The emergency department at Lithonia, Ga.-based Emory Hillandale Hospital remained open Jan. 10 after a car crashed into the waiting room earlier this week, injuring two people, the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s.
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Contractor worker falls to death at Massachusetts General Hospital
A man working as a contractor died Jan. 9 after falling from the roof of the main Massachusetts General Hospital campus building, according to CBS New Boston.
Nursing ranked most trusted profession for 22nd year in a row
The nursing profession continues to secure the highest assessment of ethics and honesty from Americans, according to the latest Gallup poll findings.
10 recent RCM mergers and acquisitions
Here are 10 revenue cycle management mergers and acquisitions reported by or shared with Becker’s since Aug. 16:
New York Fed: 1-year inflation expectations fall to 5%
Expectations for one-year-ahead inflation continued to decline in December, decreasing by 0.2 percentage point to 5 percent, its lowest level since July 2021, according to a survey released Jan. 9 by the New York Federal Reserve.
Former Florida physician gets 20 years prison in largest case of its kind ever
Former Florida physician Michael Ligotti, DO, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in October in the Justice Department’s largest addiction fraud treatment case ever, the department said Jan. 9.
Federal surge team leaves New Mexico children's hospital
A federal medical team helping the University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital respond to a surge in patients with respiratory illnesses left the Albuquerque-based hospital Jan. 9, according to CBS affiliate KRQE News 13.
New York City strike enters 2nd day
Members of the New York State Nurses Association entered the second day of a strike Jan. 10 at two New York City hospitals: Mount Sinai Medical Center on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx.
NYC Health + Hospitals offers plant-based dinner menu at 14 public hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals introduced a culturally diverse, plant-based dinner menu as its primary meal option for inpatients. The initiative builds on the hospital system’s “Meatless Monday” program and its successful launch last summer of a plant-based p…
Best Buy founder's charity pledges $5.5M to Children's Minnesota
The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, the charity of Best Buy founder Dick Schulze, donated $4 million to the Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota neurosciences program and committed another $1.5 million to a matching donation challenge for the p…
