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Optum faces antitrust lawsuit from California health system
Covina, Calif.-based Emanate Health is accusing UnitedHealth Group’s Optum of pressuring the system not to compete with Optum in the primary care business, and of steering patients away from their physicians who left Optum to join Emanate’s practices.&…
Why primary care is finally going virtual
The shift to virtual care isn’t being enabled by technology or patient preference as much as the lack of primary care physicians, Politico reported Nov. 26.
CommonSpirit, Providence, Atrium: 6 new Big Tech partnerships
Big health systems continue to look to Big Tech to help enable their digital transformations in areas such as healthcare artificial intelligence. Here are six of those collaborations Becker’s reported on in the past month.
10 Epic updates in 30 days
From winning damages in an ongoing legal battle to inking additional hospital and health system EHR partnerships, here are 10 updates on Epic’s operations, software products and partnerships reported by Becker’s in the past month:
Mass General Brigham hospital workers to receive average 21% raises
Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East have approved a new labor contract with Northampton, Mass.-based Cooley Dickinson Hospital.
Tower turnaround continues as operating margin hits -4.2%
West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health continues to make progress on its performance improvement plan as its operating margin for the three months ended Sept. 30 rose to -4.2% from -8% during the same period in 2022. Its operating cash flow margin also i…
20 hospitals selecting Oracle Health in 2023
Oracle Health has had a busy 2023 as it expanded its presence among smaller community hospitals and even cracked into the overseas markets.
After management face-off, Ascension nurses plan more strikes
Nurses at three Ascension hospitals in Texas and Kansas are planning one-day strikes Dec. 6, their second round of strikes this year shortly after their coordinated confrontation with hospital management.
2 Hackensack hospitals hit by ransomware
Ambulances and emergency vehicles are being redirected at Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood, N.J., and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, N.J., due to a ransomware attack, WABC reported Nov. 27.
Duke Regional Hospital names COO
Jason Carter has joined Durham, N.C.-based Duke Regional Hospital as COO.
