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Florida's NCLEX pass rate falls to 64%, lowest in US

The number of Florida nursing students who passed the National Council Licensure Examination has fallen for the third consecutive year, a new report from the Florida Center for Nursing found. 

5 Google healthcare job openings

Google recently posted several job openings related to its health business. Below are five open positions as of Feb. 6:

Minnesota health system hires CIO consultant

Aitkin, Minn.-based Riverwood Healthcare Center has hired Mark Waind as CIO consultant, Aitkin Independent Age reported.

Ohio physician to pay $2.2M for role in drug kickback scheme 

 Hudson, Ohio-based physician Deepak Raheja, MD, was sentenced to prison and must pay $2.2 million after pleading guilty to his role in a pharmaceutical kickback scheme, the U.S. Justice Department said Feb. 3.  

Interim Cleveland Clinic CFO returning to revenue cycle executive director role

Cleveland Clinic’s interim CFO Tony Helton will return to his role as executive director of revenue cycle management following the hiring of Dennis Laraway.

Are CFOs misreading the market on telehealth?

The pandemic made remote care a crucial need, and CFOs adjusted their organizations’ investments accordingly — but now patient sentiment toward remote care appears to be diverging from CFO investment trends in telehealth, according to the “20…

ProMedica hospital workers avert strike

Members of the Branch County Independent Nurses Association have approved a new contract with ProMedica Coldwater (Mich.) Regional Hospital, according to a Feb. 2 hospital statement shared with Becker’s. 

How UVA Health aims to grow over the next 10 years

Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health has unveiled a 10-year strategic plan that aims to improve access to care by hiring more primary care providers, expanding its specialty care network and become the nation’s top public academic health system, accor…

'A breath less stressful': Hospital capacity woes persist after tripldemic's peak

Despite flu, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus rates coming down, hospitals are about as full as they’ve ever been. 

Indiana lawmakers propose large fines for expensive hospital care

Indiana lawmakers are looking to impose a cap on the price of care provided by the state’s hospitals.