Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., are urging the Drug Enforcement Administration to extend federal telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled substances before they expire Dec. 31. In a Dec. 2 letter to DEA Administrator Terrance Cole, the senators…
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Springfield, Ill.-based Springfield Memorial Hospital has teamed up with CareView Communications to implement a virtual monitoring platform aimed at enhancing patient safety and staff efficiency. Under the agreement, the hospital will deploy CareView’s Virtual Sitting system, which enables continuous observation…
From CVS Pharmacy settling allegations that it improperly billed federal health programs to the Justice Department dismissing an indictment against the former owner and CEO of a Texas hospital, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported…
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital employees continue to deal with problems with the agency’s new Oracle Health EHR ahead of a big expansion of the system, The Washington Post reported Dec 3. The VA put the EHR rollout on…
Mark Kronfeld, trustee of the SHC Creditor Litigation Trust, filed a 178-page amended complaint Nov. 21 seeking to recover more than $3.4 billion against bankrupt Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s former CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, and other system “insiders.” …
Patients of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente are increasingly opting for e-visits, a JAMA Network Open analysis found. Here are six key takeaways from the study of the asynchronous message-based visits, according to a Dec. 2 health system news release: 1.…
Pharmacists with specialized training can now prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder under a federal bill signed into law Dec. 1. The provision is part of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025, and allows the…
In a 162-page document, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership have shared a blueprint for developing successful academic-practice partnerships. The Academic-Practice Partnership Playbook is written for chief nursing executives, nursing school deans…
Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital is looking for a health system partner, with a recent cyberattack contributing to its financial challenges, Lookout Santa Cruz (Calif.) reported. The 106-bed hospital has been talking to organizations including Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter…
Culture profoundly shapes organizational, team and individual performance. It can propel organizations toward excellence — or hold them back in risk and stagnation. Too often, however, employees view culture as something distant, external, or imposed from above. They forget an…