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Amazon Clinic, which is now available to consumers in all 50 states, launched in November not long after the company announced plans to shutter a […]

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems provided $1.4 billion in charity last year, with 63,015 patients obtaining coverage at its hospitals through Medicaid and other financial […]

Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health, a county-owned system, will eliminate 62 positions, most of which are unfilled.

Mayo Clinic took first place again in U.S. News & World Report‘s national ranking of the top 10 hospitals for diabetes and endocrinology care.

While reiterating that hospitals continue to remain in a “state of recovery” even months after the official end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, Robyn […]

The return of the Wellpoint brand for Amerigroup, which covers Medicaid and Medicare members, is the payer’s latest corporate reinvention.

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Conifer Health Solutions saw net operating revenues of $323 million in the second quarter of 2023, down from $333 posted in the same period in 2022, […]

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual rankings of the best hospitals in the country. 

Nineteen of U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 Honor Roll hospitals received five stars in CMS’ updated Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings. 

CVS Health is eliminating thousands of “non-customer facing positions” across the company, a spokesperson confirmed with Becker’s. 

U.S. News & World Report released its annual listing of the best hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery Aug. 1. The list looks similar to […]

On Aug. 1, U.S. News & World Report released its 2023-24 Best Regional Hospitals, which ranks hospitals in states and major metropolitan areas.

The family of Patrice Wilson, a nurse who was kidnapped outside of Detroit Medical Center — where she was employed — and later found dead, […]

Twenty-two hospitals were named to U.S. News & World Report‘s 2023-24 Best Hospitals Honor Roll. 

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago earned the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report’s “2023-24 Best Hospitals for Rehabilitation” rankings, released Aug. 1. 

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston earned the No. 1 spot on U.S. News & World Report’s “2023-24 Best Hospitals for […]

The direct-to-consumer telehealth service gives users access to third-party providers for non-urgent health conditions ranging from pink eye to urinary tract infections.

Czech partners joined the annual Science Fair in Prague to promote OSH and the upcoming Healthy Workplaces Campaign hrubak@vubp-praha.cz Tue, 08/01/2023 – 12:55 Following last […]

Hospital M&A advisers expect more consolidation, but health systems may be limited by opposition from state officials.

By the mid-1970s, India’s smallpox eradication campaign had been grinding for over a decade. But the virus was still spreading beyond control. It was time […]

According to their press release, “Dexcare is a care-access platform to manage the logistics of digital-care delivery. The platform enables healthcare systems to forecast and […]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new voluntary nationwide dementia care model on Monday. Dubbed the Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience […]

The number of Medicare-certified home health agencies in the United States continues to dwindle, the latest data from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reveals. […]

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis created a breath test that can identify people with COVID-19 infections in less than a minute. 

As a hospital or health system, you know the value of patient engagement.  You understand that it’s crucial for improving the overall patient experience and […]

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Scottsbluff, Neb.-based Regional West Health Services was downgraded to “BB-” and placed on a negative rating watch as “sizeable fiscal 2022 operational losses” continue to […]

Knoxville, Tenn.-based physician staffing company TeamHealth is evaluating recommendations from two of its largest creditors to repay over $1 billion in debt due early next […]

The National Institutes of Health announced plans to test at least four different treatments for long COVID, including Pfizer’s Paxlovid, as potential therapies for the […]

Although the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare is still young, Americans are expecting it to take care of them as they get older.

Hospital and health system leaders have various issues demanding their attention. Among the list is crafting strategies to provide the most effective care access for […]

The for-profit system said same-hospital admissions in the second quarter grew by about 3% compared with a year ago, while ambulatory surgical cases grew 6.6%.

Twelve national and international health tech startups graduated as the third cohort of the Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate.

There’s a plethora of factors propelling the upward trend of hospital-acquired infections and outbreaks, meaning hospitals’ prevention efforts need to be complex, too, experts told […]

The death toll has risen to nine Americans in an ongoing fungal meningitis outbreak linked to clinics in Mexico that more than 208 U.S. citizens […]

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth cut the ribbon on a $100 million hospital in Palm Coast, Fla., AL.com reported July 31.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health is proposing an offer of $600 million in senior secured notes due 2030.

Skilled nursing faciltiies will receive a higher Medicare pay bump in fiscal 2024 than proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in April.

