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Patients turn to weight loss meds to prevent pregnancy complications
Physicians are seeing more women turn to weight loss medications before they become pregnant in hopes of lowering their risks of having a miscarriage and other complications, such as preeclampsia and preterm birth.
How many Americans have $0 in retirement savings?
More than a quarter of Americans have not contributed a penny to their retirement savings, according to a recent survey from GoBankingRates.
Steward Louisiana hospital closes inpatient rehab unit
West Monroe, La.-based Glenwood Regional Medical Center, part of financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care, closed its inpatient rehabilitation unit March 20.
Change Healthcare restores Amazon cloud services after cyberattack
Change Healthcare said it has reinstated Amazon cloud services for two of its platforms a month into a cyberattack against the company.
4 Conifer RCM partnerships in 2024
Conifer Health Solutions has added and expanded several revenue cycle partnerships in 2024, many of which were part of hospital sales involving its parent company, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.
5 C-suite roles talent leaders are watching
Becker’s recently connected with HR and talent executives to learn how their health systems are strengthening leadership pipelines.
HCA's 5-pronged business strategy
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare outlined its business strategy in its 2023 annual shareholders report released March 15.
Banner reports $282.8M operating income, 2% margin
Phoenix-based Banner Health posted an operating income of $282.8 million (2% margin) in 2023, a substantial mprovement on the $16.6 million operating gain (0.1% margin) reported the previous year.
How CMS is digitizing prior authorizations to save $15B
CMS is aiming to solve one of healthcare’s most perplexing — and time-consuming — issues: the dreaded prior authorization.
Intermountain posts $137M operating income, 0.9% margin
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health posted an operating income of $137 million (0.9% margin) in 2023, improving slightly on the $121 million gain (0.9% margin) reported the previous year.
