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Amazon Pharmacy is offering automatic coupons on more than 15 insulin and diabetes care brands.

As payers look to consolidate their claims and administrative platforms, KLAS Research scored the top vendors in an Aug. 15 report.

About 43,000 former patients of Santa Clara Valley (Calif.) Healthcare will receive notices of possible billing corrections and refunds.

Becker’s asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their organization’s areas of growth for the next few years. 

Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University, owner of Jefferson Health, sold its lab business for $108 million, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Aug. 14. 

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, an observance to acknowledge the importance of routine vaccination for people of all ages. Project Firstline wants to ensure […]

Some health system IT executives have been taking on multiple roles, such as CIOs taking on the tasks of chief digital officer. The moves have […]

The Boston-based health system posted an improvement in revenue and operating income after it was placed on a financial improvement plan by the state last […]

Pooling of blood in the legs causing them to turn a bluish color is the latest symptom researchers have linked to long COVID-19, according to […]

At Align Technology — the San Jose, Calif.-based orthodontics manufacturer responsible for Invisalign — the CEO makes 1,026 times what the median worker brings in. 

Hospitals in multiple states continue to be disrupted by a ransomware attack on their parent company, Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, nearly two weeks […]

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has reported an operating gain of $71.8 million on revenue of $3.6 billion just weeks after the merger plan with […]

Fewer teens are working this year, and employers added the lowest total of teen jobs for the summer months since 2010.

Cases of Chagas, a disease caused by a parasite, have been steadily rising in the United States, but only 1 percent of cases are estimated […]

Despite some health systems moving away from Oracle Cerner, the EHR vendor has recently picked up community hospital and behavioral health clients. 

Providence, R.I.-based Care New England has reported an operating margin of minus 1.76 percent for fiscal year 2023.

The amendment expands the original licensing agreement to 20 years and could allow the AI system to serve as a second reader.

Among other changes, regulators lowered enrollment minimums for accountable care organizations in the program, which allows providers to link up and form groups to manage care and […]

Melissa Packer has been named CFO of MUSC Health’s Lancaster (S.C.) Division, The Lancaster News reported Aug. 14. 

Mitch Cloward was selected as the new Desert Region president overseeing operations for Intermountain Health’s Southern Nevada and Southwest Utah markets. 

Los Angeles held its spot as the most expensive U.S. city to construct a general hospital in the second quarter of 2023, with other cities […]

Florida hospitals have seen a rebound in nurses returning to the field, with a 9 percent fall in vacancy rate in the last year, the […]

Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University, owner of Jefferson Health, reported $231 million in operating losses for fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30, The Philadelphia Inquirer […]

The Labor Department’s Occupational Network ranked acute care nurses as the most stressful nursing job. 

The event in Chicago featured keynote addresses from industry leaders, panels offering advice on career advancement and ample networking opportunities.

House call companies are partnering with providers of specialty health services to move everything from cardiac care to cancer care into the home.

US health giant UnitedHealth has been provisionally cleared for a £1.2bn purchase of GP IT system supplier EMIS by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

In the midst of an opioid epidemic in the United States, two-thirds of adults say either they or a family member have been impacted by […]

Spectrum Equity’s Michael Radonich said the increase in patients covered by self-funded plans is bringing complexity to the payer ecosystem. 

As regulators review Kaiser Permanente’s proposed acquisition of a respected health system based in Pennsylvania, health care experts are still puzzling over how the surprise […]

In 1973, Bhakti Dastane arrived in Bihar, India, to join the smallpox eradication campaign. She was a year out of medical school and had never […]

A new KFF poll assessing the broad reach of the nation’s opioids crisis on families across the United States reveals that three-in-ten adults (29%) say […]

Health systems are actively shifting care outpatient in an effort to transform the traditional care delivery system and focus inpatient resources on high acuity procedures.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has embraced artificial intelligence for clinical and operational applications. The system built it’s AI strategy on three foundational pillars:

Travis Messina co-founded Contessa Health as a hospital-at-home startup in 2015. He served as CEO until March 2023, helping to grow the business into a […]

Today’s trusted healthcare sites feature up-to-date, accurate information.  They also boast SEO-optimized content.  To stay ahead of your competitors in organic search results and reach […]

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aims to boost provider takeup of the ACO REACH program.

In July, Penn Medicine’s CEO took a stance many other hospital CEOs wouldn’t dare touch. 

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System has filed a new lawsuit as it seeks to get the money a court ordered Ammon Bundy to pay […]

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic plans to charge patients up to $50 for patient portal messages to their providers, the Star Tribune reported Aug. 14.

The University of Texas at Austin announced plans to build a new $2.5 billion hospital through a partnership with Austin-based MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Boston Children’s Hospital was recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its CumulusQ project.

by MATTHEW HOLT So to celebrate 20 years, we’ll be publishing a few classics for the next week or so. This is one of my […]

When Catherine Codispoti takes the reins as Mercy’s new chief people officer, she plans to focus inward, on the people already there. 

