Across the country, hospitals are making difficult decisions to close departments, scale back services or exit entire lines of care. The headlines are unsettling, but they are not surprising. Healthcare is becoming more complex, more expensive and more operationally demanding…
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Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health has appointed Vivek K. Reddy, MD, as its chief health informatics officer, effective July 1. Dr. Reddy has served as interim chief health informatics officer since May 2024 and will now permanently lead…
More than 1 billion health records have been exchanged through the federal government’s national health information network in less than a year. The milestone reflects rapid growth of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, known as TEFCA, a nationwide…
Ten hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle management expertise. Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Listings were compiled from job-seeker sites. 1. Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Hospital seeks a patient financial services director. 2. Cascade…
A California judge entered a final judgment that called on Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, part of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, to pay more than $82 million to the state’s Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center over concerns of insufficient emergency care reimbursement, according…
Approximately 4,500 registered nurses and clinicians at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham plan to strike July 8, which would be the largest healthcare strike in the state’s history, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Six things to know: 1. The…
Members of National Nurses United are planning one-day strikes July 6 at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis and St. Joseph hospitals in Wichita, Kan., and Ascension St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. The union represents nearly 1,200 nurses at Ascension Via…
Michael Shaw has been named chief strategy officer of Ascension St. Vincent, effective July 5, according to a June 26 LinkedIn post. Ascension St. Vincent is an Indiana regional health system part of St. Louis-based Ascension. It comprises 19 hospitals,…
Elevance Health paid CMS $342 million following a Medicare Advantage sanction notice alleging the insurer did not properly address overpayments for years. June 22 filings in a New York federal court included an email from an Elevance vice president to…
GLP-1 receptor agonist use was associated with a higher risk of smell and taste disturbances among adults with Type 2 diabetes, according to a study published June 25 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Here are four things to know…