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Cleveland Clinic takes next step in breast cancer vaccine trial

Cleveland Clinic is moving forward with its triple-negative breast cancer vaccine in a 1b trial.

Texas medical office building acquired

A medical office building in Plano, Texas, has been acquired by real estate firm Montecito Medical, Commercial Property Executive reported Feb. 7.

NorthStar Anesthesia expanding services to Illinois health system, Delaware ASC

NorthStar Anesthesia will now provide anesthesia services for Southern Illinois Healthcare in Carbondale and Wilmington, Del.-based Limestone Surgery Center. 

Oregon hospitals pushing for bill to compensate them for patients they can't discharge

The Oregon legislature is considering a bill that aims to help hospitals with the cost of boarding patients they can’t discharge, The Lund Report reported Feb. 7.

Hospitals defy price transparency rules

Most hospitals aren’t complying with federal price transparency rules that went into effect January 2021, with few consequences, according to the Fourth Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Report from the PatientRightsAdvocate.org.

DOJ axes 3 antitrust healthcare policies, 'vigorous' enforcement ahead

The Justice Department paved the way to more closely scrutinize healthcare mergers, acquisitions and collaborations by withdrawing three antitrust policy statements.

Ascension Providence Hospital ending midwifery services

Ascension Providence Hospital-Southfield (Mich.) is ending midwifery services at the end of February, ABC affiliate WXYZ reported Feb. 6.

Is Gen Z's lack of job loyalty a myth?

Generation Z has been deemed noncommittal when it comes to their careers, charged with leading the “Great Resignation” and “quietly quitting” rather than shooting for promotion. However, recent data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute suggests…

Ascension hospital names new CEO

Harlo McCall, MSN, has been tapped as CEO of the future Ascension St.  John Rehabilitation Hospital of Owasso (Okla.).

Bausch & Lomb to acquire AcuFocus

Bausch & Lomb has agreed to purchase AcuFocus, a manufacturer of devices to treat cataracts, Orange County Business Journal reported Feb. 6.