Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has already onboarded more than 130 of the 800 internationally educated nurses the system is looking to hire to help offset nursing shortage challenges.
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Mayor asks U of Tennessee to take over Blount County Memorial
Blount County, Tenn., Mayor Ed Mitchell will ask the Blount County Board of Commissioners to transfer operations ownership of Blount County Memorial Hospital to Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center, The Daily Times reported Feb. 15.
Alphabet backs digital health benefits platform
GV (formerly Google Ventures), the venture capital arm of Alphabet, co-led the $6 million seed funding round to help launch Thatch, a digital benefits management platform.
274+ healthcare revenue cycle management companies to know | 2023
Hospitals, health systems, physician practices and healthcare organizations are experiencing increasingly complex revenue cycles, working with government and private payers as well as patients to collect.
States ranked by NPs per capita: 2023
Tennessee has the most active nurse practitioners of any state per capita, while Hawaii has the fewest, according to a ranking from Kaiser Family Foundation.
14 hospitals seeking marketing talent
Fourteem hospitals or health systems recently posted job listings seeking marketing expertise.
Jefferson Health names new CFO
Jefferson Health CEO Joseph Cacchione, MD, has named John Mordach executive vice president and CFO of the 18-hospital, Philadelphia-based system, which includes Thomas Jefferson University and Health Partners Plans.
Adventist Health reorganizes; executive job cuts coming
Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health plans to go from seven networks of care to five systemwide to reduce costs and strengthen operations, according to a Feb. 15 news release shared with Becker’s.
New Jersey office manager pleads guilty in amphetamine distribution scheme
A former office manager of a Newark, N.J.-based medical practice admitted to conspiring with a physician to distribute prescription amphetamine to patients, the Justice Department said Feb. 15.
CMS updates Stark Law self-referral rules: 4 things to know
CMS updated its voluntary self-referral disclosure laws Jan. 23, according to law firm Nexsen Pruet in a Feb. 15 article on JDSupra.
