Illinois plans to investigate Akorn Operating Co. after the drugmaker laid off hundreds of workers in late February, according to The Center Square.
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Lifespan reports profit in final 2022 quarter, reversing loss
Providence, R.I.- based Lifespan reported net income of $15.3 million for the final quarter of 2022, even as its expenses rose 7.4 percent higher than the same period in 2021.
How hospitals closing services lines could affect ASCs
As hospital finances continue to weather the storm of increased labor and operating expenses, some have begun to take a hard look at services they can no longer afford to offer.
Signify Health to offer home-based medical management services
Home health company Signify Health has partnered with Cardinal Health to offer home-based clinical and medication management services to patients.
Virginia hospital notifies patients of data breach
Richmond, Va.-based Henrico Doctors’ Hospital is notifying 990 patients that some of their protected health information was compromised in a data breach.
Judge issues warrant for tuberculosis patient refusing treatment
A Washington judge has issued a civil arrest order for a woman with tuberculosis who has refused to isolate or receive treatment for more than a year, local health officials said in a March 3 update.
Pop-up alert doubles prescription of lifesaving heart failure drugs
Using an automated system that alerts physicians when patients are eligible for heart failure drugs doubled the prescriptions, a study published March 5 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found.
Lakeland Regional Medical Center to pay $4M to settle impermissible Medicaid donation allegations
Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center has agreed to pay $4 million to settle allegations it made improper, non-bona fide Medicaid donations to Polk County, Fla., by assuming and paying certain amounts of the county’s financial obligation to other hea…
Hospitals should use tech layoffs to fill open IT roles, health systems CIOs say
As tech companies conduct massive layoffs, hospitals and health systems IT leaders can take advantage of that opportunity by recruiting laid off IT talent for their open IT roles.
'Complexity' the name of the IT game for MD Anderson CIO Craig Owen
Making sure IT systems are running — and running effectively — is a concern of every hospital and health system CIO. That’s most definitely true when they help inform life-saving chemotherapy.