Heritage Valley Health System, based in Beaver, Pa., is facing a lawsuit for allegedly using pixel tracking technology on its website that allowed third parties […]

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is using an AI-based chatbot program that helps its patients’ navigate their care options. The aim is not to remove humans […]

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is accusing Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare of discriminating against an employee and retaliating against him when the employee reported […]

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw its net income rise from $38 million in the same period in 2022 to $123 million in the second quarter of […]

Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health, a 20-hospital system, entered into an affiliation agreement July 26 to acquire the Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center based in […]

U.S. employees are using their vacation time more than they have in over a decade, according to a July 28 report from The Wall Street […]

Providers, payers, purchasers and other organizations have plenty of opportunities to further dismantle bias, write two healthcare leaders.

Batesville, Ind.-based Margaret Mary Health is building a 124,000-square-foot hospital as it aims to position itself as a rural healthcare leader and support efforts to […]

Two of home health’s biggest advocacy organizations have joined forces on a proposed payment rule pre-comment letter addressed to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]

Springfield, Mo.-based CoxHealth plans to expand virtual nursing across its six hospitals after a pilot program successfully improved patient outcomes and bedside nurse satisfaction, the […]

After four patient deaths, Abiomed clarified to customers of its Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps that the device could break a distal stent’s blade in […]

Lawyers for Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network filed a court motion stating that lawyers representing a data breach lawsuit filed against them improperly downloaded […]

Ransomware gang Karakurt has allegedly stolen genetic DNA patient records from McAlester (Okla.) Regional Health Center and is planning to auction them off Aug. 1, […]

Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health reported operating income of $28.8 million in its latest quarter ending May 31 as its operating margin increased to 2.6 percent.

Federal authorities allege the home health agency Four Seasons broke the law by acceding to patients demanding not to be treated by Black and Hispanic […]

The Susan B. Anthony List, a conservative anti-abortion group, is slamming Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis for his position on abortion and sidestepping of whether […]

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) said Monday it will begin enrolling patients in long-delayed clinical trials to test at least four potential treatments for […]

Health officials say that cases of leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is surging in Central Florida.  In a news release on Monday, the Centers […]

Governance over the use of artificial intelligence in regulated environments such as healthcare has been developing in an almost arbitrary manner. The U.S. Food and […]

Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has named Elsie Graves, RN, BSN, the chief nursing officer for the health system’s Greensboro market, according to a July 31 […]

The Indiana Medical Licensing Board issued its final order and reprimand against an obstetrician-gynecologist who spoke to the media about a 10-year-old abortion patient, the […]

The Biden administration announced Monday it will be testing a new voluntary care model for people living with dementia and their unpaid caretakers, with the […]

Biogen has agreed to pay $7.3 billion to acquire Reata Pharmaceuticals — the maker of a new treatment for a rare genetic disorder. The deal […]

GP practices could struggle with cashflow and staff retention if funding to support a 6% pay uplift for salaried staff is delayed until autumn, accountants […]

GP practices could struggle with cashflow and staff retention if funding to support a 6% pay uplift for salaried staff is delayed until autumn, accountants […]

GP practices could struggle with cashflow and staff retention if funding to support a 6% pay uplift for salaried staff is delayed until autumn, accountants […]

Walgreens Boots Alliance continues to expand its healthcare offerings as it aims to compete against more vertically integrated entities such as CVS Health, and it […]

A group that supports people who need out-of-state abortions in the Deep South sued Alabama’s Republican attorney general Monday, following his threats to prosecute anyone […]

The Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience Model will offer providers and community-based organizations enhanced payments to connect patients to services.

The personal information of 612,000 Medicare beneficiaries were accessed in a sweeping data breach that affected what could be hundreds of organizations, including the government contractor, Maximus […]

Of the 13 Pfizer essential drugs the United States Pharmacopeia named as the most likely to go into new or worsened shortages, all of them […]

If left unaddressed, the social needs experienced by an individual may lead to poor health outcomes and more time spent in hospitals and interacting with […]

Service Employees International Union Local 521 has reached a tentative agreement on a successor contract with Santa Clara County in California.

Eleven major cancer centers, or health systems with notable ones, have made Forbes‘ 2023 list of best places to work in the U.S. for women. 

A Florida physician was found guilty of 14 counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and 5 counts of […]

South Texas College in McAllen is the first college in the nation to offer a registered apprenticeship program for nursing, the organization said July 31. 

Outside the door, I heard a flurry of thudding that reverberated back through the floor. I looked at my friend, then stepped in behind her. […]

Injectable versions of some widely used cancer drugs may be excluded from the new Medicare price negotiations until the 2030s, Reuters reported July 28.

