Renton, Wash.-based Providence has launched the first phase of its joint venture with Compassus, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based provider with more than 7,000 employees and hundreds of locations across 32 states, to transition home-based care services t…
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Why 'culture' is key for ASC-hospital dynamics
ASC hospital dynamics have been evolving over the last several years as hospitals look increasingly to ASCs for their cost-savings potential and benefits to patients.
J&J recalls catheters after stroke incidents
Johnson & Johnson MedTech issued a recall for its Biosense Webster Varipulse Bi-Directional Ablation Catheter following reports of strokes and transient ischemic attacks in patients undergoing procedures with the device.
NYU Langone adds 7th hospital
New York City-based NYU Langone Health has completed its merger with Patchogue, N.Y.-based Long Island Community Hospital, which will now be known as NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk.
Boston Scientific to acquire devicemaker: 3 things to know
Boston Scientific has reached an agreement to acquire SoniVie, a medical device company developing the TIVUS Intravascular Ultrasound System, an investigational technology aimed at treating hypertension through renal artery denervation.
Sarasota Memorial CFO brings hometown roots to new role
Jen Rosati has been CFO of Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System since February, but her ties to the community go back much further.
Ascension's sale of 8 hospitals, 2 ASCs completed
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare completed its acquisition of eight Ascension hospitals and two ASCs in Illinois.
Kindred Florida hospital to close, 143 jobs cut
Kindred Hospitals, a Louisville, Ky.-based network of long-term acute care hospitals, will cut 143 jobs at Kindred Hospital Bay Area-Tampa (Fla.) and close the hospital in an effort to consolidate facilities, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s M…
Rush names system VP of revenue cycle
Chicago-based Rush University System for Health has named Blake Evans system vice president of revenue cycle, according to a March 3 post on his LinkedIn page.
FTC forms new antitrust task force
In his first public appearance at the end of February, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced the agency’s plan to address corporations violating antitrust and consumer protection laws, breaking with traditional Republican priorities at the organizatio…
