CIT, First Citizens Bank’s commercial banking division, funded the $39.3 million acquisition of seven medical office buildings by Texas-based private equity firm Ridgeline Capital Partners.
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Charles Drew University to offer medical degree program
Los Angeles-based Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science will launch an independent four-year medical degree program after receiving notice of preliminary accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
The best healthcare employer in the U.S., per Forbes
Boston Scientific was named the top U.S.-based healthcare equipment and services employer on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s best employers.
Fujifilm in GI: 5 updates this year
Photography company Fujifilm has made several impacts in the gastroenterology and endoscopy space this year. From new endoscopes to federal contracts, here are five Fujifilm updates Becker’s has reported on this year:
Police shoot, detain woman after gun incident at Billings Clinic
A 36-year-old woman with a loaded gun was shot by a police officer responding to a weapons complaint Oct. 16 at the Billings (Mont.) Clinic emergency department, the Billings Gazette reported Oct. 17.
The rise of orthopedics in ASCs
Orthopedics is the most common specialty for ASCs in 2022, according to March data from the ASC Association.
Bozeman Health employees allege leadership ‘greed,’ mismanagement
Employees from Bozeman (Mont.) Health Deaconess Hospital recently reached out to news station KBZK describing “greed, mismanagement and toxicity” in their workplace, according to an Oct. 18 report. According to the employees, they have been required to…
How BJC HealthCare ensured a smooth Epic revenue cycle integration
St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare completed its Epic revenue cycle integration in September, a process the system’s vice president and chief revenue officer, Tracy Berry, said was a smooth one.
J&J weighs workforce cuts before consumer health business spinoff
Johnson & Johnson might trim its workforce because of financial pressures and its plans to spin off its consumer health business in 2023, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 18.
COVID-19 ages organs, compilation of studies finds
Recent research shows COVID-19 may age organs, according to a series of studies compiled by Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center at Washington University in St. Louis and the chief of research and education service at Veterans…
