Category: ROOT

'Be courageous and have the gut to invest': 1 oncology leader on collaboration and innovation

Finding another oncology leader more focused on his team and collaboration than William Tse, MD, division director of hematology and oncology at Cleveland-based MetroHealth, could prove difficult.

Most in-demand states for gastroenterologist placement

New York tops the list of states that are most in-demand for permanent placement opportunities for gastroenterologists, according to a post from physician search and employment firm Merritt Hawkins. 

The growing danger of shrinking ASC reimbursements

ASC reimbursements in many markets are not keeping up with the rising cost of inflation and general costs of living. 

Physicians set to strike at New York City hospital

Members of the Committee of Interns and Residents are set to begin a five-day strike May 22 at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York City.

Hurry up and wait: How green card freeze could impact US hospitals

An administrative backlog prompted the State Department to announce in its May 2023 Bulletin that this year’s allotment of EB-3 visas has been exhausted and no applications submitted after June 1, 2022, will be considered until further notice. An EB-3 …

New Jersey hospital, union clash over suspension of 9 nurses

Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East will picket May 16 at RWJBarnabas Health’s Clara Maass Hospital in Belleville, N.J., after the suspension of nine nurses. 

Supreme Court rejects Teva's 'skinny label' case

The Supreme Court declined to hear Teva Pharmaceuticals USA’s challenge to a $235 million award to GlaxoSmithKline in a patent dispute over a generic heart drug.

Prisma Health records $31.7M operating loss as expenses rise almost 4%

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health reported an operating loss of $31.7 million for the six months ending March 31 on revenue of $2.9 billion.

FTC sues to block $28M Amgen-Horizon deal

The Federal Trade Commission has filed an injuction in federal court seeking to block Amgen’s acquisition of fellow drugmaker Horizon Therapeutics. 

Florida health systems push forward with merger

A little more than three months after announcing intent to combine, Flagler Health+ and UF Health say they have reached a definitive agreement to merge.