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Healthcare billing fraud: 10 recent cases
Here are 10 healthcare billing fraud cases that Becker’s has reported since Nov. 15:
15 healthcare bankruptcies in 2024
The healthcare industry has faced significant financial instability in 2024, with a sharp rise in bankruptcies across hospitals, health systems, and other healthcare organizations. Amid mounting financial pressures from workforce shortages, rising oper…
Michigan Medicine to end health plan, expects layoffs
University of Michigan Health Plan through Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine will end after 2025.
Ohio system names inaugural dual executive
Raj Mitra, MD, has been named chief academic officer of Premier Health and dean of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, both based in Dayton, Ohio, effective March 10.
5 NYC Health hospitals are hypertension control 'champions'
The CDC and CMS added four NYC Health + Hospitals’ facilities to the Million Hearts Hypertension Control Champion list in 2024, which recognizes hospitals who have achieved blood pressure control for at least 80% of adult hypertension patients.
Supreme Court to consider gender-affirming care
For the first time, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether states can ban gender-affirming care for youths.
Kaiser's Risant Health acquires 2nd health system
Risant Health, a nonprofit formed by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, acquired Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health, a five-hospital system, effective Dec. 1.
Viewpoint: The case for a medical school AI playbook
Artificial intelligence must be thoughtfully integrated into medical education to ensure that it does not hinder students’ development of critical foundational skills, according to a physician’s op-ed published Dec. 1 in MedPage Today.
CMS updates immediate jeopardy guidance: 4 key changes
In late November, CMS revised guidance for surveyors and healthcare providers regarding immediate jeopardy, the most serious type of warning for noncompliance deficiencies that place organizations at risk of losing federal funding.
