Morrison Healthcare, a vendor providing food services to Our Lady of the Lake System, is laying off 196 workers at the end of May when its contract with the health system expires, the Daily Advertiser reported.
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Tennessee health system affected by CHS third-party breach
Knoxville, Tenn.-based Tennova Healthcare said it has been affected by a third-party data breach that hit its parent company Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.
Massachusetts health system sued for allegedly sharing patient data with Google
A lawsuit filed April 3 alleges that Dallas-based Steward Health Care System’s website used a Meta pixel tracking tool that sent some patient information to Meta and Google, Class Action reported April 10.
New York urologist charged with sexual abuse
New York City-based urologist Darius Paduch, MD, PhD, has been arrested for sexual abuse of patients, among other charges, the Justice Department said April 11.
Another cancer drug is backordered
Thirty-four solutions of docetaxel injection, a drug intended for five different cancers, are on back order, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Insurer and health system breakups: 3 splits in 2023
Becker’s has reported on three payer and health system splits so far in 2023.
Oshi Health raises $30M in funding from Koch, CVS
Virtual gastrointestinal care company Oshi Health has raised $30 million in series B funding led by Koch Disruptive Technologies and existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Flare Capital Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures, CVS Health Ventures and T…
UPMC receives $28M in grant money to expand New York facility
Pittsburgh-based UPMC has received a $28 million grant from New York state to improve its facility at UPMC Chautauqua in Western New York, according to a Spectrum News April 10 report.
Olive AI sells business line to focus on RCM
As it shifts its focus to health system revenue cycle management, artificial intelligence company Olive sold its utilization management business line to RCM firm Availity.
'What is the best ASC in the US?': Here's what ChatGPT had to say
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by research laboratory OpenAI, is now being used nationwide for a variety of functions, from aiding physicians to answering user’s questions.
