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Billing mystery at Mount Sinai: $660 charge for telehealth visit
A 45- to 59-minute telehealth urgent care visit from New York City-based Mount Sinai cost one patient $660, raising questions as the price was extremely high for a virtual visit and as the appointment was ruled out of network by an insurer, NPR reporte…
HHS settles with Optum over medical record access
Optum Medical Care, a multispecialty physician group that serves patients in New Jersey and Southern Connecticut, has agreed to pay $160,000 to resolve claims that it did not provide prompt access to medical records.
UMass, Milford Regional outline affiliation plans
Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center and Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health are aiming to have their new affiliation completed by fall 2024, Milford Daily News reported Dec. 18.
Indiana system to pay $345M in case tied to physician pay
Indianapolis-based Community Health Network has agreed to a $345 million settlement to resolve allegations that, dating back to 2008, it violated the False Claims Act and Stark law.
10 called-off or unwound hospital deals in 2023
The number of hospital mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, affiliations or partnerships that were unwound or abandoned in 2023 sits in the double digits.
Froedtert, ThedaCare to launch combined system Jan. 1
Milwaukee-based Froedtert and Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare have finalized their merger agreement and will launch as a combined 18-hospital system Jan. 1.
Wegovy, other GLP-1s could lower heart disease: Study
A popular class of drugs for weight loss and Type 2 diabetes might help lower the prevalence of heart disease, according to a study published Dec. 18 in Cell Metabolism.
Study challenges 'gold standard' of cancer opioid treatment
Morphine is widely considered the “gold-standard treatment” for pain during cancer care, but a new study found the drug was not superior to other opiates.
RN median wage for all 50 states
Median annual wages for registered nurses vary across states.
Vanderbilt names hospital president
Lee Ann Liska, chief operating officer and interim president of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Hospital, has been selected to serve as the hospital’s president.