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy Health is possibly seeking to modify its existing debt profile, according to an Aug. 11 filing.

Some health systems are eliminating their chief operating officers. Others are promoting them to the helm. 

Madera (Calif.) Community Hospital, Montebello-based Beverly Community Hospital and Hollister’s Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital are all trying to clinch life-saving deals with health systems looking […]

A proposed rule from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – which would require at least 80% of Medicaid reimbursement for home- […]

The number of healthcare services private equity deals slipped to 164 in the second quarter of 2023, the lowest mark since 2020.

Google Health will use its artificial intelligence tools to detect breast cancer through a new integration with medtech company iCad. 

Amid rebounding emergency department volumes and growing wait times, patients are increasingly leaving emergency departments before completing treatment, according to Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance data […]

Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital is implementing Oracle Health’s CommunityWorks EHR system. 

This brief analyzes the different types of coverage that people with Medicare have and the demographic characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with these different coverage types.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has achieved 73 percent in cost savings after replacing its legacy data security vendor with Rubrik.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) lambasted the Chamber of Commerce’s request for an injunction to block the Medicare drug price negotiation program, arguing in court […]

Vecino Health Centers, based in Houston, was affected by the MOVEit cyberattack and is notifying patients affected by the breach.

Anahi Santiago, chief information security officer at Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare, received the Routhy Award, recognizing her success within cybersecurity.

Stanford Medicine received the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s Davies Award of Excellence for its success in using technology to improve patient care.

Sayre, Pa.-based the Guthrie Clinic has created a virtual care command center, dubbed the Pulse Center, that mixes the use of technology and people to […]

A hospital in West Burlington, Iowa, fired a nurse for an unusual amount of errors in patient records and charts, The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported […]

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a request for additional information regarding UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) planned acquisition of Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED). That’s according […]

The proposal would help standardize the data on prices that hospitals provide to patients, increase its usefulness to consumers, and boost enforcement.

The new Apple Watch X, set to be released in 2024, will come equipped with blood pressure tracking technology, Bloomberg reported Aug. 13.

The Labor Department’s Occupational Network ranked urology the most stressful job in the country. 

The AdventHealth-MultiPlan lawsuit is the latest example of the litigious relationship between health systems, physicians and insurers.

A number of insiders at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare have sold their shares of the company over the past 12 months, raising concerns from some […]

A new state-funded initiative in Mississippi will pay up to $6,000 each year for up to three years toward nurses’ student loans if they meet […]

Increasing instances of drug-resistant gonorrhea have sparked growing concerns among health experts, and now drugmakers GSK and Innoviva are inching closer to a new antibiotic […]

Denver-based AdventHealth University has named Laura Fero, PhD, MSN, RN, as its new dean of nursing, according to an Aug. 14 news release.

Miami-based Cano Health, a primary care provider, is potentially looking at bankruptcy after posting “abysmal” second-quarter results, according to an Aug. 10 Seeking Alpha report.

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, which is in the process of cutting costs by $176 million over the next 18 months, has reported an operating […]

Votes or petitions of “no confidence” are not new at hospitals and health systems, though rare. And amid today’s financial and workforce challenges, healthcare workers […]

Julie Eastman, Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health’s new CIO, said she’s identifying opportunities where generative AI can deliver substantial value while ensuring she is minimizing potential […]

An unauthorized party has copied files from Tifton, Ga.-based Tift Regional Health System, breaching some patients’ Social Security numbers. 

After a Massachusetts drug company paused its phase 1 study of a leukemia drug candidate in June following a study participant’s death, the FDA put […]

HHS halted all research that involved human subjects at a New York City psychiatric hospital as the agency investigates a drug trial participant’s suicide, The […]

CMS is lowering the Independent Dispute Resolution fee to $50 after the federal government’s latest court loss regarding the No Surprises Act. 

A new American Heart Association scientific statement found that adequate levels of shared decision-making occur in only about 10 percent of face-to-face consultations.

 In July, the CDC published findings indicating up to 450,000 people in the U.S. may have alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne meat allergy most clinicians are […]

A California physician had her license revoked after failing to complete the requirements of her probation, which were imposed after a patient’s death, The Bakersfield […]

Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City, Ind., will end labor and delivery services Jan. 1, according to NBC affiliate WFIE.

Deborah Grotke, MSN, RN, a longtime nurse administrator, died July 13 at age 72, The Buffalo News reported Aug. 13.

Members of the Illinois Nurses Association plan to begin a two-day strike Aug. 22 at Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.). 

Dallas-based Methodist Health System, a 12-hospital system, has partnered with Surgery Partners to acquire and open ambulatory surgery centers in North Texas. 

Two decades after working in the kitchen at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, Valci Carvalho, PharmD, became the hospital’s pharmacy director, The Vineyard Gazette reported Aug. 10. 

