President Joe Biden has appointed Stephen Klasko, MD, an executive-in-residence with venture capital firm General Catalyst and a former health system CEO, to the National Board for Education Sciences, the White House said Oct. 27.
Category: ROOT
Why rural hospitals aren’t interested in new designation
The Rural Emergency Hospital designation is set to take effect in January, but many hospitals aren’t interested in the program, Politico reported Oct. 27.
Cancer deaths continue to decline while diagnoses hold
Cancer death rates decreased by 2.1 percent each year from 2015 to 2019 even as the number of diagnoses remained the same or increased, according to National Cancer Institute researchers.
Missouri hospital closes two pharmacies
Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Health System is closing two pharmacies in the Lake of Ozarks area, LakeExpo reported Oct. 27.
Northwell Holdings invests $1M in company founded by RWJBarnabas surgeon
Northwell Holdings, the venture capital arm of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, has invested $1 million in medical device company Lazzaro Medical, which offers robotic surgery tools for tracheal repair.
Former New Jersey hospital employee claims she was fired for ending relationship with CEO
A former employee of Hudson Regional Hospital in Secaucus, N.J., has filed a lawsuit against the facility and its CEO, alleging she was fired for breaking off her relationship with him, The Jersey Journal reported Oct. 25.
ASC that closed due to ‘adverse business conditions’ struggling to collect payments
The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.) is working on collecting past due bills more than two months after it announced it was closing for good, according to BizWest reported Oct. 26.
Georgia spine ASC to implement AI-powered management tools
Spine Center Atlanta partnered with Ospitek, which provides artificial intelligence tools for patient pathway management and business intelligence.
Viewpoint: Aggressive medical debt collection should be a ‘never event’
Aggressively collecting medical debt should join the list of medical “never events,” like leaving a sponge inside a patient or operating on the wrong limb, an Oct. 27 JAMA Forum article argues.
North Carolina system cuts 200 jobs
Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health is eliminating 200 positions, according to an Oct. 27 report from The Fayetteville Observer.
