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Mark Cuban’s pharmacy on track to make profit in 2023

Mark Cuban’s pharmacy, Cost Plus Drugs, is expected to be profitable in 2023, Forbes reported Sept. 26.

Lawsuit claims Mon Health didn’t protect patients from data breach

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health is being sued over a December 2021 data breach, The (Morgantown) Dominion Post reported Sept. 24.

Pain Specialists of America 1st in Texas to integrate new spinal cord stimulation

Pain Specialists of America, an interventional pain management group, has integrated the new Proclaim Plus spinal cord stimulation system with FlexBurst360 therapy for patients receiving neuromodulation therapy for chronic pain.

HCA, Tenet hiring hospital CFOs

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare are seeking CFOs for several hospitals. 

Minnesota primary care chain staffs NPs exclusively

A chain of primary care clinics in Minneapolis is responding to the nation’s physician shortage with a unique model: staffing nurse practitioners only, Medscape reported Sept. 23.

Hospitals cut jobs, services to resuscitate finances

Hospitals and health systems are facing many financial pressures this year, and more than half of hospitals are projected to have negative margins for the rest of 2022. 

CDC starts tracking BF.7: 5 notes on the subvariant

The CDC recently started tracking a new omicron subvariant, BF.7, which is now the third most-prevalent strain in the U.S. 

Tennessee hospital physicians support board following ‘lost confidence’ notice from city council

A group of physicians at Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital has responded to a notice of lost confidence sent from the city council to two hospital board members, The Daily Times reported Sept. 25.

10 health systems with strong finances

Here are 10 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service.

Focus on data metabolism to build dynamism across the healthcare industry ecosystem

Neerav Patel is the healthcare and analytics leader at DXC Technology Americas.