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Layoffs cool as hospital margins stabilize
Layoffs are slowing at hospitals and health systems as margins gradually improve, but CFOs continue to focus on controlling costs — particularly on the labor and supply fronts — to secure the long-term sustainability of their organizations.
IU Health CEO pens peers for political donation, seeking $50K per system
Dennis Murphy, president and CEO of Indianapolis-based IU Health, has penned a letter to two dozen other health system chiefs, asking them to pool money for a certain gubernatorial candidate.
5 health systems seeking revenue cycle vice presidents
Five hospitals and health systems recently posted job listings seeking revenue cycle vice presidents.
FDA panel backs simplified flu shot for next season
An FDA advisory panel has unanimously recommended the agency approve a trivalent, rather than quadrivalent, flu vaccine for use next season.
Washington court dismisses case against UW Medicine alleging lost tumor
A Washington state county court on Feb. 28 dismissed a lawsuit filed against UW Medicine, which accused the Seattle-based system of losing a patient’s tumor before it could be tested for cancer.
MGB pediatric practice closing, transferring services
Northampton, Massachusetts-based Cooley Dickinson Hospital, part of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, is closing its South Deerfield, Mass.-based Sugarloaf Pediatrics practice and transitioning services to Amherst, Mass.-based Northampton A…
100+ hospitals, health systems among Newsweek's greatest workplaces for women
Newsweek has published its 2024 “America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women” ranking, which includes hospitals and health systems.
5 cardiologist employment stats to know
Nationally, there are 16,870 cardiologists working with a mean annual wage of $421,330, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The overwhelming consensus for revenue cycle's top challenge
Ninety percent of health system finance leaders surveyed by the Healthcare Financial Management Association agreed on the top challenge facing revenue cycle teams: denials.
Piedmont, Encompass team up to build 40-bed rehab hospital in Georgia
Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare and Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health have received a certificate of need to develop a freestanding, 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Loganville, Ga.
