Northern Light Health is no longer providing cataract, glaucoma and oculoplastic surgeries at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, leaving many patients in the lurch after their procedures were suddenly canceled, Bangor Daily News reported March 26.
A grand jury has indicted Deborah Sue Damron, 56, of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a patient at an adult detention center in Virginia, according to the Henry County (Va.) Sheriff’s Office.
St. Louis-based SSM Health had an “AA-” rating affirmed on a series of bonds it holds as the 23-hospital system dipped in operating income in fiscal 2022 after “several years of consistently solid performance,” according to a March 24 report from Fitch…
Contrary to widespread reports of staffing shortages, healthcare employment reached pre-pandemic levels with the addition of 44,200 jobs in February, according to a recent report from Altarum.
Stuck between getting inflation under control and preserving macroeconomic stability, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell decided to raise interest rates by 25 basis points, a move with serious consequences for healthcare, hospital leaders told Becker’…
Half of the lowest-paid providers in 2022 were in pediatric specialties, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.
Oak Street Health plans to provide its senior-focused primary care inside dialysis centers.
New legislation in Massachusetts would allow physician assistants to practice with fewer restrictions.
Five healthcare specialists recently connected with Becker’s to share what changes they implemented in 2022 are here to stay.
Amid several years of declining entry to the field, infectious disease leaders analyzed results from recent residency matches to understand what the field’s trajectory looks like ahead — and they reported positive things are on the horizon.
