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Michigan Medicine names CEO
David Miller, MD, has been tapped as Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Michigan Medicine’s next CEO. He will step into the role July 1.
Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases
From Walgreens agreeing to pay more than $100 million to settle false claims allegations, to a physician indicted in an alleged $32.7 million Medicare scheme, here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases Becker’s has reported since Sept. 10:
Microsoft warns of ransomware group targeting healthcare
Microsoft has identified a financially driven hacking group that is deploying INC ransomware to attack the U.S. healthcare sector.
Which cybersecurity roles are IT leaders struggling to fill?
Despite the unceasing number of cyberattacks hitting healthcare, the industry has a large cybersecurity skills gap, according to the nonprofit International Information System Security Certification Consortium.
Top 6 IT trends for 2025
AI-powered chatbots and avatars are set to lead IT innovation, emerging as the top trend expected to shape the landscape in 2025, according to a Sept. 17 survey from Info-Tech Research Group.
New details emerge in Memorial Hermann transplant probe
A liver transplant surgeon at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center frequently altered patients’ records in a national database, potentially preventing them from receiving transplants, according to CMS documents obtained by the Houston Chronicle.
What it's like to outsource an Epic EHR switch
Two New York health systems are outsourcing their Epic implementations to allow them to switch to an EHR that is sometimes out of reach for smaller organizations.
Henry Ford Health patient among 1st in world to receive deceased donor bone marrow transplant
A leukemia patient undergoing care at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has become one of the first in the world to receive a bone marrow transplant from a deceased human donor.
Former Walmart Health chief lands new gig
The former senior vice president of healthcare delivery at Walmart has a new job.
Logan Health to replace Meditech EHR with Oracle
Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health is moving to an Oracle Health EHR system, Daily Inter Lake reported Sept. 20.
