The FDA has flagged six medical device recalls and corrections confirmed over the past two weeks, affecting convenience kits, ventilators, sodium chloride flushes, nitric oxide delivery systems, esophageal monitoring capsules and epidural kits. Here are six recalls to know:
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Like many rural community hospitals, St. Mary’s Healthcare faced challenges to its sustainability, including financial pressures, workforce shortages, and regulatory demands. While consolidation or significant cuts can seem like the only options to struggling hospitals, St. Mary’s chose a different…
A coalition of five Medicaid beneficiaries, six physician and health organizations and the city of Columbus, Ohio, sued HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, and their agencies Sept. 18, arguing CMS’ interim final rule on…
Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital has achieved Level IV trauma facility classification following a review by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. The hospital’s classification is valid for three years. The state trauma team evaluated the hospital’s trauma care processes,…
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network launched a new national recruitment and loan repayment program for certified registered nurse anesthetists. In the initiative, AHN will provide qualified students up to $110,000 in employer-sponsored student loan repayment, paid out over their first three…
Three of the nation’s largest for-profit hospital operators are increasingly describing themselves in broader terms as their businesses expand well beyond the walls of acute care hospitals. HCA Healthcare, Community Health Systems and Tenet Healthcare are pursuing different versions of…
The American Medical Association is urging CMS to maintain its Jan. 1, 2027, electronic prior authorization deadline. CMS broadened prior authorization reform efforts — and built upon payers’ existing commitments — to include providers and EHR vendors. Application programming interface…
WVU Medicine Fairmont (W.Va.) Medical Center completed its more than $27 million surgical services unit. The new unit, set to open Oct. 19, includes four new operating rooms and a new sterile processing suite, according to a Sept. 22 system…
The American Hospital Association has pushed back on multiple elements of CMS’ proposed rule that would overhaul how Medicaid provider taxes are calculated and monitored, suggesting that these changes could result in financial instability for both hospitals and states. In…
Researchers from Mayo Clinic, Harvard University and Oxford University created a decision tree to identify patients who can receive treatment while sitting instead of requiring a bed — reducing length of stay and increasing ED efficiency without adversely affecting outcomes…