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13 hospitals receive funding as special pathogen care hubs
The healthcare facilities will lead regional responses against pathogens such as COVID-19, Ebola and monkeypox.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 26, 2022 -
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Hospitals pivot to new tactics as they try to recruit, retain staff
“We’re not just competing among healthcare organizations anymore,” Geisinger Chief Nursing Officer Janet Tomcavage said. “Now we’re really competing with the broader labor market.”
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 26, 2022 -
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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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10-week Kaiser strike ends with deal aimed at improving mental health access
About 2,000 mental health clinicians at the system’s facilities in Northern California walked off the job in protest of what they said were prolonged wait times and unmanageable work loads.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Hospital efforts to tackle social determinants of health stall, data shows
The study of hospitals serving vulnerable patient populations said limited resources and workforce constraints may be stifling progress.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 24, 2022 -
New York nurses union merges with NNU, US’s largest nursing syndicate
The addition of 42,000 NYSNA members brings NNU’s total membership to about 225,000 registered nurses.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 21, 2022 -
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HCA shares fall after COVID-19 admissions decline in Q3
A spike in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant in 2021 contributed to the operator’s decline in Q3 admissions.
By Sydney Halleman • Oct. 21, 2022 -
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Tenet’s net income tumbled in Q3
Tenet lowered its full-year guidance as labor costs were up slightly — a reversal for the operator that has seen declines in recent quarters unlike its for-profit peers.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 21, 2022 -
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Advocate Aurora breach exposes health information of 3M patients
Information like dates and times of scheduled appointments may have been shared, as well as communications sent through the MyChart patient portal.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 21, 2022 -
Providers are doubling down on software investments, report finds
About 45% of providers increased their software investments over the past year, while only 10% decelerated spending, according to a new report from KLAS and Bain.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 20, 2022 -
Providers face racist comments in healthcare settings, ECRI finds
The most frequently reported incidents involved a patient or family member making inappropriate comments regarding race or ethnicity, and patients who claim others are racist or engaging in racist behavior, according to the report.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 20, 2022 -
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Hospital volumes under pressure as labor crisis persists, Kaufman Hall says
Patient volumes are falling in orthopedics, cardiology and neurosurgery from a year ago. Only oncology volumes are up, hospital executives surveyed by Kaufman Hall said.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 19, 2022 -
Hospital price transparency ‘moving in the right direction’
A new report from Turquoise Health finds progress in compliance with federal rules created to help consumers comparison shop for medical services.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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Providence targeted by Oregon consumer protection probe
The investigation comes after Washington's attorney general sued the system for pressuring eligible charity care patients to pay.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 17, 2022 -
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Price transparency data provides new visibility into real rates paid to providers
Payers can use the data to gain insights regarding the rates hospitals have negotiated with other payers, which potentially can be used during contract negotiations, BRG analysts argue.
By JoAnna Younts and Konstantin Gorelik • Oct. 14, 2022 -
Retrieved from Tenet Healthcare on October 14, 2022
Former Tenet CEO Ron Rittenmeyer dies at 75
Rittenmeyer lead the Dallas-based health system from 2017 until he stepped down as chief executive in 2021.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 14, 2022 -
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CommonSpirit Health confirms it was hit by ransomware attack
The October ranswomware attack compromised the protected health information of more than 623,700 people, CommonSpirit eventually told regulators.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 13, 2022 -
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Intermountain taps Mandy Richards to serve as chief nursing executive
Richards comes to the health system from Hartford Healthcare, after spending the bulk of her career at Allina Health.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 12, 2022 -
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Beaumont-Spectrum unveils new name: Corewell Health
Months after combining, the Michigan-based nonprofit system is ditching its placeholder name.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 11, 2022 -
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LCMC Health to acquire 3 HCA hospitals in partnership with Tulane University
Together, the two plan to expand academic medicine across Southeast Louisiana. The deal will leave HCA with one remaining hospital in the state.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 11, 2022 -
Physicians are experiencing delayed COVID-19 burnout
Physician burnout has risen during the most recent phase of the pandemic, resulting in exacerbated retention challenges among healthcare workers, an MGMA survey and other recent reports have found.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 11, 2022 -
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Hospitals are hiding prices from patients, advocacy report says
Patient Rights Advocate concluded that some hospitals owned by Ascension and HCA Healthcare are omitting rates for medical services from files made public under new federal rules.
By Susan Kelly • Oct. 10, 2022 -
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Sponsored by ProviderTrustPreventing unlicensed individuals and subsequent fraudulent claims submission
A closer look at the nuances of monitoring licenses and multi-state medical license compacts.
Oct. 10, 2022 -
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NewYork-Presbyterian taps former Cleveland Clinic London CEO for executive role
Brian Donley will assume his new role as executive vice president and COO in January, according to a release.
By Hailey Mensik • Oct. 7, 2022 -
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CommonSpirit’s ‘IT security incident’ was likely cyberattack, security experts say
Moving systems offline and interrupting access to electronic health records is viewed as a defensive move, experts told Healthcare Dive.
By Samantha Liss • Oct. 7, 2022 -
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Care New England appoints new CEO
Michael Wagner is replacing James Fanale as CEO of Rhode Island’s second-largest health system later this year.
By Rebecca Pifer • Oct. 7, 2022
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