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Pennsylvania health system eyes cash acceleration, cost-savings from new RCM technology

When DuBois-based Pennsylvania Mountains Healthcare Alliance set out to choose a tech platform to manage the system’s revenue cycle, the main goal was to find one end-to-end solution that would support PMHA’s 13 community hospitals for years to come, N…

CVS Health reports $2.1 billion profit in Q1

CVS Health reported $2.1 billion in profit and surpassed 25 million members through its insurance arm, Aetna, according to the company’s first-quarter earnings, posted May 3.

MedStar postpones Maryland cancer center expansion

MedStar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney, Md., is delaying construction on its cancer pavilion expansion, Washington Business Journal reported May 2.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center names executive medical director for finance

Brian Rothman, MD, has been named vice president and executive medical director of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s department of finance. 

Integris Health to take over hospital after AllianceHealth lease expires

Oklahoma City-based Integris Health will take over as operator of Woodward (Okla.) Hospital after AllianceHealth’s lease expires Nov. 30.

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules on forcing hospitals to provide ivermectin to COVID-19 patients

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled to overturn a lower court order that required Aurora Health Care, dual headquartered in Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Ill., to administer ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient, WGN9 reported May 2.

Mississippi system lays off nearly 90 employees

Memorial Health System has laid off fewer than 90 people, or less than 2 percent of its workforce, according to Mississippi Today.

'Still around, just different': What private practice may look like 10 years from now

Private practices continue to operate in an environment full of consolidation and economic uncertainty, but how will these conditions and more alter their future?

Surgery Partners' megadeal spree: 3 things to know

Healthcare services company Surgery Partners spent just under $250 million on ASC acquisitions in 2022, and the company has no plans on slowing its growth in 2023.

Monument Health lays off 80, trims exec pay

Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health has laid off at least 80 employees, equating to about 2 percent of its workforce.