Hospitals: Page 2

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    Google Cloud unveils health AI agent partnerships

    The technology giant is working with Hackensack Meridian Health on multiple agents, including a tool that can summarize patients’ medical records for providers.

    By • Oct. 16, 2025
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    Microsoft expands Dragon Copilot AI assistant for nurses

    The clinical assistant will be able to record nurses’ interactions with patients and help document their care. The tool will be generally available in the U.S. starting in December.

    By • Oct. 16, 2025
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    Payer/provider relationships

    As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.

    By Healthcare Dive staff
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    CommonSpirit’s Trinity Health, UPMC exploring integration

    The deal would offer UPMC an entrance into the Ohio market.

    By • Oct. 16, 2025
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    California passes laws targeting PBMs, private equity

    Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an array of healthcare bills into law last week that crack down on pharmacy benefit managers and beef up the review process for deals involving private equity firms.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    Healthcare AI investment focused on profit margins, ROI: report

    As providers and payers navigate an increasingly challenging financial environment, executives are targeting AI tools that show a clear return on investment, according to a report by Klas Research and Bain & Company.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    Prospect inks deal to sell two shuttered Pennsylvania hospitals for $13M

    Should the deal go through, it will mark the end of a tumultuous chapter for healthcare in Delaware County, which has sought to be rid of Prospect's influence for years.

    By • Oct. 15, 2025
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    31,000 Kaiser Permanente workers begin strike in Northern California, Hawaii

    The union that represents the workers says the five-day strike is the largest in its history.

    By • Oct. 14, 2025
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    CommonSpirit names new CFO

    Michael Browning will step into the position Jan. 2. He replaces Daniel Morissette, who is retiring at the end of this month.

    By • Oct. 14, 2025
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    California is the latest state to enact tougher restrictions on private equity in healthcare

    The new law prohibits financial firms from having a hand in medical decisions, including determining how many patients clinicians see per hour or what diagnostic tests are appropriate.

    By • Oct. 10, 2025
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    Unnecessary back surgeries cost Medicare $1.9B: Lown

    More than 200,000 “low-value” back surgeries for older adults were billed to Medicare from 2020 to 2023 — totaling one unnecessary procedure every eight minutes, according to a new analysis from the Lown Institute.

    By • Oct. 9, 2025
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    Highmark Health names Karen Hanlon president

    Hanlon, who has been with the company since 1997, will also continue on as Highmark Health's COO.

    By • Oct. 9, 2025
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    UnitedHealthcare swipes at Johns Hopkins, Capital Women’s Care in contract brawl

    The insurer accused the health systems of putting business interests over patient well-being in recent failed contract negotiations.

    By • Oct. 8, 2025
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    Saint Peter’s, Atlantic Health scrap merger

    CEOs for the systems called the outcome disappointing and did not suggest there would be future plans to merge.

    By • Oct. 7, 2025
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    Hospital for Special Surgery’s Ashis Barad says AI must solve real problems

    Barad, chief digital and technology officer at HSS, outlined his approach to evaluating AI tools and how the orthopedic hospital uses the technology.

    By Elise Reuter • Oct. 3, 2025
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    AI could transform healthcare. Can safety-net providers keep up?

    Implementing artificial intelligence requires significant human labor and technical expertise, threatening to create a digital divide between highly resourced health systems and safety-net providers.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    CommonSpirit announces initiative to address mounting headwinds, lagging finances

    "We’ve worked hard, but have not made as much progress as is needed," CFO Daniel Morissette said about the company’s 2025 financial results.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    General Catalyst’s HATCo finalizes Summa Health acquisition

    The $515 million deal has closed after roughly two years, creating the first hospital system owned by a venture capital company.

    By • Oct. 1, 2025
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    Top healthcare conferences to attend in 2026

    These are the events healthcare leaders should plan for next year, covering topics like digital health, rural care and financial management.

    By Healthcare Dive staff • Oct. 1, 2025
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    Yale New Haven to pay Prospect $45M to end hospital acquisition dispute

    With the agreement, the health system has officially gotten out of its 2022 deal to acquire Prospect Medical Holdings' three Connecticut-based hospitals.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    UHS subsidiary hit with $4.7M verdict, plus damages in Nevada lawsuit

    The health system was accused of improperly luring physicians away from Prime Healthcare-owned Saint Mary’s Health Network.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Medical lobbies urge Trump administration to exempt healthcare from H-1B changes

    More than 50 medical groups have signed on to letters calling for healthcare workers to be exempt from new H-1B visa fees, warning the increased costs could cripple vital overseas recruitment.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    UPMC patients fight to quash DOJ subpoena of gender-affirming care services

    Patients are asking the health system not to comply with a subpoena seeking information about minors who received gender-affirming care services.

    By • Sept. 29, 2025
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    Judge allows Ascension cyberattack class action to move forward

    The judge dismissed several claims against the health system over a major ransomware attack last year, but allowed allegations of negligence to continue in court.

    By • Sept. 26, 2025
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    Hospitals, doctors could lose $32B in revenue next year if ACA subsidies expire: report

    It’s the latest warning about the impact to the healthcare system if the subsidies are allowed to lapse.

    By • Sept. 26, 2025
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    Changes to H-1B visa program threaten to worsen healthcare labor shortages

    Experts worry healthcare providers won’t be able to pay the new $100,000 H-1B application fee. “These are often nonprofit organizations. They don’t have that kind of money lying around,” one lawyer said.

    By • Sept. 25, 2025