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Kootenai Health on track for nonprofit conversion Jan. 1
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health is set to complete its conversion from a publicly owned health system to a nonprofit one by Jan. 1.
82% of California hospitals didn't finish mandatory bias training: DOJ
The vast majority of California hospitals have not fully complied with a California law that requires implicit bias training for all perinatal care providers, according to an October report from the state’s Justice Department.
Hospital profitability on the rise
As operating margins inch upward, hospitals are trending to profitability. But their performance still isn’t at pre-pandemic levels.
Missouri health system cuts jobs, services
Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health is closing its home care and hospitals service lines, local news sites reported Nov. 2.
Intermountain pushes into drone drug delivery
Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is one of the latest health systems to enter the emerging world of prescription delivery via drone.
Tenet, HCA and UHS report strong outpatient results
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare said this week that net operating revenues at its outpatient division, United Surgical Partners International, were up 16.7% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year to total $941 million.
Hospital bad debt remains high
Kaufman Hall’s October National Hospital Flash Report surveyed more than 1,300 hospitals on revenue and profitability. The report noted bad debt and charity care as a percentage of gross revenue and calendar days increasing in many regions.
Data breach affects 1.2 million patients at Illinois system
Millions of patients at Chicago-based Cook County Health could have had their protected health information stolen as the health system’s former medical transportation services firm, Perry Johnson & Associates, suffered a data breach, CBS News reported …
Allegheny General nurses approve deal with 23% average raises
Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania have approved a new three-year union contract with Pittsburgh-based Allegheny General Hospital.
Risant + General Catalyst: 2 approaches to buying health systems
Two distinct — yet similar — approaches for buying health systems emerged in 2023.