Registered nurses working at Morgantown, W.Va.-based urgent care provider MedExpress were told the company will no longer employ nurses starting Sept. 7, WSAZ reported Aug. […]

Adult care and nursing home costs increased by 2.4 percent in July over the prior month, according to inflation data released Aug. 10 by the […]

A group of Allina Health physicians and practitioners have filed a petition seeking to vote on whether to join the Doctors Council, an affiliate of […]

Over the past few decades, what Americans want out of their beverages has swung wildly between two extremes. In the 1990s, sweet drinks were all […]

Donaldsonville, La.-based Prevost Memorial Hospital reached a settlement worth up to $1.16 million in a lawsuit accusing the hospital of not paying overtime for nurses, […]

A small gland in the throat known as the thymus may aid with fighting cancer and other causes of death, the Harvard Gazette reported Aug. […]

Chief nurse anesthetist is the highest paying nurse job in 2023, according to an article on Nursing Process.

Four digital programmes that can help the NHS deliver specialist weight management services and boost access to new weight loss medications have been approved for […]

Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health is testing a new blood management program to prevent unneeded transfusions among surgical patients, according to an Aug. 13 report from […]

For the third year in a row, demand for nurses surpassed what’s been seen in other specialties, according to a report from staffing firm AMN […]

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare has reported operating income of $115 million for the year to date ending June 30.

The U.S. EHR market is constantly changing, due to such factors as health system consolidation and hospitals migrating from legacy EHRs.

More specialized and experienced roles such as information security, data and cloud experience are the most challenging roles to fill for hospitals and health systems, […]

McLaren Health Care has appointed Madeline Watts as director of its government and regulatory affairs. She assumed the position after Allisyn Mattice-Eskau took a corporate […]

After complaints piled up about “Meatless Mondays” at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, leaders pivoted to a new strategy: Removing the words “vegan” and […]

A surgical team recently performed the nation’s first robot-assisted liver transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Aug. 14. 

Epic Systems and Microsoft have had a long-standing partnership, but have since expanded their alliance as they look to develop and integrate generative AI into […]

Faced with tighter margins and continued rising costs, many health system C-suites are restructuring. At least 17 health systems have reorganized executive teams and some […]

Daniel Jackson was named ministry market executive for Ascension Wisconsin and senior vice president for St. Louis-based Ascension.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health will be offering cardiology healthcare as part of its telemedicine program, according to an Aug. 13 news release from WV News.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has launched its first virtual nursing program with plans to expand in the future.

Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine is eliminating hundreds of jobs as it outsources its outreach laboratory business and some operating assets to Labcorp, according to Worker […]

Here are 10 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CFOs.

Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, has been charged with sexually abusing three patients at New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital and raping three other patients in his home. 

KFF examines how many Medicaid enrollees used Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) for aging, illness, or disability in 2020, how much Medicaid spent on these […]

COVID-19-related hospital admissions rose for a fifth straight week at 12.5 percent and deaths were up for the first time this summer by 10 percent, according […]

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is sending out letters to patients affected in a July data breach. 

Here are 53 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service […]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers developed an ultrasound device that can detect early-stage breast tumors in between routine mammograms, according to a July 23 news […]

Retiring Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s CFO, Dan Cancelmi, is ending his full-time role at the for-profit system Dec. 31.

Turning Evidence into Action The ONC Cures Act Final Rule (Cures Rule) supports patients’ and providers’ access to electronic health information through Health Level Seven […]

Hospital and insurer contract negotiations are often framed as an industry gauntlet, a defined period of time with an objective outcome where big talk does […]

HHS declared a public health emergency Aug. 11 for the state of Hawaii due to wildfires, with the extension of resources and flexibilities retroactive to […]

The introduction of ChatGPT directed the world’s attention to the power of generative artificial intelligence and its applications across industries. Though the potential of AI […]

The cancer target for patients to be seen by a specialist within two weeks of an urgent referral by a GP is expected to be […]

Mount Sinai Health System is the first provider to implement Azure Large Instances, which scales database capacity to the level needed for health record workloads.

The Inflation Reduction Act offers an array of direct funding opportunities and tax incentives for health systems, including nonprofits, to tackle climate change and reduce […]

Some publicly traded digital health companies are thriving while others are faltering. 

See how the latest in AI can move the conversation back to the forefront with clinical documentation that writes itself—all within the EHR—so clinicians can […]

“How much is the ice cream?” A simple enough question, featured on a new TV and online advertisement, posed by a man who just wants […]

California’s largest public hospital plans to start notifying 43,000 former patients Monday that they may be eligible for refunds or billing corrections, part of what […]

Primary care could collapse in some parts of Scotland without urgent action from the government to address the workforce and workload crises in general practice, […]

Many Americans who serve as caregivers are consumed by the immense cost of tending to ailing or aging family members.  And as the baby boomer generation […]

You’re mistaken when they think that technology just automatically improves. It does not automatically improve. It only improves if a lot of people work very […]

KFF Health News correspondent Rachana Pradhan discussed a lobbying effort to get Medicare to cover a new class of weight loss drugs on NPR’s “Morning […]