Remote patient monitoring can help detect early health changes among lung transplant recipients in their first year after discharge, Mayo Clinic researchers found. During the 12-month study, published April 30 in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Open, researchers…
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CMS is requiring all 50 states to audit Medicaid providers and submit detailed plans to the agency by May 23, with hospital leaders eager to understand both the scope and the limits of what’s being asked. CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz,…
Galveston, Texas-based University of Texas Medical Branch has named Jayson Laban vice president and chief information officer, effective May 1. In this role, Mr. Laban will oversee technology strategy and innovation and work to strengthen digital capabilities across the organization,…
Employees at Cleveland-based MetroHealth are working to form a primary care providers union amid “unsustainable workloads,” Cleveland.com reported April 29. Five things to know: 1. Union organizers during an April 28 rally asked hospital leadership to recognize the proposed Primary…
Millinocket (Maine) Regional Hospital has named Mellissa McAvoy its next CEO, effective July 1. Ms. McAvoy has served on the hospital’s board of trustees since 2002 and as board president since 2012, according to an April 27 news release. Since…
The Education Department on April 30 finalized a rule implementing sweeping changes regarding federal student loans, which will limit how much some healthcare students can borrow. Six things to know: 1. The Reimagining and Improving Student Education rule carries out…
As a result of implementing Epic, Lewiston, Maine-based Central Maine Healthcare is planning to lay off 38 IT workers, Sun Journal reported April 28. A spokesperson for the health system system told the publication that the reductions are tied to…
President Donald Trump has nominated Nicole Saphier, MD, as surgeon general after withdrawing his prior pick, Casey Means, MD. “Nicole is a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and treatment while…
Amazon One Medical has expanded its presence in New Jersey with a new primary care office in Englewood, part of its growing partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health in Edison, N.J. The Englewood location marks the third Amazon One Medical office…
The Trump administration has filed notice that it will appeal a federal court ruling that blocked changes to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, the latest turn in an ongoing legal and regulatory battle over the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel. The…