Pediatric infectious disease specialists in Pennsylvania, home to the nation’s largest measles outbreak in more than three decades, are treating an influx of children with severe complications from a virus many physicians have little experience with, NBC News reported Oct.…
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From a Maryland CEO indicted in connection with more than $100 million in at-home COVID-19 test billing, to an Arizona addiction treatment clinic owner sentenced to 14 years in prison for a $69 million Medicaid fraud scheme, here are 10…
Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Health is partnering with Microsoft and Accenture on a multiyear initiative to consolidate its data systems, move key infrastructure to the cloud and introduce AI tools to improve clinical and operational workflows. The initiative aims to…
Craig Lindsey, DNP, has been named chief nursing informatics officer at Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health. In this role, Dr. Lindsey will work with nursing teams and IT to continue the digital transformation of care delivery, he wrote in an…
Jeffrey Liebman will retire Nov. 1 as CEO of CharterCARE Health of Rhode Island, nearly eight months after the nonprofit system was formed. Richard Charest will succeed Mr. Liebman as CEO, according to an Oct. 14 news release shared with…
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Woodbridge, Va.-based Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center has opened Sentara To Home, an outpatient pharmacy that allows patients to fill prescriptions before leaving the hospital. The pharmacy opened Oct. 14 and offers insurance assistance, medication cost evaluations and support for…
The FDA has approved Anktiva as the first treatment specifically for adults with BCG-unresponsive, high-grade papillary-only bladder cancer that has not spread into the bladder muscle. The expanded approval covers Anktiva (nogapendekin alfa inbakicept-pmln) given with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, according to…
Epic is working with Amazon Pharmacy, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs and other pharmacy companies to develop a tool that will allow clinicians and patients to compare prescription drug prices directly within its EHR system. The new feature, called Prescription…
Several hospitals within King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services have named new CEOs this year. Some of the moves were promotions within UHS, and some leaders came from outside the company. UHS has more than 375 inpatient acute care…