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Frey Medical Management, a rural hospital transformation company, is the new owner of Luverne, Ala.-based Crenshaw Community Hospital, according to a Jan. 31 post on the hospital’s Facebook page.  The 25-bed hospital comprises inpatient, outpatient, medical and surgical care and…

Hospitals have more digital tools than ever, yet throughput continues to suffer. Since 2017, emergency department encounters lasting over eight hours have nearly doubled, inpatient units are strained by staffing shortages, and specialty consults remain difficult to coordinate. The industry…

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is regaining full control of its revenue cycle management subsidiary Conifer Health Solutions as Chicago-based CommonSpirit exits the partnership.  Under the agreement, CommonSpirit will pay about $1.9 billion to Tenet over the next three years, while Conifer…

Some health systems are requiring physicians 70 and older to undergo comprehensive cognitive evaluations. Many physicians choose to retire instead, The New York Times reported Jan. 31. The physician workforce has faced an aging problem for decades. In 2005, more…

A partial government shutdown took effect Jan. 31 after Congress missed a midnight Jan. 30 deadline to pass a revised federal funding package — disrupting some health systems’ hospital-at-home programs as Medicare waivers tied to the service temporarily lapsed. Although…

Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health has received an emergency certificate-of-need application approval from Connecticut’s Office of Health Strategy to acquire Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital from bankrupt Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings. OHS cleared the path Jan. 30 for UConn Health’s Waterbury Health…

Medical Facilities Corporation completed the sale of its 64% interest in Oklahoma Spine Hospital to SSM Health Care of Oklahoma. SSM and physician partners acquired 55.5% and 8.45% of equity securities, respectively, according to a Feb. 2 news release. The full transaction…

Too many healthcare organizations have support teams focused on break-fix, ongoing maintenance and other keeping the lights on work at the expense of making progress on strategic projects. Continuous IT operations, predictable costs, and specialized expertise that support agility and…

For hospitals and health systems navigating today’s challenging operating environment, workflow efficiency and cost control are more important than ever. At the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), one area ripe for transformation was the bill-only workflow – a process…

Safety and efficiency are no longer two competing ideals in today’s health care environment, but two sides of the same coin. Incidents of violence against healthcare workers continue to rise, with staffing and resource shortages adding to the strain of…