On May 13, West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute opened the Jack & Sheryl Morris Cancer Center — the first freestanding cancer hospital in New Jersey. Located in New Brunswick, the center is one…
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Tremendous opportunities exist to leverage AI to improve healthcare and solve major challenges, in areas such as patient engagement, brand differentiation, revenue optimization and more. It’s important to remember, however, that because healthcare organizations have such incredibly high standards for…
From Optum launching a new AI-powered revenue cycle platform to a Florida hospital striking an RCM partnership with Ensemble, here are eight RCM updates that Becker’s reported in May: 1. Cleveland Clinic, Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth and the University of…
Lawmakers in states across the country are advancing legislation to regulate pharmacy benefit managers. New bills in North Carolina and Illinois aim to curb practices critics claim inflate drug prices and threaten survival of independent pharmacies. Here are four notes:
A report from the American Hospital Association highlights hospital spending on workplace and community violence. The report, “The Burden of Violence to U.S. Hospitals: A Comprehensive Assessment of Financial Costs and Other Impacts of Workplace and Community Violence,” was prepared…
HHS has proposed oversight of the 340B drug pricing program to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as part of a broader reorganization. The move, initially referenced in a preliminary memo from White House officials in April, would place…
As healthcare organizations continue to search for ways to strengthen employee well-being and retention, health systems like Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health and Binghamton, N.Y.-based United Health Services are actively investing in one hot topic in workforce management — childcare. Becker’s…
The White House updated its “Make America Healthy Again” report on childhood chronic disease after facing scrutiny from experts over the apparent use of artificial intelligence to generate citations, The Washington Post reported May 29. Of the 522 citations in…
A best practice advisory alert placed within patients’ electronic medical records led to a 450% increase in oncofertility care referrals at Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center, according to a study released at the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting. …
Two years after receiving a $10 million gift to target healthcare’s biggest issues, Cleveland-based University Hospitals has received an additional $13.5 million to accelerate the project. In June 2023, University Hospitals launched the Veale Initiative for Healthcare Transformation to improve…