Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health — which operates four hospitals, including the level 1 trauma facility Baystate Medical Center — reported a net loss of $327.4 million in the year ending Sept. 30 2022.
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Eye Health America implements patient experience platform
Greenville, S.C.-based Eye Health America, a medical and surgical eye care services provider, has added NextGen Healthcare’s cloud-based technological solution to its 23 clinics and seven ASCs.
2 women charged in assaults against Mayo Clinic workers
Two women have been charged in separate assaults against healthcare workers at a Mayo Clinic Health System hospital in Mankato, Minn., the Mankato Free Press reported Jan. 11.
Vivante Health expands GIThrive platform to include cognitive behavioral therapy
Vivante Health has expanded its GIThrive platform to include a cognitive behavioral therapy digital therapeutic to help users to alter dysfunctional thinking patterns and manage symptoms related to digestive conditions like irritable bowel syndrome.
Former owner of medical testing lab sentenced to prison for kickback scheme
Richard Reid of Astoria, Ore., has been sentenced to two years in prison for five federal felonies related to illegal kickbacks involving a medical testing lab where he was vice president of sales and co-owner, the U.S. Justice Department said Jan. 10….
Lawsuit filed against state of Iowa for alleged medical negligence
Tiffany Lunsford of Le Claire, Iowa, has filed a lawsuit against the state following complications from a surgical procedure she received at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, The Gazette reported Jan. 10.
Scripps hospital taps chief of staff
Scripps Mercy Hospital has named James Grisolia, MD, chief of staff for its campuses in San Diego and Chula Vista, Calif.
Remembering 6 ASC, medical leaders who died in 2022
Becker’s reported on six ASC leaders, cardiologists, ophthalmologists and anesthesiologists who died in 2022:
Catholic Health hospital in New York names new COO
Dominick Pernice was appointed COO of Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health’s St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, N.Y.
Driver may have intentionally crashed car into Emory Hillandale ED, police say
The driver who crashed his car into Lithonia, Ga.-based Emory Hillandale Hospital’s emergency department may have done so on purpose, according to a Feb. 11 FOX5 report.
