Rural health system Sanford Health and urban Fairview Health Services in Minnesota have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine and create a new health system.
The name of the parent company will be Sanford Health. Sanford Health CEO Bill Gasse…
The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has entered into a Voluntary Resolution Agreement with CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs after the latter was accused of not providing hearing aids to a patient, OCR has said.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is looking to improve its data in ways that contribute to a fairer healthcare system, including continuing the development of equity scores and refining the Health Equity Summary Score, as well as addressi…
The public health emergency will be extended past its current deadline of January 11, if the Department of Health and Human Services follows its promised to give providers and other stakeholders 60 days notice before the end of the PHE. That deadline w…
American Medical Association President Dr. Jack Resneck Jr. decried laws that stop physicians from providing reproductive healthcare, during an Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association House of Delegates.
Several healthcare acquired infections (HAIs), such as central line-associated bloodstream infections and ventilator events, showed increased prevalence in 2021, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Four of …
The Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program, run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is meant to subsidize care for low-income patients, but is falling short when it comes to supporting hospitals in traditionally disadvantaged Blac…
Peter Urbanowicz and Martin McGahan, managing directors with consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal, are not optimistic that the financial challenges facing health systems will improve anytime soon.
Both are advisers to CEOs and CFOs.
Those living with Type 2 diabetes say they deal with fear and stress when it comes to their condition, with expenses and mental hardships becoming almost as burdensome as the disease itself – which is fostering distrust in the healthcare system, accord…
The Federal Trade Commission is refocusing and strengthening its policy of enforcing the federal ban on unfair methods of competition, the agency said by statement Thursday, and this could have ramifications on the healthcare industry.
