Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is becoming the parent company of Black Hills Orthopedic and Spine Center, the Black Hills Surgical Hospital and the system’s associated facilities in Rapid City, S.D., and Black Hills Surgery Center in Gillette, …
On Nov. 1, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri announced changes to their evaluation process for claims for anesthesia services.
Hims & Hers introduced a new tracker to monitor shortages of GLP-1 weight loss and diabetes drugs, responding to the FDA’s decision to end the compounded versions, Yahoo Finance reported Nov. 13.
The operators of four New York nursing homes agreed Nov. 14 to pay $45 million to settle allegations of mistreatment, neglect and fraud.
Health disparities among Medicare Advantage patients in rural areas widened in 2023, a new CMS report shows.
Alta Vista Regional Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M., has eliminated three positions — two full-time and one part-time — as it works to align its workforce with operational needs.
Under the Biden administration, the Federal Trade Commission took strong anti-trust positions and boosted pro-worker policies, such as a ban on noncompete agreements.
Recruiting healthcare workers is a challenge in today’s environment, and retaining them is even harder. But Providence has figured out a way to cut turnover by engaging new employees with “stay interviews.”
Under the first Trump administration, telehealth benefitted, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 14.
Among 1,009 patients who underwent surgery in a Massachusetts hospital in 2018, 38% experienced an adverse event — of which 26% were potentially preventable, according to a study published Nov. 13 in BMJ.
