Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
  1. The Change Healthcare cyberattack: A timeline

    The most significant and consequential cyberattack in American history began Feb. 21 against UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare, crippling financial operations for hospitals, insurers, pharmacies and medical groups nationwide.
  2. California hospital to close ED for 6-9 months

    Beginning April 1, Seton Medical Center Coastside in Moss Beach, Calif., will temporarily close while structural repairs caused by storm damage are made. 
  3. Massachusetts attorneys say Steward owes them $600K

    Kenney and Sams, a Boston law firm, has filed a lawsuit against financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care claiming that the health system owes it $605,306 for legal services rendered, including interest and additional damages. 

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  1. HCA's CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2023

    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen was paid 356 times more than the health system's median employee in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed March 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  2. Froedtert ThedaCare Health breaks ground on $84M hospital

    Milwaukee-based Froedtert ThedaCare Health has broken ground on an $84 million hospital in Oshkosh, Wis.
  3. 8 recent health system revenue cycle leadership moves

    From the retirement of BJC HealthCare's chief revenue officer to HonorHealth's appointment of a new vice president of revenue cycle, here are eight health system revenue cycle leadership moves Becker's has reported on in 2024: 
  4. 'Burned by corporate healthcare': Saltzer Health physician on looming closure

    With the clock ticking, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is still working to sell services from its Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health, a physician group, after sharing plans to close or sell the group in January. 

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  1. The tech Ochsner physicians hail as 'life-changing'

    For the first time in a long time, Amy Trainor, RN, system vice president and CIO at New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, said she is hearing physicians say that a piece of technology is proving to be "life changing."
  2. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Cavaliers opening performance center

    Cleveland Clinic will open a new facility that will serve as a performance center for the Cleveland Cavaliers. 
  3. COO of 2 Kentucky hospitals to retire

    Bruno Giacomuzzi will be retiring as senior vice president and COO of two hospitals in Kentucky: St. Elizabeth Florence and Williamstown-based St. Elizabeth Grant. 
  4. Gen Z's professional weak spots

    Most Gen Zers believe they're graduating well-equipped with skills employers value. Employers beg to differ, according to a March 26 report. 

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  1. New federal bill seeks to 'ban DEI in medicine'

    A new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives could prevent medical schools from receiving federal financial assistance if they adopt certain diversity, equity and inclusion policies. 
  2. Ascension Michigan region to join MyMichigan Health

    Ascension Michigan's Northern region locations in Saginaw, Tawas and Standish are set to join Midland-based MyMichigan Health pending standard regulatory and other required third-party approvals.
  3. Broward Health adds new C-suite leader

    Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health has selected Melida Akiti to serve as its new corporate transformation executive. 
  4. Most providers aren't ready to meet new health equity regulatory requirements

    The majority of healthcare providers and payers are not ready to meet shifting health equity regulatory requirements, according to Ernst & Young's latest report. 
  5. Michael Dowling: 9 healthcare nuances that defy simple criticisms

    Those who work in healthcare should be proud of the distinct role we play in our communities and society. We uphold and meet a special obligation and responsibility. Each day, lives are improved, health is restored and suffering is mitigated. Each day, lives are changed for the better.
  6. St. Luke's pens 2 partnerships for future supply warehouse

    Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System secured two partnerships March 25 for its planned warehouse in Meridian, Idaho. 
  7. The 21 rural emergency hospitals, by state

    Twenty-one hospitals have converted to the rural emergency designation since the law that created the designation took effect in January 2023, according to data from University of North Carolina's Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research in Chapel Hill. 
  8. Surgeries for colon cancer took nearly 20% dip amid COVID

    Research continues to uncover the significant ways in which COVID-19 has disrupted cancer care, with new findings showing colorectal cancer surgeries fell 17.3% in the first year of the pandemic. 
  9. Will hospitals need to notify patients about the Change hack?

    Following the Change Healthcare cyberattack in February, questions remain around what data may have been stolen and how patients would be notified if needed — the issue is top of mind for hospitals nationwide.

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