A lockdown issued at Covenant Health Plainview (Texas) was lifted on the afternoon of April 19 after police determined there was “no immediate threat” to a caregiver who the facility had received threatening phone calls about.
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$427M+ in physician fraud suits in 2 weeks
Becker’s has reported on four physician fraud cases totaling more than $427 million in the last two weeks:
Fairview operating losses total $448M in last two years
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services reported a net operating loss of $315.4 million for 2022 amid a 6.4 percent increase in operating costs which are “driving intense margin pressure,” according to an April 20 filing.
White House plans to nominate head of National Cancer Institute to run NIH
President Joe Biden is looking to nominate Monica Bertagnolli, MD, to run the National Institutes of Health, two people familiar with the matter told Politico in an April 19 report.
Banner helicopters now carry blood to improve outcomes for trauma patients
Banner Health helicopters are now equipped with two bags of O-negative blood — an effort to improve outcomes for trauma patients who need to be airlifted to a hospital.
FDA only inspected 6% of foreign drug manufacturers in 2022: Report
With the exception of critical cases, during the coronavirus pandemic the FDA mostly halted the inspections of overseas drug manufacturing sites. Now, long after they have resumed, the FDA is still very much behind schedule. In 2022, the agency only in…
Cindy Wesley named market chief nursing officer of 2 Kentucky hospitals
Winchester, Ky.-based Clark Regional Medical Center and Paris, Ky.-based Bourbon Community Hospital tapped Cindy Wesley, RN, as their next market chief nursing officer.
Wellstar expands Medline partnership
Medline secured another health system deal April 19, this time with Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System.
Why former Rush, Atlantic Health System IT chiefs joined a startup
Two former health system IT leaders told Becker’s they joined a digital health company because they felt they could make more of a difference helping their former industry from the startup side.
8 recent hospital, health system CFO moves
Here are eight hospital and health system CFO moves Becker’s has reported on since April 1:
