While a federal judge rejected an HHS funding threat against healthcare organizations providing gender-affirming care to minors last month, the ruling has not cleared a path for hospitals to resume such services. Hospitals and health systems continue to face a…
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Federal regulators are ramping up scrutiny of health system contracting practices, escalating the debate over healthcare costs, competition and market power. The Justice Department recently filed antitrust lawsuits against major health systems, including OhioHealth and NewYork-Presbyterian, alleging they used payer…
ChristianaCare, a four-hospital system based in Wilmington, Del., is expanding its network with specialized pediatric services from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. On April 1, the two organizations launched their affiliation at ChristianaCare’s Center for Women’s & Children’s Health in Newark,…
Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has opened the Vista Pavilion, a $650 million building dedicated solely to cancer care services. Patients will begin receiving care at the facility on April 7, according to a March 31 news release from…
Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health is expanding its freestanding emergency department network, with two new Florida locations over the next two years in the works, which will grow its network to three such facilities. The total project cost for both freestanding…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health has signed an agreement to acquire eight acute care hospitals from Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth. The deal is expected to close within 60 to 90 days of the March 6 signing date, pending legal and regulatory approvals,…
This piece was informed by “How AdventHealth Improved Care Transitions and Drove $48.6M in Operational Value,” a recent AHA webinar in which AdventHealth leaders Jeannine Nylaan, Corporate Executive Director of Care Management, and Rob Dixon, Executive Director of Clinical &…
Ambient clinical documentation tools were associated with modest time savings at five academic health systems, a study published April 1 in JAMA found. The AI scribes were linked to a reduction of about 13 minutes in EHR use and 16…
In this episode, Laura Dyrda, Vice President, Editor-in-Chief, Becker’s Healthcare, discusses the rise of AI adoption, evolving care delivery models, and why health system leaders remain cautiously optimistic about the future. She also highlights financial pressures in rural healthcare and…
The FDA has linked Amgen’s vasculitis drug Tavneos to 76 postmarketing cases of drug-induced liver injury, including eight deaths, 54 hospitalizations and 74 serious outcomes. Seven patients developed vanishing bile duct syndrome, three of whom died. The medication, approved in…