More than 500 hospitals nationwide have removed questions on physicians’ mental health from licensing or credentialing applications, according to the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation.
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Shuttered Colorado ASC files for bankruptcy in face of $1M lawsuit
The Urology Center of Colorado, based in Denver, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Feb. 13 in the wake of a $1 million lawsuit from an Iowa-based data security company.
14 hospitals closing departments or ending services
A number of healthcare organizations have recently closed medical departments or ended services at facilities to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or address staffing shortages.
Florida hospital awarded cardiology certification
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside has been awarded transcatheter valve certification from the American College of Cardiology, according to a Feb. 27 report from The Recorder.
The strategy low performing hospitals have in common
Many factors affect a hospital’s financial performance. External pressures, inflation, reimbursements and workforce shortages can hit hospitals hard. But there are also internal management similarities between the lowest performing hospitals that are h…
How St. Tammany Health is enhancing radiology workflows
Covington, La.-based St. Tammany Health System has partnered with software company Inflo Health to enhance the system’s radiology services, according to a Feb. 20 news release shared with Becker’s.
A look at UChicago Medicine, AdventHealth's joint venture, 2 years in
It’s been more than two years since the University of Chicago Medicine and Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth began their joint venture on Jan. 1, 2023, and it’s the shared goals, commitment to transparency and mutual trust that have kept this …
Where Medicaid cuts would hit hardest through 2034: A state by state breakdown
Looming federal Medicaid cuts could shift a massive financial burden to state governments, potentially requiring them to make up between $700 billion and $1.1 trillion in funding over the next decade, according to a new analysis from the Urban Institut…
Canon deepens Cleveland Clinic partnership with $34M facility
Canon Healthcare USA, a subsidiary of Canon, will establish its U.S. headquarters in a Cleveland Clinic-adjacent building located in the Cleveland Innovation District.
5 highest-paid ophthalmologists in Sacramento
The highest-paid ophthalmologist in Sacramento, Calif., earns $687,800 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $312,120 ophthalmologists make according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
