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CHS migrates to Google Cloud data platform, adopts generative AI tools
The for-profit hospital operator said it will use the artificial intelligence in operations tracking, clinical documentation and administrative tasks.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 31, 2024 -
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Advocate taps new chief people, culture officer
Effective March 18, Nakesha Lopez will lead human resource and people programs for the 68-hospital nonprofit.
By Sydney Halleman • Jan. 30, 2024 -
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TrendlinePayer/provider relationships
As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.
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HCA beats Q4 expectations, outlines 2024 expansion
Executives also announced the retirement of longtime CFO Bill Rutherford during a Tuesday earnings call.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 30, 2024 -
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Low operating margins will be new normal for some nonprofit hospitals: Fitch
The sector's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has been slower than expected. In a new report, the credit agency said some hospitals may never reach traditionally healthy operating margins.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 30, 2024 -
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Healthcare labor churn increased through 2021, study finds
To keep up with elevated COVID-19 turnover, healthcare organizations hired more workers who were unemployed or hadn't previously worked in the industry, according to a study published in JAMA.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 29, 2024 -
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Penn Medicine ends plans to buy hospital from Tower Health
Cash-strapped Tower has been trying to sell Brandywine Hospital even before the facility's closure in 2022.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 29, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Public AgendaHealing the system: Advancing economic mobility and healthcare innovation through education partnerships
Partnerships between higher education and healthcare organizations can build public trust, enhance economic mobility and rejuvenate the healthcare industry.
By Becky Hultberg, President and CEO, Hospital Association of Oregon • Jan. 29, 2024 -
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Tracking Steward's declineTroubled Steward Health Care announces yet another facility closure
The financially strapped for-profit healthcare network plans to shutter services at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas on Feb. 2.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 26, 2024 -
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FTC sues to block Novant purchase of two CHS hospitals
Regulators filed a lawsuit on Thursday to block North Carolina-based Novant Health from expanding its grip on healthcare in the state, warning a buy would increase costs.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 25, 2024 -
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Appeals court rejects doctors’ challenge to No Surprises Act
A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Appeals Court has dismissed claims from a New York medical group that the law amounts to an unconstitutional seizure of their property.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 25, 2024 -
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Cleveland Clinic to focus on ‘smart growth,’ cutting costs this year
During an annual address, executives outlined plans to build sustainably — with technology investments — after the operator posted a profit last year.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 25, 2024 -
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Marshfield Clinic to close Wisconsin hospice center due to ‘limited resources’
The announcement comes weeks after the financially troubled health system called off merger discussions with Duluth, Minnesota-based Essentia Health.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 24, 2024 -
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Tracking Steward's declineLawmakers press Steward Health Care over reports of ‘grave financial distress’
Lawmakers demanded the operator detail how it will "ensure the communities Steward’s hospitals serve are not abandoned" amid financial troubles.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 24, 2024 -
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HCA subsidiary acquires two Texas surgery centers
Surgery Ventures’ purchases follow other HCA acquisitions in the state, which is one of the hospital operator’s largest markets.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 23, 2024 -
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Bon Secours Mercy Health, vendor hit with lawsuit after data breach
The suit alleges the health system and a vendor failed to implement standards or promptly alert people whose data may have been exposed following a cyberattack.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 23, 2024 -
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HSHS to close Wisconsin hospitals, health centers due to financial challenges
Hospital Sisters Health System is shuttering operations in Western Wisconsin as nonprofits struggle to rebound from pandemic-related challenges.
By Sydney Halleman • Jan. 23, 2024 -
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Nurse sues UPMC over alleged labor abuses
The lawsuit seeks to represent thousands of other UPMC employees who may have been affected by the nonprofit’s alleged wage suppression and other anticompetitive practices.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 23, 2024 -
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Intermountain’s Saltzer Health will close if it can’t find a buyer by spring
The Idaho-based health group has until March 29 to find a buyer for its 11 locations, otherwise the facilities will shutter.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 22, 2024 -
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Sponsored by TeleperformanceImplementing high-tech, high-touch digital services to create more personalized, patient-centric care
Improve the patient experience by addressing high interaction volume and channel complexity.
By Jeff Hechemy, Executive Vice President – Healthcare at Teleperformance • Jan. 22, 2024 -
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Financial distress drove nearly a third of hospital M&A in 2023: Kaufman Hall
Mergers and acquisitions increased last year as health systems sought strong partners while expanding capabilities in “core” markets, the consultancy said.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 19, 2024 -
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Allina Health CFO to depart
The Minneapolis-based nonprofit will launch a nationwide search for a successor to Ric Magnuson, who has served Allina for over 25 years.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 19, 2024 -
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Top healthcare trends in 2024
Here’s what industry experts see coming down the pike for hospitals, insurers and digital health companies this year.
By Healthcare Dive Staff • Jan. 18, 2024 -
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Healthcare facilities managers must adapt to outpatient focus, AI integration: JLL
Optimizing real estate portfolios and tackling workforce challenges are other priorities, according to the firm’s 2024 healthcare sector outlook.
By Nish Amarnath • Jan. 17, 2024 -
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General Catalyst to acquire Ohio nonprofit Summa Health
The venture firm is following through on its promise to acquire a health system to use as a testing ground, though the deal with Summa is in very early stages.
By Rebecca Pifer • Jan. 17, 2024 -
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Allina Health doctors unionize over health system’s objections
The certification is the latest win for doctors' unions, as momentum picks up in physician organizing.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 17, 2024
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