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Report: Physician assistants' salaries average more than $100K
Physician assistants in specialties like dermatology, emergency medicine and critical care medicine command the highest salaries, the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants reported.
By Meg Bryant • April 25, 2017 -
Medical supply company C.R. Bard to be acquired for $24B
Becton Dickinson believes the purchase could bring the company $1 billion in added revenues and strengthen its position in the infection prevention market.
By Meg Bryant • April 25, 2017 -
Wake Forest Baptist to transfer billing services to nThrive, affecting up to 650 jobs
The move will allow the integrated health system to focus more resources on clinical, academic and innovation efforts.
By Meg Bryant • April 21, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Q&A: How Sansoro Health can enable the exchange of health data in real-time
The EMR data integration startup puts a "great deal of time and effort" into ensuring that its software "installs very quickly and requires very little maintenance," said co-founder and CEO Jeremy Pierotti.
By Meg Bryant • April 20, 2017 -
Adeptus embarks on bankruptcy comeback, reaps $45M from hedge fund partnership
Deerfield Management acquired $212.7 million in debt from the freestanding ER company earlier this month.
By Ana Mulero • April 20, 2017 -
Cardinal Health drops $6.1B for Medtronic product lines
The deal adds 23 product categories to Cardinal’s portfolio, including well-known brands used in most U.S. hospitals.
By Meg Bryant • April 19, 2017 -
Health IT funding robust in 2017 Q1
Total venture capital funding for digital health reached $1.6 billion across 165 deals, a new Mercom report says.
By Meg Bryant • April 18, 2017 -
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HCA revenue flat, net income down in 2017 Q1
The hospital chain attributed the lackluster results to “changes in payer mix.”
By Meg Bryant • April 18, 2017 -
Survey: Uncertainty about ACA future prevalent in healthcare industry
Nearly half of healthcare executives expect the ACA will be repaired rather than repealed and replaced, according to an annual survey by Venrock.
By Meg Bryant • April 17, 2017 -
Quorum Health posts 2016 losses, plans to divest six more hospitals
The Brentwood, Tenn.-based health system spun off of Community Health Systems in April 2016.
By Les Masterson • April 14, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Why the threatened AHRQ is vital to the hospital industry
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s budget is less than 1% of everything spent on health research and just 0.016% of all spending on healthcare. But Trump's proposed budget would do away with it.
By Meg Bryant • April 13, 2017 -
Healthcare CEOs see earnings spike — mostly
Universal Health Services Chairman and CEO Alan Miller earned more than $51.3 million in 2016, making him the highest-paid hospital industry CEO.
By Meg Bryant • April 11, 2017 -
Norton Healthcare sees 5% boost to revenues in 2016
The nonprofit health system and University of Louisville are teaming up to create a pediatric cancer treatment institute.
By Meg Bryant • April 11, 2017 -
Amino snags $25M in Series C funding round
The San Francisco-based startup’s database includes 9 billion insurance claims.
By Meg Bryant • April 7, 2017 -
Medtronic close to $6B sale of medical device business to Cardinal Health
Growing competition in the medical supply market could be driving Medtronic to pursue a sale of some of its assets.
By Luke Gale • April 7, 2017 -
Mississippi hospital axes neurosurgery to save money
Spring River Health System has cut salaries and scaled back on professional fees to turn losses from two years ago into a modest profit last year, but cuts are still on the table.
By Luke Gale • April 6, 2017 -
Digital health funding remains strong in 2017 Q1
Rock Health and StartUp Health both reported more than $1 billion in digital health deals, but differed somewhat on trends and details.
By Meg Bryant • April 5, 2017 -
Mount Sinai bucks trend with 52% hike in operating income
The increase was attributed to the New York City-based medical center's 9.8% year-over-year increase in its patient revenue service.
By Ana Mulero • April 5, 2017 -
Rural hospitals face more uncertainty if ACA is repealed
Medicare and Medicaid account for 63% of rural hospitals’ volume.
By Meg Bryant • April 4, 2017 -
Recently resigned MD Anderson president takes $1M+ salary package as professor
MD Anderson Cancer Center had suffered hundreds of millions in operating losses during the 16-month tenure of Dr. Ronald DePinho.
By Luke Gale • April 1, 2017 -
Catholic Health Initiatives scraps 620 positions in Texas
The announcement from the beleaguered health system brings the total number of positions it has eliminated in Texas since August 2016 to 1,285.
By Luke Gale • April 1, 2017 -
CARB-X invests $48M into promising antibacterial solutions
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill about 23,000 people in the U.S. each year, according to the CDC.
By Meg Bryant • March 31, 2017 -
WalletHub physician study highlights improvement areas for states
Some of the worst states to practice medicine in are lacking the amount of healthcare professionals needed to meet the demand.
By Ana Mulero • March 29, 2017 -
Hospital stocks temper after rise spurred by AHCA demise
The number and utilization of hospitals in the U.S. has been decreasing little by little.
By Jeff Byers • March 29, 2017 -
Health plans a blight on profitable performance at Banner Health
Provider-sponsored health plans have become more popular in recent years, but they are generally not contributing to profitability.
By Luke Gale • March 28, 2017
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