Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center broke ground on its freestanding emergency room, New Hampshire Union Leader reported Nov. 3. The Nashua Emergency Room — a $16 million, 10,000-square-foot facility — will provide 24/7 high-acuity care, including advanced diagnostics and on-site…
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CMS released its final rule for 2026 Medicare payments under the physician fee schedule, including two separate conversion factors, Oct. 31. Twelve things to know: 1. CMS will implement two separate conversion factors for Medicare reimbursement. One for qualified practitioners…
Three health systems have apparently been ensnared in a 2024 hack of EHR vendor Veradigm, formerly known as Allscripts, DataBreaches.net reported. In the December data breach, a cybercriminal used a credential obtained from a Veradigm customer to enter a Veradigm…
George Tidmarsh, MD, PhD, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, resigned Nov. 2 after being placed on administrative leave, The New York Times reported Nov. 2. Dr. Tidmarsh told the Times he was placed on leave…
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner didn’t get an MBA — and she said the EHR giant wouldn’t look the same if she had. “If I had gotten an MBA, they would likely have taught me how to get venture…
Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings is asking a federal bankruptcy judge to either place two Rhode Island hospitals under state control or allow them to close, The Providence Journal reported Oct. 31. In November 2024, Prospect received approval to sell…
Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb., appointed Kim Morrow as CFO. Ms. Morrow has more than 30 years of experience in finance, including five years in healthcare, according to an Oct. 31 hospital news release. She previously served as…
The federal government shutdown eclipsed the one-month mark Nov. 1 and is on course to become the longest in U.S. history this week, surpassing the 35-day shutdown that ended in early 2019. Five things to know: 1. Bipartisan talks among…
Sixty percent of hospital CIOs have been directed by their boards or finance committees to suspend certain IT projects amid the government shutdown, Black Book Research found. Until cash visibility improves, the IT chiefs have been ordered to halt enterprise…
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has appointed Stephen Savas as executive vice president and chief of system development and strategic initiatives, effective Nov. 1. In the newly created role, Mr. Savas will work with Mount Sinai’s executive team…