Category: News and Analysis

The CDC has requested clarification on masking guidance in healthcare facilities from the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee — specifically whether N95 masks should be required and under what circumstances.

Healthcare providers are expressing deep concern after Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health, a physician group, will be sold or closed by its owner, Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, by March 29 due to “ongoing financial and economic challenges.”

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine is piloting an obesity management treatment program for eligible employees and covered family members. 

Bethany (Okla.) Children’s Health Center debuted its $10 million renovation of its pediatric rehabilitation unit, Fox affiliate KOKH reported Jan. 22.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence has been found liable by a Washington state judge for nearly $7.2 million in underpaid wages for thousands of hourly caregivers, Law360 reported Jan. 16. 

Atlanta-based NextGen Healthcare, an EHR vendor, has named James Hammerschmidt as incoming CFO. 

Paul Coyne, DNP, APRN, senior vice president and chief nurse executive of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, joined Becker’s to discuss the healthcare trends he is worried about and the health system’s growth strategy for the next year.&…

Two Miami residents, Jorge Perez and Ricardo Perez, were sentenced Dec. 15 for their roles in a multi-state scheme to defraud insurers by using rural hospitals to bill for urine drug testing.

Beginning Jan. 1, hospitals and health systems can pursuea new certification from The Joint Commission on the Responsible Use of Health Data.

Debbie Hatmaker, PhD, RN, the current chief nursing officer of the American Nurses Association, has been tapped to lead the organization as its acting CEO following the retirement of current leader Loressa Cole, DNP, RN.