Category: Channels

Lehigh Valley breaks ground on 3rd micro-hospital: 4 things to know

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, part of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, broke ground Nov. 1 on its third neighborhood hospital.

Insight Health officially takes over 2 Steward Ohio hospitals

Flint, Mich.-based Insight Health System has officially taken over Trumbull Regional Medical Center and Hillside Rehabilitation hospital, both in Warren, Ohio, from Dallas-based Steward Health Care, a Nov. 4 Insight news release shared with Becker’s sa…

How Intermountain is helping shape this Microsoft tool

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health joined a collaboration with Microsoft, Epic and other health systems to enhance nursing workflows using ambient listening technology.

The 1 thing that could be holding ASCs back

ASCs are in a strong position amid the industry shift to value-based care, but for some, a lack of comprehensive data is holding them back.

Maui Health workers begin strike: 6 things to know

The United Nurses and Health Care Employees of Hawaii, a chapter of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, began a three-day strike Nov. 4 at Maui Health facilities.

CMS updates ASC reporting requirements: 5 things to know

On Nov. 1, CMS finalized the 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System rule, confirming a 2.83% physician pay cut.

Texas ASC operator pays $14.2M for Stark law, Medicare violations

A Denton, Texas-based medical center has paid $14.2 million to settle alleged violations of Stark law and Medicare regulations related to four ASCs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, specifically in Dallas, Richardson and Coppell.

MaineHealth hospital president to join New York system

Bradley Chapman, president of MaineHealth Memorial Hospital in Conway, N.H., has accepted a new position as senior vice president and president of Upper Allegheny Health System, part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, according to The Conway Daily …

Prime's 2025 to-do list: A new EMR, an on-demand classroom and supporting distressed hospitals

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare’s 2024 has been highlighted by plans to acquire nine Illinois hospitals and post-acute facilities from St. Louis-based Ascension and launching an integrated EMR system in Southern California.

Travel nurse pay by state

Average weekly travel nurse pay in the U.S. in October was $2,271.66, down 0.52% from the previous month and down 3.86% from October 2023, according to data shared with Becker’s from Vivian, a healthcare career marketplace.