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Conifer, Dartmouth Health strike new deal
Revenue cycle management company Conifer Health Solutions and Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health will continue their partnership through a new multiyear deal.
Employee confidence in their employers hits all-time low
The share of employees reporting a positive six-month business outlook for their employer has hit a new low, according to company review platform Glassdoor’s most recent Employee Confidence Index.
10 states with most, least affordable child care
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services deems child care “affordable” if it requires 7% or less of a person’s income. By that measure, not a single U.S. state offers affordable child care, a recent analysis from GoBankingRates found.
Massachusetts General expands clinician leadership program
Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital announced Feb. 5 a second cohort for its clinical leadership development program titled Elevate.
Former Tampa General exec joins New Jersey hospital as chief medical officer
Elham Yousef, MD, the former vice president of medical affairs and associate chief medical officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, has been named chief medical officer for Hackensack Meridian Health’s Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J.
California hospital to pay $2M to settle overbilling allegations
Pomona (California) Valley Hospital Medical Center agreed to pay more than $2 million to resolve allegations it overbilled the state’s Medicaid program for prescription medications.
The most common cancers for men and women in 2024
Of all cancer cases in men in 2024, 48% are predicted to be prostate, lung and colon and rectum and 51% of all new cases in women are expected to be from breast, lung and colon and rectum cancers, researchers from the American Cancer Society found.
Moffitt taps former MD Anderson leader as executive vice president, physician-in-chief
Moffitt Cancer Center has named Karen Lu, MD, to the executive vice president and chief physician role.
West Virginia hospital names CEO
Williamson (W.Va.) Memorial Hospital has named Timothy Hatfield CEO, the Appalachian News-Express reported Feb. 5.
The top states, hospitals for cardiac surgery, per Healthgrades
Healthgrades released its rankings of the top hospitals for cardiac surgery; only six states met the requirements to have hospitals ranked in the speciality.
