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10 hospital and health systems hit with rating downgrades, downward revisions
Here is a summary of recent credit rating downgrades and revisions, going back to the last Becker’s roundup on Feb. 15.
States look to reel in travel nurse costs
Lawmakers in states across the U.S. are considering proposals targeting travel nurse costs, Kaiser Health News reported.
New Butler-Excela system lays off 13 managers
The newly merged Greensburg, Pa.-based organization made up of Excela Health and Butler Health System has eliminated 13 filled managerial jobs.
Wellstar faces another federal complaint over hospital closures
The Fulton County (Ga.) Commission voted on March 15 to file a complaint with the Justice Department against Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System, marking the third request for federal complaints against the health system over its closure of two …
Do strikes harm patients? Evidence is limited
The narrative that strikes threaten patient safety is not substantiated by current evidence, researchers wrote in a March 10 analysis published in The BMJ.
VA says 4 deaths linked to its Oracle Cerner EHR system
The Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed that the Oracle Cerner EHR system caused six incidents of “catastrophic harm” to veterans, and four of those incidents led to the death of patients, The Spokesman-Review reported March 15.
HCA's CEO took 29% pay cut last year
Samuel Hazen, CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, saw his overall pay dip in 2022 from $20.6 million to $14.6 million.
CMS posts guidance for drug negotiation program
CMS has issued initial guidance on key elements of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program for 2026, the first year the negotiated prices will apply.
4 pressing drug shortages: ASHP
Weeks after a U.S. drugmaker closed up shop, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists marked four drugs for being in key shortages. Three are connected to the shutdown of Gurnee, Ill.-based Akorn Operating Co.
