Civica Rx, a 4-year-old, hospital-owned pharmaceutical company, is eyeing big plans for 2023, its president and CEO told Becker’s.
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Consultant hired to fix Montana’s troubled state hospital gets contract increased by millions
Montana has increased the contract for a private consulting group that is overseeing the troubled Montana State Hospital and other facilities, the Montana Free Press reported Nov. 29
UPMC moves to arbitration over Facebook tracking lawsuit
Pittsburgh-based UPMC is going to arbitration over a lawsuit claiming the health system shared patient data with Facebook.
NYC will involuntarily hospitalize people with mental illnesses
New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive Nov. 29 telling police and emergency medical workers to involuntarily hospitalize people with severe mental illnesses who are unable to care for themselves and are a danger to themselves.
Oracle Cerner ordered to stand trial in brain damage lawsuit
A U.S. appeals court has ordered Oracle Cerner to stand trial in a lawsuit accusing the company’s software of causing a patient’s brain damage.
Report: CommonSpirit Health hospitals in Texas plan to recoup $7K they overpaid employees amid ransomware attack
Employees of Houston-based St. Luke’s Health say they are being asked to repay the health system after they were overpaid during the ransomware attack against its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, Fox 26 Houston reported Nov. 29.
New York attorney general sues nursing home for Medicaid fraud, neglect
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Comprehensive at Orleans for neglect and using the state’s Medicaid program for personal profit.
Mount Sinai reports $241M loss amid investment pressures
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System, which operates six hospitals and a medical school in the city and surrounding area, reported a net loss of $241 million for the nine months ending Sept. 30 even as its operating income was positive.
‘The floodgates opened’: Flu hits hospitals
In a one week period, new flu hospitalizations in the U.S. rose nearly 30 percent, and experts say cases are expected to continue rising in the coming weeks.
5 federal healthcare updates
From renaming monkeypox to respiratory syncytial virus reaching a potentially critical peak, here are five federal healthcare updates Becker’s has reported on since Nov. 23:
