The three largest nonprofit health systems, CommonSpirit Health (140 hospitals), Ascension (139 hospitals) and Trinity Health (88 hospitals), reported operating losses and margins in the red for the six months ending Dec. 31, but experienced slight imp…
Nurse practitioners delivering emergency care without physician supervision at the Veterans Health Administration increase patient stay time by 11 percent and raise preventable hospitalizations by 20 percent, according to a March 10 report from the Ame…
Ochsner Lafayette (La.) General has a venture capital arm that supports emerging companies focused on data and deep learning, patient experience, value-based care and automating back-office functions.
On March 3, the Region 6 office of the National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against Pittsburgh-based UPMC and one of its subsidiaries, UPMC Altoona (Pa.), over allegations related to the termination of an agency nurse.
The Cameron-Ehlen Group, an ophthalmological distributor doing business as Precision Lenses, has been ordered by a Minnesota jury to pay $43 million for allegedly violating anti-kickback laws, according to a March 9 report from JD Supra.
Silicon Valley Bank, which partnered with nearly half of the venture-backed tech and healthcare companies, collapsed March 10, CNN reported.
Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health, a 12-hospital system, has appointed Lori Price, RN, president and CEO of its central Indiana region.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed House Bill 4016, which will provide $75 million to recruit, retain and train the state’s healthcare workforce.
Randall Tobler, MD, is suing Memphis, Mo.-based Scotland County Hospital for slander and defamation after he was allegedly wrongfully terminated as CEO, ABC and CBS affiliate KHQA reported March 9.
Eleven hospitals and health systems have closed their maternity wards since 2000, after Rochester, N.H.-based Frisbie Memorial Hospital reached an agreement with the state’s attorney general to close its labor and delivery services, NHPR reported March…
