Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Attending physicians less likely to respond to minorities' messages: Study

    Racial and ethnic minorities experienced lower response rates from attending physicians for patient portal messages, but higher response rates from registered nurses, indicating potential disparities in triage prioritization, a March 18 study published in JAMA Network Open found. 
  2. What's on hospital CEOs' bookshelves

    Hospital and health system CEOs are working to tackle the challenges within their respective organizations and within the industry today, while also looking to prepare for the future. For some, this means reading up to prepare for the next three to 10 years.
  3. 9 Epic hospitals affected by data center outage

    A San Jose, Calif.-based Equinix data center used by Epic experienced a "power issue" that led to a brief outage March 20.

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  1. Experts cast doubt on link between intermittent fasting, heart disease

    A recent study suggested that intermittent fasting could be linked to a 91% increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but experts are skeptical of the results.
  2. CEO political beliefs could spur workers to quit: Survey

    Organizations could see more workers exit based on the CEO's political beliefs, according to a survey released March 12 from job search platform Indeed, conducted in partnership with the Harris Poll. 
  3. The career backgrounds of 4 for-profit CEOs

    The CEOs at the helm of the nation's largest for-profit hospital operators bring a variety of backgrounds to their roles, and this includes other positions within their companies.
  4. Patients turn to weight loss meds to prevent pregnancy complications

    Physicians are seeing more women turn to weight loss medications before they become pregnant in hopes of lowering their risks of having a miscarriage and other complications, such as preeclampsia and preterm birth. 

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  1. How many Americans have $0 in retirement savings?

    More than a quarter of Americans have not contributed a penny to their retirement savings, according to a recent survey from GoBankingRates. 
  2. Steward Louisiana hospital closes inpatient rehab unit

    West Monroe, La.-based Glenwood Regional Medical Center, part of financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care, closed its inpatient rehabilitation unit March 20.
  3. Change Healthcare restores Amazon cloud services after cyberattack

    Change Healthcare said it has reinstated Amazon cloud services for two of its platforms a month into a cyberattack against the company.
  4. 4 Conifer RCM partnerships in 2024

    Conifer Health Solutions has added and expanded several revenue cycle partnerships in 2024, many of which were part of hospital sales involving its parent company, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare. 

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  1. 5 C-suite roles talent leaders are watching

    Becker's recently connected with HR and talent executives to learn how their health systems are strengthening leadership pipelines. 
  2. HCA's 5-pronged business strategy

    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare outlined its business strategy in its 2023 annual shareholders report released March 15. 
  3. Banner reports $282.8M operating income, 2% margin

    Phoenix-based Banner Health posted an operating income of $282.8 million (2% margin) in 2023, a substantial mprovement on the $16.6 million operating gain (0.1% margin) reported the previous year.
  4. How CMS is digitizing prior authorizations to save $15B

    CMS is aiming to solve one of healthcare's most perplexing — and time-consuming — issues: the dreaded prior authorization.
  5. Intermountain posts $137M operating income, 0.9% margin

    Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health posted an operating income of $137 million (0.9% margin) in 2023, improving slightly on the $121 million gain (0.9% margin) reported the previous year. 
  6. Providence debt collector ordered to pay $827K for rights violations

    A Washington judge ordered a debt collection agency hired by Renton, Wash.-based Providence to pay $827,000 for violating patients' medical debt collection rights more than 82,000 times. 
  7. Healthcare workers included in new $6B student loan relief

    The Biden-Harris Administration announced March 21 the release of an additional $5.8 billion in student loan debt relief for 77,700 public service workers, including those in healthcare.  
  8. The systems, hospitals with the most top physicians, per Castle Connelly

    Castle Connolly released its 2024 accolades, recognizing health systems and hospitals that have the most top physicians.
  9. AdventHealth plans $254M hospital amid HCA turf war

    Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has selected a location for its new $254 million community hospital in North Carolina, though the system is still awaiting the resolution of an appeal filed by Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health.

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