Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. Baptist Health settles False Claims allegations for $1.5M

    Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has agreed to pay $1.5 million to address accusations of breaching the False Claims Act. 
  2. The 'dawn of a new era' for Tenet

    Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare started 2024 with a hospital selling spree that netted nearly $4 billion in gross proceeds. 
  3. 30 health systems with strong finances

    Here are 30 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service released in 2024.

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  1. How Mayo Clinic Platform is supporting providers

    In an era marked by an abundance of options in the health IT marketplace, Mayo Clinic Platform aims to get proven tools to healthcare providers. 
  2. U of I Health Care rolls out new branding

    Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care has rolled out the first phase of its rebranding initiative. 
  3. FTC wants more information on Novo's $16.5B deal to boost Wegovy production

    In February, Novo Nordisk agreed to buy Catalent for $16.5 billion. The Federal Trade Commission has since requested more information from the companies as it reviews the deal, The Wall Street Journal reported May 3. 
  4. PeaceHealth broadens sustainability efforts

    PeaceHealth has tapped its first program director of environmental stewardship as it expands sustainability projects, the 9-hospital system said May 3.  

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  1. Steward hospitals by state

    Dallas, Texas-based Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 6. 
  2. 10 best, worst states for mental healthcare

    Five of the top 10 best states for mental healthcare are in the Northeast, and six of the top 10 worst states for mental healthcare are in the South, according to a new Forbes Advisoranalysis.
  3. The patient population most at risk of ED boarding

    Of the roughly 10% of patients that were boarded in emergency departments, an estimated 30% to 50% were adults 65 and older, KFF Health News reported May 6.
  4. Bill proposes paying hospitals for maintaining drug stockpiles

    Following an HHS proposal, a Senate committee penned a bill to incentivize hospitals and other healthcare supply chain stakeholders for their drug shortage mitigation strategies, including stockpiles. 

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  1. Essentia targets growth, payer alignment amid margin pressure

    Douglas Arvin, West Market vice president and CFO of Essentia Health, has deployed multiple strategies to improve access and margin performance over the last few years.
  2. NYU Langone Health, Long Island hospital inch closer to merger

    New York City-based NYU Langone Health expects its merger with Patchogue, N.Y.-based Long Island Community Hospital to be completed in about a year, a spokesperson for the health system told Becker's. 
  3. How Mass General Brigham provides emergency care at home

    Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham now treats patients needing emergency or urgent care at home.
  4. The 15 health system leaders governing Epic's research network

    The chief research information officer of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health is one of the newest governing council members for Epic's Cosmos research network.
  5. Why 'hospital at home' has a 'common agency problem'

    "Hospital at home" suffers from what economists call a "common agency problem," three experts on the care model wrote in Health Affairs.
  6. 10 providers seeking RCM talent

    Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise.
  7. Illinois hospital names CEO

    Stace Holland was named CEO of Thomas H. Boyd Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, Ill.
  8. 'In the business of acute care rescue': Penn Medicine's transfer strategy

    Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine saw more than 5,800 patient transfers in the nine months ending March 31, a 16% increase from the same period a year earlier, according to a May 6 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. 
  9. Bronson hospital names chief medical officer

    Bronson Battle Creek (Mich.) Hospital has named Ali Ghasham, MD, vice president and chief medical officer. 

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