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Forty-seven percent of hospitals and health systems reported that they are turning to artificial intelligence to help alleviate staffing and labor insufficiencies, a March 15 […]

Corporate and managerial employees may feel anxious as health systems reduce administrative headcount amid negative operating margins. In such times, one role has historically faced […]

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare is offering patients a subscription service for virtual primary care services offering faster and more personalized care, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported March […]

Researchers have found new genetic data that links SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, with raccoon dogs sold at a market in Wuhan, China, The […]

Practices considering closure because of gaps in their workforce have more than doubled in the past year – with nearly half short of GPs, polling […]

Phoenix, Ariz.-based Banner Health sold its Peoria, Ariz.-based Banner Health Center for $29 million, with plans to lease it back from the new owner, the […]

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth has named Brad Membel CFO of its Oregon network. 

Several nurses are seeking answers after they say they were fired from Brandenton, Fla.-based MCR Health, the Bradenton Herald reported March 14. 

Utah is the 27th state to adopt full practice authority for nurse practitioners.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health had ratings affirmed at their current level as the 14-hospital system continues to enjoy robust market share and resilient operating margins […]

Representatives for both providers and payers say dispute arbitrators are often not following the No Surprises Act, Bloomberg Law reported March 16. 

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Access to local and convenient care is critical for a community’s health. However, the current approach from payers puts this at risk, argues Antonio Rios, chief […]

Providence, R.I.-based Care New England and Lifespan were forced to abandon plans to merge in February 2022 when the Federal Trade Commission filed suit to […]

GP training could become more flexible and shift to fit the changing needs of the patient population under plans set out by Health Education England.

A new generation of doctors is joining the workforce this month. They still aren’t representative of the nation’s demographics despite years of diversity programs.

To crack down on price gouging, proposed legislation in Missouri calls for allowing felony charges against health care staffing agencies that substantially raise their prices […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom may have been prescient when he acknowledged free speech concerns as he signed California’s covid misinformation bill last fall. In a message […]

As hospitals deal with the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, some are exploring mergers with bigger systems, a move that the American Hospital Association […]

Health data platform Zus Health has closed on $40 million in new financing and partnered with primary care technology platform Elation Health.

Bright Health Group CEO Mike Mikan and Chief Financial Officer Cathy Smith received extra compensation amid its financial crisis.

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi, one of the top three insulin manufacturers for the U.S., announced on Thursday it would be cutting the list price for […]

“Quiet quitting” is a phrase employers have become familiar with over the past year. The  workplace trend of committing to no more than the minimum […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday touted his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that his willingness to buck the advice of federal health officials […]

Maternal mortality rates for American women rose again in 2021, hitting Black women particularly hard, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and […]

UnityPoint Health Ventures, the venture capital arm of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, is participating in a $15 million funding round for telehealth platform […]

It is time for health systems to reconsider their strategy. Cars might offer some clarity, according to Kenneth Kaufman, managing director and chair of KaufmanHall. 

For three years now, the debate over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic has ping-ponged between two big ideas: that SARS-CoV-2 spilled into human populations […]

As inflation rises, workers are demanding higher wages — and securing them at hospitals and health systems nationwide. But in some cities, even six figures […]

When a freezer tank at the Pacific Fertility Center in San Francisco malfunctioned in 2018, around 4,000 embryos and eggs inside were destroyed. Patients affected […]

The shortage of a drug approved just shy of one year ago by the FDA to treat prostate cancer is now in limited supply, concerning […]

The rise of artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT have many speculating about its use in medicine, and Benjamin Mazer, MD, an assistant professor of […]

A Chicago-area physician is accused of 13 counts of healthcare fraud, including performing medically unnecessary procedures such as removing part of patients’ uteruses.

