The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is planning to revoke an advisory opinion warning debt collectors — including third-party revenue cycle management companies — that they are violating federal law when they collect on inaccurate or invalid medical debts. The CFPB…
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Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health will open the Cone Health Steven D. Bell Family Heart & Vascular Center on April 28. The $100 million facility will consolidate the system’s cardiovascular care services into one location and serve about 120,000 patients each…
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has broken ground on the Saratoga Springs Multi-Specialty Clinic. The facility will offer primary care, speciality services and a new cancer center. The Intermountain Health Saratoga Springs Cancer Center will provide medical oncology, radiation oncology,…
Overall cancer mortality rates decreased for men, women and children in the U.S. between 2018 and 2022, according to the National Cancer Institute’s “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer,” published April 21 in Cancer. The report…
Cancer researcher and a founding member of Pittsburgh-based UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Susann Gollin, MD, PhD, has died at 71. Dr. Gollin “pioneered important discoveries in the field of head and neck cancer,” according to an April 8 news release…
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Patients in Medicaid expansion states had more timely treatment, a study from the Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found. The study, published April 11 in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, analyzed data from adults ages 40 to…
Corewell Health has shared plans to open its first full-service, school-based clinic April 21 at Harper Woods High School. The on-site clinic near Detroit will provide more than 2,700 students enrolled in the school district — and others — with…
Kaiser Permanente has activated the largest hospital-based renewable energy microgrid in the U.S. at its Ontario (Calif.) Medical Center. Here are five things to know. 1. The microgrid provides daily electrical power for the hospital and serves as its initial…
Hawaii hospitals are reporting a backlog of thousands of images needing to be interpreted by radiologists, Hawaii News Now reported April 18. The state is estimated to have a shortage of 10 radiologists in 2024. The shortage has led to…
A recent study found that cancer-related hospitalizations increased 27.3% between 2008 and 2019, resulting in an increased total hospitalization cost of $20.9 billion. The study, published April 18 in Nature Scientific Reports, analyzed National Inpatient Sample data between 2008 and…