Category: Healthcare Finance News

Hazel Hawkins discovers ransomware threat is a hoax

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital (HHMH) recently thought it was the victim of a ransomware demand, but it turns out the incident was actually an elaborate social engineering hoax.
Earlier this month, the hospital received correspondence implying that an…

DispatchHealth, Medically Home merge into single home healthcare provider

DispatchHealth and Medically Home have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, creating a single provider of medical care at home.
Once the deal closes, Medically Home will become part of DispatchHealth. The combined entity will extend care into …

Ransomware developer who targeted healthcare extradited to U.S.

A dual Russian and Israeli national was extradited to the United States on charges that he was a developer of the LockBit ransomware group, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Proposed Indiana hospital merger gets FTC pushback

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday again urged the Indiana Department of Health to deny the application for Union Hospital and Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Indiana to merge.
This is the second attempt by Union Health, which includes Union Hospi…

HHS layoffs reversed temporarily by federal judge

A federal judge in Baltimore has instructed the Trump administration to temporarily reinstate probationary employees at several agencies who had been terminated during Trump’s efforts to pare down the federal government workforce.

Dr. Oz makes no commitment to not cut Medicaid

In a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing Friday to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz would make no commitment to not cut Medicaid.
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, asked the CMS nom…

Tampa General, Mass General Brigham teaming on radiation oncology

Tampa General Hospital (TGH) and Boston-based Mass General Brigham (MGB) are collaborating on a radiation oncology center, offering a new option for cancer care to Floridians in and around Palm Beach County.

Cigna shuffles leadership, names Brian Evanko president, COO

Brian Evanko, CEO and chief financial officer of Cigna’s Cigna Healthcare arm, has been named president and chief operating officer of the Cigna Group as the company shuffles its top leadership.
The leadership changes, said Cigna, are designed to furth…

HIMSSCast: The ‘genetic revolution’ is underway

Much has changed in the last 20 years in understanding how an individual’s DNA predicts common diseases, according to Sir Peter Donnelly, who cofounded in 2014 the company Genomics, of which he is CEO, in Oxford, England.

HIMSS25 Emerge Innovation Experience looks at the payer role in care delivery

LAS VEGAS – As AI is transforming all aspects of healthcare, it’s affecting the care model for payers.
Health insurers have end-to-end visibility into individual care needs and utilization patterns across providers and settings.
Virtual care, technolog…