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3 major ASC moves in 3 weeks

Here are three big ASC moves that Becker’s has reported on since April 28: 

'An enormous impact': 7 healthcare RCM leaders weigh in on AI

Artificial intelligence is all the rage right now — and several health system revenue cycle management leaders are integrating the technology into their workflows.

County commissioners question Ballad's closure of ICU

Carter County, Tenn., commissioners questioned and shared their disappointment with Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health executives’ decision to close the intensive care unit at Elizabethton, Tenn.-based Sycamore Shoals Hospital, the Elizabethton St…

Sutter Health and liver center far apart in $250M lawsuit

The Ibrahim El-Hefni Liver Repository claims Sacramento-based Sutter Health and its California Pacific Medical Center facility live in an “alternate universe.”

5 keys to a winning team of anesthesiologists and hospital management

There are several tenets essential to fostering successful relationships between anesthesia groups and facility administrators, according to a May 1 post by Anesthesia Business Consultants on its website.

10 most trusted health system brands for employees

University of Miami Health System is the most trusted healthcare brand for staffing, according to a new report from marketing agency Monigle.

The Leapfrog grades of hospitals hit with immediate jeopardy warnings

Eight of 10 hospitals in the U.S. that recently have faced a possible loss of Medicare or Medicaid funding from CMS due to immediate jeopardy situations have regained compliance. However, the hospitals facing these situations are not always ones that a…

70% of people feel US healthcare system fails to meet their needs: Report

A survey of more than 2,500 U.S. adults found more than 70 percent feel the nation’s healthcare system fails to meet their needs in some way, Time reported May 16. 

MD Anderson Cancer Center gets $5.7M for leukemia research

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston received $5.7 million in funding from the Break Through Cancer foundation to support in-depth research into eradicating an aggressive type of skin cancer — acute myeloid leukemia — according to a…

The healthiest county in each US state | 2023

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in Madison released their 2023 County Health Rankings, which examine health outcomes and more than 90 health factors at the county level.