New legislation proposed in the Colorado House of Representatives would require nonprofit hospitals to spend 3 percent of their revenue on community benefit, with the target eventually rising to 5 percent, The Denver Post reported March 20.
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Banner Health reports $16.6M operating income as labor costs decline
Phoenix-based Banner Health reported operating income of $16.6 million for the year ending Dec. 31 — its third straight year of positive income — amid a reduction in contract labor costs.
US to declassify COVID-19 origins information
President Joe Biden on March 20 signed a bill into law to declassify information about the pandemic’s origins.
TV producer donates $30M to Cedars-Sinai's new school
Chuck Lorre — a TV producer and writer known for creating The Big Bang Theory — has donated $30 million to fund Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s new allied health school in Los Angeles.
150 top places to work in healthcare | 2023
Becker’s Healthcare is thrilled to announce its 2023 list of 150 top places to work in healthcare. This list is meant to call attention to hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies that invest in their employees’ wellbeing, satisfaction and fu…
COVID-19 politics trouble Florida public hospital
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital continues to face political pressure regarding its COVID-19 policies and treatment protocols, despite a recently published internal review that concluded the hospital saw stronger outcomes among COVID-19 patients than …
Hartford HealthCare faces setbacks with ASC construction, acquisitions
Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare is aiming to expand its ASC presence throughout the state but is facing setbacks from competitors and regulators, according to a March 20 report from the Hartford Business Journal.
DC resident physicians move to unionize
Resident physicians at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., are moving to unionize, citing pandemic burnout.
Reinvesting in caregivers and charting a more sustained path, but uncertainties remain, says St. Charles Health CFO
Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health has had to deal with many of the challenges facing health and hospital systems across the country. For St. Charles, that included resulting cost-cutting measures such as laying off 105 employees and eliminating 76 va…
Oklahoma bill would save nurse practitioners money, lessen restrictions
Lawmakers in Oklahoma are pushing for a bill that would allow nurse practitioners to prescribe certain medications without a supervising physician, KXII reported March 15.
