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Baptist Health Care back in the black as operating income improves

Pensacola, Fla.-based Baptist Health Care has reported first-quarter positive operating income of $1.4 million on $211.2 million of revenue.

Whistleblower gets $279M in record-setting decision

The largest whistleblower award ever was granted in early May, more than doubling the previous record.

Las Vegas hospital workers delay strike plans

Members of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 have extended the deadline of a strike at Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas. 

5 notes on CommonSpirit's 1-year nurse residency

The turnover rate among first-year nurses is at an all-time high of about 32 percent, according to the “2023 NSI National Healthcare Retention” report. That’s one of the drivers behind a one-year nurse residency program created by Chicago-based CommonS…

Revenue cycle management tool expands to ASC market

Revenue cycle management services company Savista is expanding into the ASC market, according to a May 9 press release sent to Becker’s. 

California ASC adds spinal cord stimulation procedure

National Surgical Center Stockton (Calif.) has begun offering HFX, high-frequency spinal cord stimulation procedures for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. 

Henry Ford unveils $265M hospital tower

Henry Ford Health leaders on May 9 unveiled the new Janet & Jim Riehl North Tower at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Charter Township, Mich. 

Carbon Health says Anthem Blue Cross finally processing its claims

Carbon Health said Anthem Blue Cross of California has started paying its out-of-network claims after the hybrid primary care company publicly aired its dispute with the insurer in late April.

6 healthcare companies on CNBC's Disruptor 50 list

Six healthcare companies were named May 9 to the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50.

'We never saw Risant Health coming': What leaders are saying about the Kaiser-Geisinger deal

Kaiser Permanente said there was a nearly sixfold increase in social media chatter about value-based care in the week after it unveiled its new company, Risant Health, and first member health system, Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger in late April.