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Tower Health conducts layoffs
On Dec. 5, Tower Health said it laid off 30 employees in an effort to streamline operations, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Majority of Black, Hispanic, Native patients brace for insults in healthcare settings, study says
More than half of all Black, Hispanic and American Indian and Alaska Native patients say they have to mentally prepare themselves for receiving insults at healthcare visits, according to results from a KFFKFF study released Dec. 5.
Could Gen Z end middle management?
Gen Z’s lack of interest in middle management positions might eventually dissolve the tier entirely, Business Insider reported Dec. 5.
2024 will 'make or break' many hospitals: Fitch
Dramatic margin fluctuations characterized 2022, which was one of the worst financial years for hospitals in decades. Despite a modest positive turning point in 2023 for some hospitals and health systems, 2024 will be categorized as another “make or br…
Joint Commission unveils new health data certification
Beginning Jan. 1, hospitals and health systems can pursuea new certification from The Joint Commission on the Responsible Use of Health Data.
The Mark Cuban effect on drug pricing
In January 2022, entrepreneur and “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban launched an online pharmacy that priced 100 medications by their manufacturing fee, a 15% markup, and a shipping and handling fee. Less than two years later, Express Scripts and CVS are fol…
'Big Bang Theory' producer donates $10M to California hospital
The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of television producer Chuck Lorre, donated $10 million to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Vandalia Health acquires 3-hospital system
Elkins, W.Va.-based Davis Health, a three-hospital system, has officially joined Vandalia Health, local news outlet WBOY reported Dec. 4.
Exiting health system CEO details a future-ready workforce
Tommy Ibrahim, MD, who is stepping down as president and CEO of Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network by the year’s end, spoke on Sanford Health’s podcast about bolstering the future rural healthcare workforce.
HCA Florida Hospital gets 2nd freestanding ED
After kicking off construction on its first freestanding emergency department last month, Bradenton-based HCA Florida Blake Hospital has broken ground on a second one in Bradenton.
