Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Providers losing $100M daily over Change Healthcare hack: Report

    Some larger health systems are losing more than $100 million a day due to the Change Healthcare cyberattack, one cybersecurity firm estimated, causing industry associations to continue to urge action.
  2. Kaiser conducts 2nd IT layoff

    Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is eliminating more than 70 employees, primarily those who serve in IT roles, the San Francisco Chronicle reported March 4.
  3. CEO of McLaren Bay Region steps down

    Darrell Lentz has stepped down from his position as president and CEO of McLaren Bay Region, the Bay City, Mich.-based hospital said in a March 4 news release sent to Becker's. 

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  1. Texas hospital leaders point to regulator issues for closure

    Addison, Texas-based LifeCare Health, a long-term acute care provider, is closing its Fort Worth,Texas, hospital and consolidating services into its two other hospital locations in Dallas and Plano, Texas.
  2. California system approves 'novel' leadership structure

    The board of directors for Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health has approved a management services agreement under which health system executives are employed by a nonprofit, outside management organization rather than a public entity. 
  3. Ascension appoints 2 C-suite leaders

    St. Louis-based Ascension has promoted two women to its leadership team.
  4. Virginia hospital cited for surgical sterilization issues

    An investigation at Carilion Roanoke (Va.) Memorial Hospital revealed sterilization issues with surgical equipment that reportedly occurred between March and September 2023, Cardinal News reported March 4.

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  1. Blocking this protein could help prevent 40% of uterine cancer deaths

    Uterine cancer is the only cancer that has seen survival rates continuously fall in the last 40 years, but research published March 4 in the British Journal of Cancer suggests that using a medication to block a protein called Galectin-3 could be a more effective treatment.
  2. Walgreens not selling Shields specialty pharmacy, CEO says

    Walgreens Boots Alliance will not be selling its Shields Health Solutions, a specialty pharmacy business, after initial reports that the retail company was looking to offload the pharmacy in January.
  3. Scammers target Nebraska patients amid Change Healthcare attacks

    The Nebraska Hospital Association has received patient reports that scammers are reaching out and claiming to be representatives from state hospitals amid the ongoing challenges that Optum's Change Healthcare has faced since a ransomware attack took the company offline on Feb. 29.
  4. 3 systems' supply chain priority outside hospital walls

    Hospital systems' supply chain teams are increasingly working on environmental initiatives as climate change threatens the healthcare industry. 

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  1. Hospital-payer standoffs frustrate patients

    National fights between health systems and payers are rising in intensity and publicity — and patients are caught in the middle, The Wall Street Journal reported March 1. 
  2. Connecticut awarded $5M prejudgment remedy from defunct nursing school

    Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced March 4 that the state has been granted a $5 million prejudgment remedy in its lawsuit against the owners of Stone Academy, after its abrupt closure without warning in February 2023.
  3. UChicago to capture more of Indiana market

    UChicago Medicine will open a 130,000-square-foot multispecialty care center in Crown Point, Ind., on April 29.
  4. Medical City hospital names CFO

    Medical City Decatur (Texas) has named Lucy Hedari CFO. 
  5. CommonSpirit 'having real issues' with Medicare Advantage, CFO says

    Chicago-based CommonSpirit is having significant challenges getting paid appropriately for care provided through some of its Medicare Advantage programs, CFO Dan Morissette said during the health system's Feb. 29 investor call. 
  6. Ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare attack faces setback

    BlackCat, the Russian ransomware gang behind the Change Healthcare cyberattack, had its website go down, CyberScoop reported March 1. 
  7. California bill could extend hospital stay for violent offenders

    California is considering a bill that would allow people with severe mental illness who commit violent crimes to be held in a state mental hospital for up to 30 days instead of only five, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Mar. 4.
  8. The health systems outpacing the price transparency trend

    Only 34.5% of 2,000 hospitals reviewed by patientrightsadvocate.org were compliant with federal price transparency rules, according to the organization's semi-annual report released Feb. 29. 
  9. Columbia launches $50M pediatric heart center

    New York City-based Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons launched its $50 million pediatric cardiovascular innovation center.

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