Business services provider Conduent has agreed to pay $80 million to settle class action litigation over the third-largest healthcare data breach on record, which exposed data on about 62.2 million people. Conduent signed the settlement Oct. 16 with plaintiffs in…
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St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare plans to bring Stellis Health, a physician-owned medical group in Wright County, into the health system, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Stellis shareholders voted to move forward with the plans. The organizations are…
The front-line manager is becoming one of the hardest jobs in healthcare to fill and keep filled. Health system chief human resources officers recently named nursing and clinic managers among the fast-growing roles they are working hardest to recruit. Medical…
Middleburg Heights, Ohio-based Southwest General Health Center is expanding its partnership with Oracle to integrate clinical, financial and operational systems across the organization. The 368-bed independent, nonprofit hospital will adopt Oracle Health Patient Accounting, Oracle Health Data Intelligence and Oracle…
A federal judge in June dismissed several claims in a lawsuit brought by four physicians against former leaders of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health and canceled the jury trial that had been scheduled for late 2026. The physicians have since filed…
The White House is withholding another $1.2 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California, citing growth in the state’s personal care services spending. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, made the announcement Oct. 20 in the Oval Office on behalf of…
In this episode, Otto Sipe, Co-founder and CEO of Photon Health, discusses giving patients greater visibility and control over pharmacy choice while using technology to streamline prescription fulfillment, coverage and access. This episode is sponsored by Photon Health.
After a period of selling hospitals, Ascension is back buying again, and its latest deals show exactly where the money is going: surgery centers, fast-growing suburbs and care delivery, not insurance. The newest move came Oct. 1, when Austin, Texas-based…
Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare has launched an employer-sponsored health plan in partnership with Key Benefit Administrators, a third-party administrator. The Bronson Preferred Health Plan connects Southwest Michigan employers and their employees with Bronson’s network of providers, according to a news…
HHS announced Oct. 20 a national plan to improve kidney disease care as part of Make America Health Again’s focus on chronic disease. Approximately 37 million American adults have kidney disease, but many lack a diagnosis. The plan, unveiled by…