President-Elect Donald Trump announced the development of a new governmental department with the goal of restructuring agencies, cutting waste and improving efficiencies, according to Reuters.
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UChicago Medicine taps new health equity officer
Effective Jan. 6, Catina Latham, PhD, will become UChicago Medicine’s senior vice president for community health transformation and chief equity officer.
AHA to CMS: Healthcare navigators are a valuable resource
The American Hospital Association expressed support for the use of healthcare navigators by hospitals and health systems to help patients find, access and understand financial assistance programs designed to pay for healthcare services, according to a …
UAB launches healthcare leadership certificate program: 5 notes
The University of Alabama at Birmingham will offer a new program for healthcare executives in the spring.
Where breast cancer screening is headed: 20 notes
Research and innovation have steadily driven advancements in breast cancer screening since Congress enacted the Mammography Quality Standards Act in 1992.
Providence CEO: 'Old-school M&A is dead'
November started with a flurry of hospital mergers and acquisitions.
A flurry of anesthesia updates in 1 month
Here are 9 updates and moves on anesthesia groups, policies and providers since Oct. 10, as reported by Becker’s:
Florida physician practice to pay $1.3M to settle false claims allegations
A Florida ophthalmology practice has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve federal allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims for medically unnecessary cranial ultrasounds.
Why 1 health system cut its daily IV fluid usage by half
U.S. hospitals are experiencing a shortage of IV fluids, triggered by a disruption at Baxter’s North Carolina plant following Hurricane Helene. As hospitals have scrambled to conserve supplies, at least one health system found it had been overusing IV …
Cardinal Health to buy GI Alliance, diabetes supply company for $3.9B
Cardinal Health has agreed to acquire a majority stake in GI Alliance, a gastroenterology management services organization, and Advanced Diabetes Supply Group for a combined total of $3.9 billion, according to an Nov. 11 news release from the company.&…
