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Intermountain’s income hits $2.2B

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare reported higher year-over-year net income for the nine months ending Sept. 30 after completing the acquisition of Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health on March 31.

SCA Health leader talks keys to success

Health provider SCA Health has 89 ASCs on Newsweek’s list of the best ASCs in the nation in 2022. Its vice president of marketing, communications and events, Blair Primis, shared some of the organization’s keys to success with Becker’s. 

Prime Healthcare hit with credit downgrade

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the ratings on Prime Healthcare’s probability of default rating to “B2-PD” from “B1-PD” as well as its ratings of the system’s senior secured notes to “B3” from “B2.”

Teva names CEO

Teva Pharmaceuticals named Richard Francis as its next president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. 

29 amoxicillin and clavulanate products on back order

Among three drugmakers, 29 amoxicillin and clavulanate oral presentations are on allocation or back order, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 

UK investigates possible Ebola case

The UK Health Security Agency is investigating a possible case of Ebola in an individual with a travel history to Africa who was displaying “early symptoms” of the disease, according to a Nov. 17 report from The Telegraph. 

The risks of boomerang CEOs

Bob Iger’s comeback as CEO of Disney is the latest example of chief executives boomeranging as rehires to take the helm at the same organizations they previously led. While hardly a common practice, there have been enough boomerang CEOs to draw finding…

Private equity firms attracted to health systems with successful specialty businesses

The private equity industry has an estimated $1.78 trillion lined up for potential investments — a 35 percent increase over September 2021 — and analysts will be closely monitoring the healthcare sector for more transactions in the coming months, accor…

H3N2: 3 notes on the dominant flu strain

The majority of U.S. influenza cases detected this season have been H3N2, an influenza A variant associated with more severe illness. 

22 states ask CMS to withdraw healthcare worker vaccine mandate

A coalition of 22 states has filed a petition seeking to repeal the Biden administration’s rule that requires employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 if they work in healthcare facilities that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding.