CMS said a ransomware attack on a subcontractor may have affected as many as 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries and breached such personal data as Social Security numbers and bank account numbers.
Emerging research suggests the virus that causes COVID-19 can persist in the bodies of deceased patients, potentially posing an infection risk for healthcare workers, The New York Times reported Dec. 15.
Healthcare added almost 45,000 jobs in November, but many hospitals and health systems will continue to struggle to meet staffing needs, retain top executives and providers, and foster long-term pipelines for talent, Ted Chien, president and CEO of sta…
Hackensack (N.J) University Medical Center has received Commitment Level status from the American College of Surgeons Geriatric Surgery Verification program, according to a Dec. 15 release from Hackensack Meridian Health.
Members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West at Stanford Medical Center and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have reached a tentative agreement that raises wages and increases the minimum wage.
The University of Rochester Medicine Orthopedics Surgery Center In Henrietta, N.Y., has installed a Clean Cube operating room, becoming the first medical center to do so, according to a Dec. 15 report from Spectrum 1 News.