New York City-based Mount Sinai is partnering with the New York Public Library to offer digital literacy classes for individuals trying to access healthcare via […]

South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System is notifying 3,117 patients that some of their personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorized employee who […]

New York City-based Montefiore Health System has announced that an anonymous donor contributed $100 million to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, N.Y., […]

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH) hopes to double the amount of preferred payers it is in business with in 2023. It also defined what […]

Easton, Md.-based UM Shore Regional Health has named LuAnn Brady senior vice president and chief operating officer. 

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare has named Deidre Griffith its vice president of community health improvement. 

Barbara Nichols, RN, is retiring as CEO of Corry (Pa.) Memorial Hospital after 23 years in the role, the Erie Times-News reported March 16. 

Back in January, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted unanimously to recommend a 7% payment cut for home health agencies in 2024. The commission […]

The layoffs and restructuring come seven months after ChristianaCare Health System backed out of its planned acquisition of Crozer.

Amedisys Inc. (Nasdaq: AMED) has a new CEO. During the transition of power, we are likely to find out a lot about what the company’s […]

Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health isn’t unusual in reporting a net loss in 2022, but the two-hospital system did show signs of improved operating income […]

Minnesota lawmakers introduced new legislation that, if passed, will require hospitals to screen all uninsured patients for charity care eligibility and assist them during the […]

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Construction is underway at one of the 12 hospitals operated by Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System, according to a March 15 WXPR report.

Taking on the role of vice president of revenue cycle at Cone Health has felt at times like “drinking from a fire hose,” Jason Nelms […]

Diane Johnson, BSN, former Sinai Hospital of Baltimore chief nursing officer, died of breast cancer March 10. She was 71, The Baltimore Sun reported.

The nurse shortage could find aid in an unlikely place: midcareer switches from other professions, the Commercial Appeal reported March 16.

Standard surgical procedures for lung cancer patients are still effective even when done in a minimally invasive manner, according to new research from Hackensack Meridian Jersey […]

Wright-Patterson (Ohio) Medical Center will transition to the MHS Genesis EHR system on June 3. 

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Network in Tacoma, Wash., has appointed two new chief medical officers who will oversee operations across its health network […]

The guidance fills in details for one of the central pharmaceutical provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, signaling how the agency will use its new […]

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is partnering with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, the rehabilitation unit of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health, to build a new 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility in […]

Artificial intelligence isn’t just being used to improve patient care or streamline hospital administrative functions. It has entered the marketing department as well.

Pfizer recalled more than 4 million packets of Nurtec, a migraine prescription drug, on March 16 because the container is not child resistant. 

An Oscar gala hosted by comedian Byron Allen has raised millions of dollars for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, TheGrio reported.

Sutter will look to partner with Northern California academic institutions to shore up its workforce over the long term.

The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission is concerned that the magnitude of disproportionate share hospital cuts (54 percent in 2024) on the horizon […]

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Perry County Hospital in Tell City, Ind., has agreed to pay $60,254 in overtime back wages for 107 nurses who federal officials say were shortchanged […]

Minneapolis-based Allina Health reported an audited operating loss of $195.8 million for the year ending Dec. 31, 2022, as expenses rose almost 7 percent compared […]

In just the 12 years since its establishment, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has brought 44 FDA-approved drugs for rare diseases to the […]

Kathy Donovan, MSN, RN, recently started her new role as COO of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System, according to a March 16 news release […]

Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health said it will plan to divert pregnant women in labor March 17 from its Mount Hood Medical Center to another hospital […]

The government has made a new pay offer for NHS staff in England employed under the Agenda for Change framework, which unions have said they […]

This brief examines the proposed domestic HIV funding included in the White House’s fiscal year 2024 budget request, including the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative. […]

El segundo embarazo de Tamara Etienne estuvo lleno de riesgos y preocupaciones desde el principio, exacerbado porque ya había sufrido un aborto espontáneo. Como maestra […]

The Medicaid personal needs allowance is meant to pay for anything not provided by the nursing home, but Congress hasn’t raised that $30 allowance in […]

Amid the ongoing shortage of local anesthetic drugs, the FDA has drafted new guidance for drugmakers, which could eventually help curb the supply issues.

