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'You can only sustain this for so long': Payer challenges plague small ASCs

Kristi Manutai, RN, regional administrator for Redding, Calif.-based North State Surgery Centers, joined Becker’s to discuss how payer issues are creating significant financial and operational challenges for smaller ASCs.

Apple taps Brighman and Women's Hospital for early disease detection

Apple is launching a new study in collaboration with Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

12 recent revenue cycle executive moves

Sutter Health and Keck Medicine of USC are among the health systems that have recently made revenue cycle leadership hires.

Scripps cuts 14K bed days with a simple solution

San Diego-based Scripps Health has saved 14,731 bed days since January 2023 by leasing beds at skilled nursing facilities.

432 rural hospitals at risk of closure, breakdown by state

There are 432 rural hospitals vulnerable to closure, according to a Feb. 11 report from Chartis, a healthcare advisory services firm.

Connecticut AG wants 'seat at the table' of bankrupt health system talks: 10 things to know

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong on filed Feb. 10 filed a statement of interest in the bankruptcy proceedings for Prospect Medical Holdings and is pushing for a “full seat at the table” to ensure Prospect’s three hospitals in the state are tra…

Missouri system taps chief medical officer

Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health named Lana Zerrer, MD, chief medical officer.

MemorialCare launches pediatric care network

Long Beach, Calif.-based Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital, part of MemorialCare Health System of Fountain Valley, Calif., is launching a network to provide primary and specialty pediatric care.

Thyroid cancer still overdiagnosed: 5 study notes

Thyroid cancer continues to be overdiagnosed, though the survival rate remains unchanged, according to a study published Feb. 5 in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Judge orders federal health agencies to restore websites: 4 notes

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered HHS, the CDC and the FDA to restore webpages that were taken down in early February to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order on gender ideology.