Tampa, Fla.-based Shriners Children’s has named Jay Merry as executive director of revenue cycle, according to a March 2 post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Merry joins Shriners from Goshen (Ind.) Health, where he served as revenue cycle administrator since…
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Philadelphia-based Drexel University and Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care have formed a workforce partnership designed to create clearer pathways into nursing roles, with a focus on strengthening the transition from education to practice. Under the agreement, Cooper employees interested…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is urging federal health officials to reconsider a proposed rule that would eliminate certain oversight requirements for AI tools used in healthcare. In a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, Mr. Bonta…
Musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries are so common that they have become almost invisible in discussions about healthcare spending. Yet for self-insured employers and other plan sponsors, MSK conditions consistently rank among the top cost drivers, often representing 20–30% of total health…
Measles outbreaks could cost the U.S. healthcare system $1.5 billion annually by 2030 if vaccination rates continue to drop, according to a new analysis from researchers at Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Conn. The report, published Feb.…
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System in Watertown, S.D., has named Caitlin Broek director of information technology and clinical informatics. Ms. Broek will oversee the information technology, applications, informatics and biomedical departments, according to a Feb. 27 news release. She has been…
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WakeMed Raleigh (N.C.) has gone 20 consecutive months without a single workplace violence incident on its medical-surgical unit. It is all thanks to a program created by three nurse leaders. The program started with a partnership between med-surg and psychiatric…
As state health budgets shrink, 17 states and the District of Columbia have reduced funding for HIV/AIDS programs, and at least five others are considering doing the same. In late January, the National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors…
The insurer-backed Better Medicare Alliance, a Medicare Advantage advocacy group, and over 100 other organizations sent a letter Feb. 27 to CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, urging the agency to modify 2027 rate levels for Medicare Advantage. The signatories included…