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Piedmont Healthcare accelerates hospital buys throughout Georgia
The system has its sight set on acquiring University Health Care System in Augusta, adding another three hospitals to its roster. The news comes on the heels of its intent to acquire four HCA hospitals in the state.
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Kaiser Permanente, Mayo team up on investment in acute care at home
The $100 million investment in Boston-based Medically Home will allow patients to be treated at home for infusions and conditions like cancer, infections and COVID-19, the nonprofit systems said.
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EU plans to impose additional regulations on medtech AI products, other 'high risk' systems
The proposed legal framework, which addresses potential artificial intelligence risks, seeks to regulate the technology and issue fines for noncompliance that could total billions of dollars, positioning Europe for a "leading" AI role globally.
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Billions of dollars remain in the provider relief fund. Hospital execs are left in the lurch waiting for relief.
"My greatest frustration is just the unknown," one Illinois hospital official said. "There seems to be a vacuum of information out there about how much is there, when would you expect it, how do you apply for it."
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CDC panel endorses Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds
The vote, which the CDC officially adopted hours after, gives a clear green light for states to begin vaccinating younger adolescents with the shot.
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Report calls for broader scope of practice for nurses, better support for equity, mental health
Demand for nurses will only grow post-pandemic, as will the rigors of the job, according to the paper published Tuesday from the National Academy of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Despite $64M net loss, Oak Street forecasts continued growth in 2021
The value-based medical network expects to bring in at least $1.3 billion in revenue this year, representing 47% growth over 2020's topline.
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FDA authorizes Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for younger teens
The emergency clearance greatly expands the pool of people who can be vaccinated in the U.S. just as some states begin to report waning demand.
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Q&ANational Nurses United President Deborah Burger on how COVID-19 has affected union efforts
The organizer reflected on nurses' experiences over the past year on the front lines, and outlined where the union is headed going forward.
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Kaiser bounces back to black with $2B Q1 profit
Uncertainty amid the pandemic last year spooked the stock market and spurred investment losses for the nonprofit. The integrated system posted a turnaround this year, though it still lags behind 2019.
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TAVR readmission rates vary widely between hospitals for unknown reasons
Length of stay and discharge disposition only explained 15% of the inter-hospital variation. Researchers called for efforts to identify practices associated with low rates or readmission.
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Providers supportive of push to overhaul HIPAA, but air serious concerns about data privacy, timing
"We urge OCR to reconsider implementing a massive change to patient privacy laws in the midst of this transition," AMA commented on the Trump-era rule.
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S&P downgrades Sutter Health, says short-term performance will be weak
On Monday, Fitch Ratings also downgraded Sutter to A from A+. Fitch, though, revised the rating outlook to stable from negative.
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Walmart acquires telehealth provider MeMD, upping competition in telehealth space
Bringing the telehealth vendor under Walmart's umbrella is likely to further pressure similar companies due to the increasingly competitive nature of the market, while pitting Walmart directly against Amazon in the virtual care arena.
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ACA special enrollment period sign-ups surged in April
The Biden administration began the SEP primarily to help people who have lost coverage due to the COVID-19 pandemic and related economic fallout.
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Cigna signals optimism for 2021 as it raises forecasts despite ongoing pandemic
The insurer bested Wall Street expectations in the first quarter with $1.2 billion in profit on $41 billion in revenue.
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April jobs report lackluster for healthcare, with ambulatory gains offsetting steep nursing losses
The industry lost about 4,000 jobs overall in April, an unwelcome sign as the economy continues recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Cerner starts search for new CEO
Brent Shafer is stepping down once a successor is found, the EHR vendor announced Wednesday as it released its first-quarter earnings report.
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Pandemic spurs more nurses to consider leaving their roles, McKinsey report finds
More than half of the nurses who said they're considering leaving would move to a new job not involved in direct patient care, or retire, the survey found.
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AI, digital health feature in latest batch of FDA breakthrough device designations
The agency granted regulatory privileges to artificial intelligence products, including software designed to enable the early detection of cancer and technology to help surgeons tell if cancer is still present after surgical removal.
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Pharma erupts as Biden administration backs waiver of vaccine patent rights
The shift in U.S. policy might not undermine future research as the drug industry claims. Easing patent protections, though, isn't likely to translate to an immediate boost in vaccine supply.
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AMA: Physicians in independent practice now minority in US
Hospitals are one of the largest employers of physicians, with the proportion increasing nearly 50% between 2012 and last year, according to the new survey.
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AI expected to supplant telehealth as top investment priority in next few years, survey finds
Philips' Future Health Index — surveying almost 3,000 health leaders worldwide — also found a surprising focus on delivering environmentally sustainable healthcare by 2024.
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Telehealth use dropped in February for first time since September
The data suggests a potential slowdown in demand for virtual care services that spiked last year in the early months of COVID-19, according to Fair Health's monthly tracker.
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CVS profit up 10%, but warns vaccine hesitancy could dampen earnings
The diversified health behemoth beat Wall Street quarterly forecasts with revenue of $69.1 billion, raising its full-year guidance as a result.
