Here are eight updates on gastroenterology companies Becker’s reported on during the third quarter of 2022:
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Vision Integrated Partners adds 9 Oklahoma eye clinics, ASCs
Vision Integrated Partners has established partnerships with Britton Vision Associates and Southwest Eye Clinic and Surgery, both based in Oklahoma City.
Visus Therapeutics acquires all patents, assets from visual disability researcher ViewPoint
Biopharmaceutical company Visus Therapeutics has acquired all patents and assets from eyecare developer ViewPoint Therapeutics.
California hospital 1st to earn new Joint Commission accreditation
Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center is the first to receive the Leading Laboratories designation from The Joint Commission and the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
J&J names spinoff consumer health business
Johnson & Johnson’s consumer health business, which will break away from its pharmaceutical and medical device arm, will be named Kenvue, the company said Sept. 28.
Philadelphia staffing company to pay $9.3M in back wages, damages over allegations of denied overtime pay
A Philadelphia-based healthcare staffing company will pay $9.3 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 1,756 employees to resolve allegations it misclassified workers and willfully denied their overtime pay, the Labor Department announced Sept…
7 health system CIO exits from the past year
Here are seven healthcare CIOs who have left their jobs since October.
CMS missed $2.8M in savings due to price substitution error, OIG audit finds
Medicare lost out on $2.8 million in savings in 2020 by incorrectly implementing price reductions on Medicare Part B drugs, an HHS Office of Inspector General audit found.
HCA hospitals make 16 leadership changes
HCA Healthcare, a 182-hospital system based in Nashville, Tenn., has made leadership changes at several of its hospitals in recent months.
Mass General Brigham, GV, General Catalyst part of $32M funding round for mental healthcare company focused on older adults
Mass General Brigham Ventures, Alphabet-backed GV and General Catalyst are all part of a $32 million seed funding round for Rippl, a tech-driven mental healthcare company focused on older adults.
