Point Pleasant, W.Va.-based Fruth Pharmacy will sell all its pharmacies to Walgreens in December. The chain, founded in 1952, operates 16 locations across West Virginia and Southern Ohio, according to a report from ABC affiliate WCHS. The family-owned business at…
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North Kansas City (Mo.) Hospital is notifying patients that a cybersecurity breach at EHR vendor Cerner, now known as Oracle Health, exposed some of the hospital’s data. The hospital said it learned that an unauthorized third party accessed information stored…
Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System is the first in the state to have all of its hospitals earn a designation for pediatric emergency care. The Georgia Department of Public Health grants the designation to emergency departments that are equipped with…
The U.S. House of Representatives plans to weigh in on a possible five-year extension of the CMS waiver for acute hospital care at home. The House will consider the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act, which would prolong Medicare hospital-at-home reimbursement…
As AI transforms the healthcare landscape, hospital and health system leaders are sounding the alarm about a growing arms race: one that pits payer algorithms against provider revenue cycle teams, often with patients caught in the middle. For some systems,…
The pharmacist workforce is shrinking. According to the 2024 National Pharmacist Workforce Study, the number of practicing pharmacists younger than 40 has declined from previous years, while more pharmacists report heavier workloads and longer hours than at any point in…
Oracle Health, the nation’s second-largest EHR vendor by hospital market share, had a busy November, from new partnerships to an interoperability advancement. Here are 12 times Becker’s reported on the company in the past month: 1. Oracle Health Information Network…
Cleveland-based MetroHealth, which has used the Epic EHR system since 1999, meets quarterly with Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner. “We still have quarterly calls with Judy Faulkner,” David Kaelber, MD, PhD, MetroHealth’s vice president and chief health informatics officer,…
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare’s nonprofit public charity, Prime Healthcare Foundation, has received state approval to acquire Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare. “As this transaction continues through the regulatory and closing process, we remain committed to our mission of saving hospitals, ensuring…
PwC is collaborating with Amazon Web Services on an initiative aimed at transforming how healthcare organizations manage and enhance their revenue cycle operations. The collaboration will make PwC’s revenue cycle managed services available on AWS, and the companies will build…