More than 4.2 million patients were affected in the largest data healthcare data breach reported so far in 2023, HIPAA Journal reported March 15.

Although the AI scribe understood most verbal commands and handled most medical documentation, it was at times unable to form a medical plan compared to […]

Jelly Bean Communications Design, which hosted and maintained a federally funded Florida children’s health insurance website, agreed to pay a $293,771 settlement to resolve allegations […]

Healthcare organizations lack the technical skills, bandwidth and staff to deploy and scale artificial intelligence into their clinical workflows, VentureBeat reported March 15. 

Federal actions during the pandemic led to uninsured rates falling to to record lows, especially among Black and Hispanic people, but a new report released […]

GPs who earned over £156,000 in NHS income during 2021/22 will have to publicly declare their earnings by the end of April 2023, NHS England […]

Michigan Medicine will use Zipline’s new drones to deliver prescriptions to patients’ doors, which will “more than double the number of prescriptions it fills each […]

CVS Health Ventures led a $20 million series A investment round for SpectrumAI, a company working to create digital tools for clinicians treating autism with […]

As the number of pharmacy residency program spots grow year over year, 4,980 people matched with 2,162 programs in the U.S., the American Society of […]

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have reached a tentative agreement with Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. 

HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in Port St. Lucie, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has announced that Terry Brown will retire as CFO in […]

Kerin Adelson, MD, has been named chief quality and value officer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, effective March 20. 

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Data exfiltration was a factor in 70 percent of ransomware incidents affecting healthcare organizations, a March 9 brief from HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center […]

As artificial intelligence begins to proliferate in healthcare, health system digital leaders told Becker’s it will only ever be able to do so much.

Remote monitoring helped control the blood pressure of hypertension patients from Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, according to a study in the Journal of the […]

Here are seven revenue cycle management companies that rebranded in the past year.

Northwestern Medicine is pioneering a new treatment for stage 4 cancer patients: double lung transplants.

Here is a summary of recent credit rating downgrades and revisions, going back to the last Becker’s roundup on Feb. 15.

Lawmakers in states across the U.S. are considering proposals targeting travel nurse costs, Kaiser Health News reported. 

The newly merged Greensburg, Pa.-based organization made up of Excela Health and Butler Health System has eliminated 13 filled managerial jobs.

The Fulton County (Ga.) Commission voted on March 15 to file a complaint with the Justice Department against Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System, marking the […]

The narrative that strikes threaten patient safety is not substantiated by current evidence, researchers wrote in a March 10 analysis published in The BMJ. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed that the Oracle Cerner EHR system caused six incidents of “catastrophic harm” to veterans, and four of those incidents […]

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CMS has issued initial guidance on key elements of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program for 2026, the first year the negotiated prices will apply.

Weeks after a U.S. drugmaker closed up shop, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists marked four drugs for being in key shortages. Three are connected […]

A recent study found a low-carb, high-fat “keto-like” diet may double the risk of cardiovascular events, CNN reported March 5.

Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center Cardiovascular received a $5 million donation from the Humberto and Czarina Lopez family, KVOA reported March 15.

The rate of maternal deaths during or shortly after pregnancy rose 40 percent in 2021, making the U.S. the most dangerous place among high-income countries […]

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Ralph Johnson, a former manager at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, was sentenced to six months in federal prison for accepting $30,000 in kickbacks […]

Some states are proposing to unwind Medicaid coverage more slowly, while others are moving more quickly to focus on reducing budgetary costs, according to a […]

Updating base physician payment rates by 1.45% in 2024 as proposed by the group that advises Congress on Medicare policy is “grossly insufficient,” the Medical […]

GPs about to retire could save thousands of pounds in lifetime allowance tax charges by pushing their retirement date back beyond 6 April, accountants have […]

The team discusses the changes to the GP contract in England and what they mean for general practice, the junior doctors’ strike and how this […]

A slew of nonprofit and for-profit health systems reported fewer admissions in 2022, a factor that often coincided with big financial losses.