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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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TrendlineSocial determinants of health
The focus on social determinants of health has only increased because of the impacts of the pandemic, with payers and providers trying to new ways to address the issues.
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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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CarePoint and Hudson Regional Hospital announce new system
The deal would create a four-hospital system in New Jersey.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 16, 2024 -
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Sponsored by NuanceHow University of Michigan Health-West improved clinician wellbeing
Learn how UMHW leveraged the revenue generated from the additional visits to cover the cost of DAX and achieve an additional 80% return on investment.
By Kenneth Harper | Vice President & General Manager, Healthcare Virtual Assistants & Ambient Clinical Intelligence • Jan. 16, 2024 -
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Amazon brings cashierless tech to hospitals
After opening automated stores on college campuses and sports stadiums, the tech giant is moving into healthcare facilities.
By James Pothen • Jan. 15, 2024 -
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HCA granted extension to respond to Mission lawsuit
The for-profit is being sued for allegedly cutting back medical care at Mission Hospital since purchasing the North Carolina facility in 2019.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 12, 2024 -
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Billing for patient messages to clinicians is increasing, study finds
An upturn in the number of providers charging for messages suggests organizations now see e-visits as a long-term source of potential revenue, researchers said.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 11, 2024 -
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RWJBarnabas will lay off 79 employees
The layoffs will primarily impact information technology employees, according to the health system.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 11, 2024 -
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Deep DiveKey hospital and provider trends in 2024
As slim operating margins continue to challenge hospitals, experts predict providers will trim unnecessary expenses and focus on strategic labor investments.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 10, 2024 -
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HHS publishes updated provider conscience rule, rolls back Trump-era policy
The department framed the rule as a “balance” that safeguards providers’ rights to religious freedom and patients’ access to care.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 10, 2024 -
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Kentucky-based Baptist Health drops UnitedHealthcare, Centene MA plans
Kentucky-based Baptist Health has gone out of network with UnitedHealthcare and Centene’s WellCare Medicare Advantage plans after failing to agree to contract terms.
By Sydney Halleman • Jan. 10, 2024 -
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Sutter Health taps new CFO
Raju Iyer will be responsible for the California-based health system’s financial planning. He replaces Dominic Nakis, who served as interim CFO.
By Sydney Halleman • Jan. 10, 2024 -
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Most nonprofit hospitals and health systems had ‘strong’ cash reserves in 2022, KFF finds
An analysis of cash on hand suggests that, despite declining operating margins, some nonprofit health systems had enough of a financial cushion to weather tough operating conditions in 2022.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 9, 2024 -
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Mortality rates low for hospital-at-home patients, study finds
The study could support extending acute hospital care at home, researchers said. Currently, a pandemic-era waiver for the programs is set to expire at the end of the year.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 9, 2024 -
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Providers push back on info blocking penalties
Provider groups argued for changes in financial penalties and more information on an appeals process.
By Emily Olsen • Jan. 8, 2024 -
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Marshfield Clinic to furlough 3% of staff following abandoned Essentia merger
Marshfield said it will furlough 3% of staff, including employees in leadership roles, in an effort to reduce labor costs after a failed merger attempt with Essentia Health.
By Susanna Vogel • Updated Jan. 16, 2024 -
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Sponsored by FedEx OfficePrinted materials in healthcare can improve patient relationships and build brand loyalty, helping create a prescription for success
Learn more about how high-quality printed materials can help healthcare organizations build patient relationships and boost brand loyalty.
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More hospitals, payers compliant with price transparency laws
More than 90% of hospitals posted files at least partially compliant with price transparency requirements in 2023, according to a new report from Turquoise Health.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 5, 2024 -
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Mask mandates return to health facilities amid soaring COVID, flu cases
New York City yesterday joined Chicago, Los Angeles, Massachusetts and other communities in reinstating mask mandates to reduce the spread of viruses.
By Nish Amarnath • Jan. 4, 2024 -
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Falls and infections rise in hospitals after private equity acquisitions, study finds
The study comes as lawmakers and the Biden administration call for more oversight into private equity’s role in healthcare.
By Susanna Vogel • Jan. 3, 2024 -
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Ohio hospital, vendor hit with class action suit after data breach
The suit alleges Salem Community Hospital and Perry Johnson & Associates waited months before informing affected individuals. The breach may have exposed the data of nearly nine million people across the country.
By Emily Olsen • Dec. 22, 2023 -
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Labor conditions stabilizing at nonprofit hospitals: Fitch
Flattening wage growth, declining quit rates and rising payrolls are signs the red-hot labor market is stabilizing. However, the credit agency said recruitment still remains “hyper-competitive.”
By Susanna Vogel • Dec. 21, 2023 -
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Jefferson Health and Lehigh Valley Health Network announce intent to merge
The deal would create a 30-hospital health system serving Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
By Susanna Vogel • Dec. 20, 2023 -
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Steward Health Care hit with False Claims Act lawsuit
The suit alleges a Steward-run hospital improperly billed Medicare for more than 1,000 false claims.
By Susanna Vogel • Dec. 20, 2023
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