The median year-to-date operating margin index for hospitals improved to 1.4 percent in June, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest “National Flash Hospital Report,” which is […]

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has taken steps to secure its physician management strategy after Dallas-based Envision Healthcare filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

Cleveland Clinic outfitted its newest hospital with a private 5G network to make its internet more stable and secure and give it the capacity for […]

A July 20 study published in JAMIA found that higher levels of EHR stress were associated with higher levels of burnout among physicians in all […]

Two candidates have put themselves forward to replace Dr Farah Jameel as chair of the BMA England GP committee, GPonline understands.

Two candidates have put themselves forward to replace Dr Farah Jameel as chair of the BMA England GP committee, GPonline understands.

Cancer care pioneer Irwin Krakoff, MD, celebrated his 100th birthday July 20. 

Emerging from one of the hottest months on record, concerns are mounting from experts over how rising temperatures could also mean a rise of instances […]

Oracle Cerner customers reported challenges with the revenue cycle, poor communication and reliability issues, as the software scored a 67.6 in a 2023 performance report […]

The U.S. is seeing early signs of a COVID-19 bump, and while many experts don’t believe it will materialize into a significant surge, there is […]

While artificial intelligence could automate up to 30 percent of the hours currently worked by employees in the U.S. by 2030, a trend expected to […]

Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare, sees a big opportunity in using artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and quality of care.

An administrative judge has reversed a decision by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to grant Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health a certificate […]

Hackers had access to Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital’s IT network for three weeks, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

Crystal McLin Lipe, RN, has pleaded guilty to obtaining fentanyl for personal use without authorization from the hospital she worked for in Texas, according to […]

Diane Hansen, CEO of struggling Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health, still expects the hospital to turn a profit, even as Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente looks to […]

As hospitals and health systems continue to experiment with AI and generative AI, Dennis Pullin, president and CEO of Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health, told Becker’s […]

A judge denied Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare Health Services and ChristianaCare Health System’s motion to dismiss a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress after its […]

Community Health Systems continues to have a “B-” default rating as the Franklin, Tenn.-based for-profit system maintains a high debt level, Fitch Ratings said July […]

Planned Parenthood Action Fund (PPFA) announced Monday that it is backing five Senate Democrats in their reelection bids. The abortions rights group is endorsing Democratic […]

Patients’ fears of contracting COVID-19 in healthcare settings have subsided, with older Americans who delayed or avoided healthcare services during the pandemic returning in droves. 

Amazon Web Services is joining Microsoft and Google in the increasingly crowded healthcare AI market; hospital IT leaders told Becker’s that the move opens up […]

Seattle-based UW Medicine began charging for MyChart on June 27 and said only about 250 messages have incurred a fee, Crystal Gail Rose Kong-Wong, MD, […]

Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health is increasing security at its hospitals after the fatal shooting July 22 at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, also in Portland.

Two of the 12 hospitals that received “F” grades from The Leapfrog Group in spring 2023 earned four-star ratings on the CMS 2023 star rankings […]

Two of the 12 hospitals that earned “F” grades from The Leapfrog Group in spring 2023 have turned things around safety- and quality-wise — enough […]

Medicare payment rates to hospice providers will increase by 3.1 percent for fiscal year 2024 under a final rule issued by CMS July 28.

Cancer treatment is more than its therapies, and hospitals are utilizing a number of medical practices, social determinants of health programs and technologies to make […]

Police are investigating after a 13-year-old girl was shot in the parking lot of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital in the early-morning hours of July […]

Clyde Wood, CEO of Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., is leaving his role, The Journal Gazette reported July 28.

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The groups, normally at odds, have found a source of common agreement in proposed rules meant to standardize data exchange processes.

An American nurse on a humanitarian mission in Haiti and her child have been kidnapped in a case drawing international attention.

Members of SEIU Healthcare Illinois began an open-ended strike July 31 over what they allege are substandard wages and the urgent need for safe staffing […]

Here are 49 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service […]

This issue brief examines the most recent trends in children’s routine vaccinations, including COVID-19, and explores what to watch as children head back to school […]

Minnesota residents receive the best healthcare in the U.S. and those in West Virginia receive the worst, according to an analysis released July 31 by […]

Fairview, which continues to report operating losses, will be compelled to find another partner to stabilize its financial situation, industry observers said.

The popularity of GLP-1s and growing numbers of telehealth companies have combined to bring more patients into traditional weight loss clinics looking for the medications.

The House and Senate left Washington for the month of August with a lengthy, time-sensitive to-do list waiting when they return, including multiple key health […]