Amazon CEO Andy Jassy posted a letter on the retailer’s website to promote its $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical and its healthcare offerings.
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CMS proposes prior authorization updates: 5 things to know
CMS is proposing to streamline and improve prior authorizations with new and added rules, according to a Feb. 21 Kaiser Family Foundation report.
Missouri hospital closing 2 clinics
Jefferson, Mo.-based Capital Region Medical Center will close two clinics in Holts Summit and St. Elizabeth, Mo., effective April 15, according to the News Tribune.
Merative, the former IBM Watson Health, sells 100 Top Hospitals program
Healthcare data company Premier Inc. has acquired the 100 Top Hospitals program from Merative, the former IBM Watson Health.
Why ASCs could be health systems' ticket to growth
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is heavily expanding its outpatient portfolio to increase market share, CEO Michael Dowling told Becker’s Hospital Review.
Workplace 'mansplaining' takes a toll on women
Condescension at work is more likely to affect women than men, Fortune reported Feb. 15.
Hogwarts in Wisconsin? Epic's campus designed after 'Harry Potter'
EHR vendor Epic’s headquarters in Verona, Wis., is complete with castles, wizards and dragons, WIProud reported.
Flexibility is the New Currency
Your clinical workforce needs, wants, and expects more flexibility in their working commitment with their employer.
Colorado bill would ban some hospital facility fees
A proposal in the Colorado legislature would ban hospital “facility fees” if the care is provided to the patient via telehealth or in a clinic owned by the hospital but not on campus, The Denver Post reported Feb. 23.
Lawmakers push back on Nuvance hospital plans to consolidate ICU, surgical units
Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy and Rep. Jahana Hayes are pushing back on plans by Sharon (Conn.) Hospital, part of Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health, to turn its intensive care unit and surgical unit into one “progressive care unit,” Fox61…
