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Kaiser Permanente names 13 to new medical school board
The Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine will admit its first students in 2019.
By Meg Bryant • July 14, 2017 -
American Family Care gets $1B investment in urgent care locations
American Family Care is the largest operator of urgent care centers, and the new deal is expected to add another 300 locations.
By Les Masterson • July 14, 2017 -
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Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.
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Iowa hospital unknowingly posts 5,300 patients' data online for nearly 2 years
The breach occurred in May 2015 and was discovered this spring.
By Meg Bryant • July 13, 2017 -
Senate Republicans' new draft of healthcare bill makes few changes
The revised draft includes an amendment that would allow insurers to sell plans that do not meet minimum ACA requirements so long as they offer at least one plan that does. The insurance industry has opposed this idea.
By Shannon Muchmore • July 13, 2017 -
DeGraff Memorial expanding ED, but cutting ICU, surgical facility and beds
As hospitals have struggled to find their footing in the current healthcare environment of lower inpatient reimbursement rates and risk-based delivery, they have focused more on ambulatory and outpatient services.
By Les Masterson • July 13, 2017 -
Major barriers remain to value-based implementation, survey finds
Smaller organizations were least likely to report using value-based reimbursement initiatives in a recent EY Health survey.
By Shannon Muchmore • July 13, 2017 -
Group purchasing saves healthcare supply chains up to 18% of costs
A new study conducted by a former FTC chairman defends GPOs' use of vendor funding and warns Congress against changing the funding mechanism, saying it could increase costs for healthcare supply chains.
By Rich Weissman • July 13, 2017 -
AHA's Health Forum spotlights 'Most Wired' hospitals of 2017
This year’s list includes at least two 25-bed critical access hospitals and a health system in the UK.
By Meg Bryant • July 12, 2017 -
Medicare Advantage plans pay physicians about the same as traditional Medicare, study finds
Researchers reviewed 144 million claims for common services from 2007 to 2012.
By Les Masterson • July 12, 2017 -
Anthem Blue Cross expands program that denies claims for unnecessary ED services
The American College of Emergency Physicians and its Missouri chapter said rejecting ED claims is a “clear violation of the national prudent layperson standard.”
By Les Masterson • July 12, 2017 -
Lutheran Health exec resigns over alleged CHS mismanagement
Lutheran Hospital's CMIO claimed CHS threatened the physician group attempting to buyout the Fort Wayne, Indiana network with litigation.
By Meg Bryant • July 11, 2017 -
ACA is taking a toll on physician-owned hospitals
Physician Hospitals of America says the law stopped the building of 37 hospitals and halted 20 major expansion projects.
By Meg Bryant • July 11, 2017 -
Senate looking at Plan B if BCRA fails
Republican leadership is having a hard time deciding how it should proceed if the votes aren't there to pass their ACA replacement bill, which is increasingly the case.
By Shannon Muchmore • July 10, 2017 -
65% of healthcare partnerships lead to cost savings, study shows
More than half of respondents in a survey from the Partnership for Healthy Outcomes said their partnerships include care coordination support.
By Les Masterson • July 7, 2017 -
Minnesota payer contract dispute ends with children's health system dropped from network
The largest child care delivery system in the Minneapolis area is now considered out-of-network for 66,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota policyholders.
By Les Masterson • July 6, 2017 -
Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks enters hospital business with latest venture
The company announced a majority stake in a California health system.
By Jeff Byers • July 5, 2017 -
Physician group drops bid to buy CHS' Lutheran Health Network
In other CHS news, the hospital chain has completed the sale of nine hospitals.
By Les Masterson • July 5, 2017 -
Open Payments: Industry payments to physicians, hospitals rose to $8.2B in 2016
The latest data review found 1,481 companies made payments to 631,000 physicians and 1,146 teaching hospitals.
By Les Masterson • July 3, 2017 -
Hospitals see revenue opportunities in oxygen therapy for diabetics
The number of hospitals with hyperbaric oxygen units has doubled since 2004, from 626 to 1,350 last year.
By Meg Bryant • June 29, 2017 -
CHI St. Luke's Health CEO resigns amid merger talks
Michael Covert will step down after the hospital system incurred a steep operating loss last year.
By Jeff Byers • June 29, 2017 -
Memorial Hermann Health System cuts 350 more employees
This is the second round of layoffs for the Houston-based system this year.
By Les Masterson • June 28, 2017 -
No vote on Senate healthcare bill before July 4 holiday
After the CBO analysis of the bill was released Monday, it became clear that not enough Republican senators were satisfied with the bill and there wouldn't be enough time to change their minds.
By Shannon Muchmore • June 28, 2017 -
Summa Health to cut 300 positions, scale back services in face of $60M operating loss
Low patient volume at both inpatient and outpatient settings contributed to the health system’s decision.
By Meg Bryant • June 27, 2017 -
US News spotlights best children's hospitals for 2017-2018
Boston Children’s Hospital snagged the top ranking with honors in eight of 10 specialty areas.
By Meg Bryant • June 27, 2017 -
Contract dispute between MN insurer, children's health system goes public
The current contract between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota ends on July 5.
By Les Masterson • June 27, 2017
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