Hospitals: Page 17


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    Q&A

    AHA’s new deputy cyber adviser: Hospitals need to think regionally about cyberattacks

    Hospitals are prepared for natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, but many haven’t thought about the domino effect cyberattacks can have locally, said Scott Gee, who joined AHA last month. 

    By Sept. 12, 2024
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    Hospitals experienced labor rebound in August, reports say

    Hospitals continued to add workers to payrolls, while annual wage growth rates stabilized. Both are promising signs for nonprofit and for-profit providers.

    By Susanna Vogel • Sept. 10, 2024
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    Provider burnout

    Hospitals are still struggling with provider burnout, after the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated underlying staffing issues and prompted workers to quit their jobs.

    By Healthcare Dive staff
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    Tracking Steward's decline

    Steward Health Care auction: What assets sold, closed and are still up for grabs

    Pennsylvania-based Sharon Regional Medical Center reopened its doors Tuesday under new management. The formerly Steward-owned hospital has been shuttered since January after two sales fell through.

    By Susanna Vogel • Updated March 18, 2025
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    FTC opposes Indiana’s first hospital merger under controversial COPA law

    Federal antitrust regulators are asking Indiana to block Union Hospital and HCA-owned Terre Haute Regional Hospital’s request for a certificate of public advantage, which allows states to greenlight potentially problematic mergers.

    By Sept. 6, 2024
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    Tracking Steward's decline

    Steward loses money on Massachusetts hospital sales; CEO snubs Senate

    Wednesday was a rocky day for bankrupt Steward Health Care as the system finalized unprofitable deals and CEO Ralph de la Torre landed in the spotlight once again for rebuffing a Senate subpoena.

    By Susanna Vogel • Updated Sept. 5, 2024
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    Henry Ford Health and Ascension to launch joint venture in October

    Eight Ascension and Genesys hospitals and an addiction treatment center will rebrand under Henry Ford Health on Oct. 1.

    By Susanna Vogel • Sept. 5, 2024
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    Prime Healthcare names first national president

    Sunny Bhatia will oversee all Prime regions and lead the acquisition of Ascension hospitals in Illinois, according to a spokesperson.

    By Sept. 4, 2024
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    Healthcare labor shortage predicted by 2028, with uneven state impacts: report

    Certain states and specialties will face acute shortages, while others will see a surplus of workers, according to a new study from Mercer.

    By Susanna Vogel • Sept. 3, 2024
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    Tracking Steward's decline

    Steward closer to finalizing Massachusetts hospital sales

    The bankrupt health system has signed definitive agreements to divest four facilities and is hoping to finalize others soon, according to documents filed in U.S. federal bankruptcy court on Thursday.

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 30, 2024
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    Hospitals boost operating margins in July: report

    Increased demand for services helped offset high expenses for hospitals, according to analytic solutions firm Strata.

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 29, 2024
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    Risant Health plans to invest over $1B into Cone Health

    The Kaiser Permanente-backed nonprofit health system will invest in facility upgrades and health equity initiatives after it cinches its second acquisition.

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 29, 2024
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    McLaren Health Care restores network weeks after ransomware attack

    Still, it may take several weeks to input patient information manually collected during the outage into its electronic health record, the Michigan-based health system said. McLaren was also hit by a ransomware attack last year.

    By Aug. 28, 2024
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    Northwell-Nuvance deal gets green light from state attorneys general

    To gain regulatory approval, Northwell agreed to invest in women’s health services and maintain staffing levels at Nuvance hospitals in the years following the merger, among other terms.

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 27, 2024
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    J&J plans unilateral reform to 340B drug discount program

    A looming change to how Johnson & Johnson pays out discounts to 340B-eligible drugs has hospitals — and the government — crying foul.

    By Updated Aug. 27, 2024
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    Steward to close two Ohio hospitals, Pennsylvania facility at risk

    The closures are a “tragic result of greed-driven hospital executives, backed by private equity, who prioritize their yachts and private jets over patient care,” said an Ohio nurse union leader.

    By Aug. 23, 2024
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    New Jersey to erase $100M of medical debt

    Nearly 50,000 residents will see their debt forgiven. The initiative comes as other states and federal regulators have moved to lessen the burden of medical debt.

    By Aug. 22, 2024
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    Judge strikes down FTC noncompete ban nationwide

    Obviating the ban has big implications for U.S. healthcare, an industry that frequently relies on noncompetes to lock medical workers into employment agreements with hospitals, insurers and other employers.

    By Ryan Golden , Aug. 21, 2024
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    Massachusetts makes deal to force Steward hospital sales

    Gov. Maura Healey’s office has brokered agreements for Steward to sell five hospitals to other operators, ensuring they’ll remain open as the health system’s bankruptcy proceedings drag on.

    By Aug. 19, 2024
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    Court strikes down HHS change to low-income payment formula in win for Texas hospitals

    The case centered on whether patients who receive funds from a pool of state money for uncompensated care could be included in calculating hospitals’ disproportionate share funding.

    By Aug. 19, 2024
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    HCA pushed out providers, downgraded care after acquiring Mission Health: report

    A scathing report from Wake Forest University accuses HCA of driving away doctors from Mission Hospital after the acquisition.

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 16, 2024
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    Kaiser Permanente rolls out Abridge’s AI documentation tool

    The product, which uses AI to summarize medical information from conversations between patients and clinicians, is now available across Kaiser’s 40 hospitals and more than 600 medical offices.

    By Aug. 15, 2024
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    Unsealed court filings offer details of DOJ investigation into Prospect Medical

    The documents released Tuesday say Prospect is under federal investigation for possible False Claim Act violations, and faces state investigations for failing to safeguard patient data before a ransomware attack last year.

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 14, 2024
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    Overturning of Roe v. Wade

    Texas women say hospitals violated EMTALA by denying emergency abortions

    The patients’ complaints to the HHS allege two Texas hospitals denied them emergency abortion care for ectopic pregnancies, risking their lives and damaging their future fertility.

    By Aug. 13, 2024
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    Tracking Steward's decline

    Steward to sell physician group to private equity firm for $245M

    It’s a major win for bankrupt Steward, which has sought to offload its physician group since December. 

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 13, 2024
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    Kaiser’s operating margin rises to 3.1% in second quarter

    The nonprofit healthcare giant's results represent a strong quarter and a solid end to the first half of the year, one analyst said.

    By Susanna Vogel • Aug. 13, 2024