telehealth consulting services to medical […]

Denver Health — the largest provider of care for uninsured people in the city — has struggled with rising costs and a surge in sicker patients.

The venture capital arms of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare and Cleveland-based University Hospitals joined in a $20 million series B financing round for clinical […]

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed two bills central to separate healthcare controversies into law on May 26. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health will open a 168,000-square-foot hospital in Ballantyne, N.C., on June 12, according to the Charlotte Business Journal.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health appointed Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, DPA, BSN, RN, chief nurse executive.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association is questioning UMass Memorial Health’s stated reasons for closing a maternity ward in Leominster, Mass.

A number of hospital and health system executives have recently stepped down or announced plans to step down from their positions. 

From 2017 to 2022, Epic was by far the most successful EHR vendor and the only one to gain hospital beds, according to KLAS Research.

Racism and discrimination — from both patients and colleagues — are widespread in the nursing industry, but few nurses report such incidents, new survey findings […]

A National Council on Aging analysis found 80 percent of older adults are financially struggling or at risk of future financial insecurity, but today’s 65-year-old […]

The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee is slated to hold a hearing Wednesday focused on child care workers and access to child […]

The median year-to-date operating margin index for hospitals slightly improved in April to 0 percent, according to Kaufman Hall.

Members of the Oregon Nurses Association at Providence Home Health and Hospice have launched a strike authorization vote.

Two Idaho Falls, Idaho-based hospitals and partnering clinics reported a cyberattack on computer systems May 30.

Nearly three decades have passed since Robert Stone toured City of Hope’s campus in Duarte, Calif. Today, the same culture that attracted him to the […]

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health reported $10.4 million in operating income — representing a 0.1 percent operating margin — and overall gain of $578.7 million for […]

Washington state recently passed a bill focused on ensuring hospital staffing standards, but nurses and unions say an issue remains unsolved: the backlog of staffing […]

Inflationary pressures and problems arising from the implementation of a health records system have added to Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic’s financial challenges, which led the system […]

Some critics are speaking out against the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s recommendation to lower the mammogram screening age to 40, KFF Health News reported […]

Tulsa (Okla.) Rehabilitation Hospital appointed Ian Cooper CEO and Melissa Frandsen, MD, medical director.

A recent study found one-third of physicians are sued in their lifetime, but female physicians have nearly half as many claims against them as male […]

Several more nonprofit health systems have posted recent interim quarterly results since Becker’s last major roundup May 12.

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Orlando (Fla.) Health purchased a 0.5-acre property that includes a Walgreens for $4.1 million, the Orlando Business Journal reported May 31.

TJ Parker, former Amazon Pharmacy consultant and vice president, is rejoining the world of healthcare innovation after leaving the tech giant in September 2022. 

Hospitals across the country have launched new initiatives to boost their patient experience ratings, The Wall Street Journal reported May 28.

As states begin to unwind the COVID emergency continuous enrollment provision and resume Medicaid disenrollments, early data from a handful of states – highlighted on […]

A scheme involving community health and wellbeing workers, which is based on a long-standing health initiative in Brazil, has resulted in a significant uplift in […]

The federal government is reconsidering a decision that breast cancer patients, plastic surgeons, and members of Congress have protested would limit women’s options for reconstructive […]

Strive Health joins the list of digital health companies to receive a sizable funding round despite a challenging economic climate.

GP practices in England delivered 10% more appointments per working day in the first four months of 2023 compared with the same period in 2019, […]

EMIS has apologised to GP practices hit by a major system failure that left them unable to access patient records – blaming the meltdown on […]

Dr Matt Harris and London GP Dr Connie Junghans Minton explain how an initiative involving community health and wellbeing workers, which is based on a […]

The Oakland, California-based integrated health system will give a $5 million grant to Denver Health and another $5 million in matching funds.

Connecticut is training people from underserved communities how to sell insurance in hopes of boosting coverage rates in racial and ethnic minority communities.

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A federal appeals court cleared the way for the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of legal claims tied to the opioid epidemic while shielding […]

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare appointed Stephen Rusckowski to its board of directors. 

Healthcare staffing legislation remains under consideration in some state legislatures and in limbo in others, although one governor recently signed such a bill into law. […]

Two of the country’s largest companies, CVS Health and UnitedHealth Group both say they are positioning the U.S. for a shift away from fee-for-service healthcare […]

That is the title of a new working paper written by myself, any my FTI Consulting colleagues Sabiha Quddus and Suhail Thahir. The abstract is […]

A man in police custody died May 25 after falling approximately 20 feet from a window at a California hospital, the San Jose Police Department […]

East Carolina University Health in Greenville, N.C., has developed its own internal travel nurse staffing agency, according to a May 30 news release.

Drug prices are rising faster than inflation, according to a new report from the American Hospital Association.

Jennifer Nickoles has served Johns Hopkins Medicine for 27 years. In her latest role for the Baltimore-based system, she will make history as the first […]

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is committing $10 million to support Denver Health as the Colorado system navigates unprecedented financial pressures. 

Martin Padgett has left his role as CEO of Jeffersonville, Ind.-based Clark Memorial Health and Scottsburg, Ind.-based Scott Memorial Health. 

Health plan Univera Healthcare awarded a grant to Jamestown, N.Y.-based UPMC Chautauqua to expand its behavioral telehealth services, The Post-Journal reported May 30.

Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Hospital is seeking to overturn the federal government’s decision not to forgive a $10 million paycheck protection loan it received in early […]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that House Democrats will provide the votes for debt ceiling legislation to move through the lower chamber […]

Digital health funding continued its steady pace over the past month, with Becker’s reporting on 11 companies raising more than $367 million. Here are those […]

Post-acute care has steadily been shifting toward value-based care and away from fee-for-service payment models. But despite the fact this trend is years in the […]

It took three years, two months and 19 days since the declaration of the pandemic, but COVID-19 hospitalizations have hit a record low in the […]

OptumRx launched pharmacy care programs aimed at promoting health among pregnant women, patients with diabetes and those living in healthcare deserts.

New research from researchers found hospitalized patients treated by allopathic and osteopathic physicians had similar outcomes and healthcare costs. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health reported a $15.2 million operating loss in the first three months of 2023 as expenses rose 8 percent compared with the […]

Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System failed to meet its debt service obligations for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31 and was required to hire a […]

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed a bill legalizing recreational marijuana on Tuesday, making the North Star State the 23rd in the nation to fully […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is concerned about the large number of Medicaid enrollees losing coverage for administrative reasons during redeterminations.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday voiced his strong and unequivocal support for the deal unveiled over the weekend by President Biden and […]

New York City-based organizations will soon be subject to regulations if they use artificial intelligence in their hiring practices. 

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health System, a 48-hospital Catholic system, has teamed with Compass Surgical Partners to develop more than 30 ambulatory surgery centers across […]

As health systems continue to get bombarded with threats to connected medical devices, determining how to protect those devices is a high priority among industry […]

In the six months since the world was introduced to ChatGPT on Nov. 30, researchers have been testing the artificial intelligence chatbot in myriad ways […]

A new study has found a rapid decline in global cognition, memory and executive function in those who have had a heart attack compared to […]

An improvement in volumes for the health system, especially outpatient surgeries and emergency room visits, didn’t outpace growing expenses, which increased by $804 million year over year […]

Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder and former CEO of the now-defunct company Theranos, has reported to prison to begin her 11-year sentence for fraud and […]