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Physicians at 4 Rhode Island hospitals seek unionization
Medical residents and fellows affiliated with Brown University and employed at Care New England and Brown University Health hospitals in Rhode Island are taking steps toward unionization.
Banner's operating income up 33% amid 'premium reimbursement' boost, CFO says
Phoenix-based Banner Health posted an operating income of $198.5 million (1.8% operating margin) through the first three quarters of 2024, up from an operating income of $149.4 million (1.4% margin) over the same period last year, according to its Nov….
HCA to acquire Prime Florida hospital
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare entered into an asset purchase agreement on Oct. 3 to purchase Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare’s Lehigh Acres, Fla.-based Lehigh Regional Medical Center.
How Emory's digital chief is using live streaming for leadership insight
Alistair Erskine, MD, enterprise chief information and digital officer at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, is using live-streaming technology to connect with frontline staff and drive organizational improvement.
New York cracks down on PBM drug prices
New York state has introduced new regulations aimed at curbing the practices of pharmacy benefit managers, including divisions of CVS Health, Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group, Bloomberg reported Nov. 20.
Florida health system to invest $160M in Epic
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System is investing $160 million to transition to an Epic EHR system.
ASHP taps chief information officer
Anil Ravandur has been named the new chief information officer and vice president of the office of information technology at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Northwest Texas Healthcare Systems abruptly closes 2 freestanding EDs
Amarillo, Texas-based Northwest Texas Healthcare Systems has closed its two freestanding emergency departments in Amarillo due to hospital contractor NES Health’s inability to meet coverage requirements.
CommonSpirit, University of Utah Health ink clinical partnership
Chicago-based CommonSpirit and Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health have formed a clinical partnership that will give patients at five CommonSpirit hospitals access to physicians and providers at the academic health system.
UNC Health lays off 40 leaders
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health laid off about 40 leadership-level employees, or fewer than 2% of its leaders, last week throughout the organization, Alan Wolf, a health system spokesperson, confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s on Nov. 21.
