Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, is the largest employer of physicians in the country.
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UF Health specialty pharmacy broadens services, medications offered
University of Florida Health’s specialty pharmacy recently expanded its list of medications and accepted insurance plans.
Geisinger, UCSF, UConn Health leaders draft digital health recommendations
Leaders from three health systems helped draft a framework they say can better evaluate digital health interventions.
Allina Health cuts off patients with too much medical debt
Allina Health System, based in Minneapolis, has been turning patients away who have too much medical debt, stating that patients must pay off the debt in order to receive certain specialty services, The New York Times reported June 1.
Eating disorder hotline gets rid of AI chatbot for giving 'harmful' advice
A national eating disorder hotline ditched its artificial intelligence chatbot after it gave users “harmful” advice, Vice reported.
MedStar Health breaks even in Q1 as revenues near $2B
Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health transformed a $32.9 million operating loss in the first quarter of 2022 to a $400,000 gain in the first quarter of 2023 even as expenses rose 5.2 percent.
UPMC adds regional option to in-house travel program
More than a year after launching an in-house travel staffing agency, UPMC is adding a new regional approach to the effort.
Top 5 markets, regions for retail clinics
As disruptors like CVS Health and Walgreens, as well as health systems including Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care, have been launching retail clinics, some parts of the country have been getting…
27 popular responses to clinic staffing shortages
Medical clinics’ staffing costs rose 10 percent from 2022 to 2023, according to a recent survey from medical group advisory firm AMGA Consulting.
Black, non-English speaking children more likely to acquire central line infections: Study
Pediatric patients who are Black or speak a language other than English acquire central line-associated bloodstream infections at a rate higher than non-minority children, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics on May 30.
