Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
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Healthcare billing fraud: 8 recent cases
From a former Georgia insurance commissioner pleading guilty to his role in a $2.5 million scheme to a durable medical equipment company owner sentenced to prison for "one of the largest Medicare fraud schemes in history," here are eight healthcare billing fraud cases Becker's has reported since March 14: -
The skills hospital CEOs are refining — and how they're doing it
Researchers have argued that there is no perfect CEO personality, and leaders of hospitals and health systems possess an array of qualities and strengths, ranging from softer skills such as honesty and openness to financial and technical knowledge. However, there are certain skills some are particularly focused on right now in today's challenging healthcare environment. -
Yale New Haven Health gets green light from Connecticut to buy 3 Prospect hospitals
The Office of Health Strategy in Connecticut has approved a certificate-of-need application from Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health that puts it one step closer to purchasing three Connecticut hospitals from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings.
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The meds that could increase heart damage in young adults
Young adults prescribed stimulant medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are 57% more likely to develop cardiomyopathy after eight years compared to those not on stimulants, a new study found. -
Kaiser-target Geisinger posts $366.6M net income in 2023
Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health posted a net income of $366.6 million in 2023, after posting a net loss of $834 million in 2022, according to its financial report for the year ended Dec. 31. -
Why a Texas system hasn't hired a travel nurse in 30 years
Beth Schmidt remembers the last time Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children's Health Care System hired a travel nurse, and it was not recently. -
HHS unveils 5-year health IT strategic plan
HHS released its Federal Health IT Strategic Plan March 27, addressing the agency's plans to modernize national public health data infrastructure and promote interoperability with EHRs.
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AI expertise gets more expensive as hospitals bulk up
Health systems are evaluating the best strategy for integrating artificial intelligence into the broader organization, which sometimes means bringing on additional AI expertise. -
A popular healthcare myth debunked
Many in the healthcare industry assume rural hospitals are inherently worse off financially than urban hospitals. It's easy to see why. -
California hospital closing dialysis center
Mee Memorial Hospital in King City, Calif., has started transitioning patients to another dialysis clinic as it plans to close its dialysis center in June. -
Hospitals' cash position weakens
Liquidity continues to be a problem for hospitals as they recover financially from the pandemic and inflation over the last four years, according to a new report from Syntellis, part of Strata.
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Avera Health investing $245M in its largest building project ever
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has shared plans for two building projects that total $245 million, the largest in the health system's history. -
WVU Medicine continues hospital acquisition spree
Morgantown.-based West Virginia University Health System is adding another member to its system with the addition of Weirton Medical Center. -
Nurses' strike may affect elective surgeries at San Francisco hospitals
Hospitals in Santa Clara County's public health system in California are gearing up to limit potential disruptions to patient care as more than 3,700 nurses plan to strike in early April. -
10 most trustworthy health systems: Newsweek
Ten hospitals and health systems have been named among Newsweek's most trustworthy. -
California system defends CEO pay amid criticism
Madera, Calif.-based Valley Children's Healthcare is pushing back against criticism of its compensation for top hospital executives. -
Illinois system names CFO
Mattoon, Ill.-based Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System named Sean Fischer vice president of finance and CFO, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. -
FDA hands warning to New York hospital's drug researcher
FDA investigators said they found "objectionable conditions" during medication research at Columbia University Medical Center Kreitchman PET Center, according to a warning letter published March 26. -
Mayo embraces 'citizen development' for AI
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is taking a different approach with AI and is leaning into its clinicians so that they can develop their own AI capabilities, MITSloan reported March 27. -
'Wake-up call': HSHS CEO speaks out on hospital closures
The chief of Hospital Sisters Health System, which shuttered two Wisconsin hospitals on March 22, has opened up about the "difficult and heartbreaking" decision.
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