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HCA's Q1 payer mix
Here is a look at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s payer mix in the first quarter of 2024, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing:
Alabama to open healthcare high school in 2026
The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, a tuition-free public high school, is set to open in Demopolis in fall 2026.
17 CFO moves in April
Ascension and Renown Health were among the hospitals and health systems that named new CFOs in April.
5 rarest immediate jeopardy triggers
In 10 years, there were 40 CMS citations that were given out only once.
11 hospital executives' thank-you notes to nurses
In honor of National Nurses Month and National Nurses Week (May 6-12), hospitals and health systems are recognizing the difference nurses make in their organizations.
Steward's financial woes spur Massachusetts to activate incident command system
Officials with the Massachusetts health department have launched an incident command system meant to safeguard access to care and minimize any potential service disruptions amid Dallas-based Steward Health Care’s ongoing financial troubles.
Hospitals see no respite from cost pressures
Hospitals and health systems are at a crossroads of increasing demand for higher acuity care and deepening financial instability, caused by rising costs due to ongoing workforce shortages, severe fractures in the drugs and supplies supply chain and hig…
Physician productivity up 4% as revenue, expenses rise
Expenses per provider remained considerably higher than revenue generated in the first quarter of 2024, although there are signs the gap could be closing, according to the Kaufman Hall “Physician Flash Report,” released May 2.
Hackers breach MedStar employee email accounts
Hackers accessed employee email accounts at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health, compromising the data of 183,079 patients, the health system said in a May 3 notice on its website.
How MUSC is using AI in its emergency departments
Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health is partnering with AI company Andor Health to use artificial intelligence to enhance the patient experience in its emergency departments.
