Nonprofit hospitals in high-need communities set income eligibility thresholds for free and discounted care similar to those of hospitals in lower-need areas, according to a study published Nov. 2 in Health Affairs. The study, written by researchers Tatiane Santos, PhD,…
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As hospitals and health systems navigate Medicaid cuts, rising costs and regulatory hurdles, some have halted, shelved or slowed plans for major expansions in 2026. Many leaders say the added capacity is still needed, but they are reluctant to commit…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Compassus have completed the final phase of their home-based care joint venture, which brings Providence’s Oregon home health, hospice and palliative care operations under Compassus management. The joint venture operates as Providence at Home…
St. Louis-based Ascension has named Kelly Nolan, BSN, as its chief nursing officer and administrator of Ascension St. Vincent Warrick in Boonville, Ind. In the dual leadership role, Ms. Nolan will oversee clinical nursing operations and daily hospital administration, according…
Logan, Ohio-based Hocking Valley Community Hospital has tapped Ohio Emergency Medicine Services to manage its emergency department, effective Nov. 1. Ohio Emergency Medicine Services is a physician-led emergency medicine group that is part of the Emergency Care Partners physician group…
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has named Marcel Maya, MD, chair of its Department of Imaging, putting him in charge of the department’s clinical, research and education programs. Dr. Maya has served as co-chair of the department since 2011, according to an…
Picture a college student sitting alone late at night, phone in hand, typing a few lines into an anonymous peer-support forum. The message may reflect nothing more than a hard week, or it may be the first time this student…
Bloomington, Ind.-based Cook Medical and Indiana University opened the Interventional MRI Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Center of Excellence at the IU School of Medicine’s Medical Imaging Research Institute in Indianapolis. The center will study how interventional MRI can support new procedures…
Athenahealth on Nov. 2 launched athenaPatient MCP, a new server that gives patients a way to connect their official health data directly to Anthropic’s Claude. The tool runs on the Model Context Protocol, which provides secure connection points that let…
Oscar Betancourt has been appointed senior vice president and CEO of Jackson South Medical Center in Miami, he wrote in a Nov. 1 LinkedIn post. Mr. Betancourt joined Miami-based Jackson Health System in 2015 as CFO of Jackson Behavioral Health…