Greene County General Hospital in Linton, Ind., has served Anthem with a breach notice tied to alleged payment failures nearing $1 million. The hospital said Anthem paid claims below contract requirements and processed regular commercial claims under the wrong framework,…
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In this episode, Scott Smiser, Principal Healthcare Services Advisor, and Dr. Jamie Brennan, Chief Nursing Officer at Insight Global Health, discuss how healthcare organizations can better align clinical and technology teams to improve adoption, outcomes, and efficiency. They share practical…
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare’s acquisition of Franciscan Health Olympia Fields (Ill.). The 214-bed hospital is expected to transition to Prime on May 1, according to an April 14 news release shared…
Nursing homes across the nation are seeing a meaningful gain in quality improvement, an American Health Care Association report published April 14 found. These improvements, measured between 2023 and 2025, show progress beyond where measures stood before the pandemic, the…
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ECRI is urging hospital and health system leaders to take a balanced approach to fall prevention technology. Patient falls — a persistent healthcare safety issue — can cost an average of $14,000 per fall with injury. Each year, between 700,000…
Fabian Tenenbaum was named executive vice president and chief venture officer of UPMC Enterprises, the venture capital arm of Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Mr. Tenenbaum announced the appointment in an April 14 LinkedIn post. “Stepping into this new role represents an opportunity…
Health systems spend years and hundreds of millions of dollars implementing EHRs, yet two healthcare CIOs say a significant share of that investment remains untapped. More pressing, they argue, the gap between what EHRs can do and what organizations actually…
Health systems are seeing measurable returns from pharmacy-led initiatives, including a more than 2% reduction in A1C levels and hundreds of incident fixes and system enhancements, according to executives across the U.S. Pharmacy leaders told Becker’s these gains are being…
Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based Froedtert ThedaCare has named Harold Berfiend CFO, effective May 11. Mr. Berfiend joins the system from Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health, where he held several leadership roles, most recently serving as vice president and controller, according to an…