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Lower reimbursement a leading cause for poor margins, CFOs say
A recent report from the Healthcare Financial Management Association and Eliciting Insights, a healthcare strategy and marketing research company, found that 84% of health systems have cited lower payer reimbursements as a leading cause for low operati…
10 drugs poised to be best-sellers in 2024
Merck’s cancer drug Keytruda is expected to be the top-selling drug globally in 2024, according to data published by Statista.
Lawsuits start rolling in over Change Healthcare hack
Lawsuits have started rolling in against UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare over the cyberattack that has crippled hospitals, physician practices and pharmacies around the country.
Health systems invest in productivity
Productivity is a buzzword for most workplaces today, and healthcare is no different.
NNU slams CDC's decision to end 5-day isolation for COVID-19
National Nurses United, the 225,000 member nursing union, has come out against the CDC’s recent walk back of the five-day isolation period once recommended by the federal health agency for people who test positive for COVID-19, the group stated in a Ma…
Arizona health department names 1st 'chief heat officer'
Eugene Livar, MD, is Arizona’s inaugural “chief heat officer” — and the first statewide heat executive in the nation.
VUMC to launch AI center
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center is launching a center dedicated to artificial intelligence.
SSM Health taps regional chief nursing officer
Tammy Jackson, BSN, RN, has been named vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer of SSM Health in Southern Illinois — a division of the St. Louis-based system that includes two regional hospitals in Southern Illinois.
Former nurse sues PeaceHealth over alleged unpaid meal breaks
A nurse filed a lawsuit against her former employer, PeaceHealth, alleging the Vancouver, Wash.-based system failed to provide 30-minute meal breaks because of understaffing, The Columbian reported March 5.
Providence bounces back from Change Healthcare outage
Renton, Wash.-based Providence has resumed normal operations after the Feb. 21 Change Healthcare cyberattack.
