Yoakum (Texas) Community Hospital has named Tiffany Miller its new CEO.
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Mayo Clinic Ventures helps launch virtual fertility startup with $5.4M funding round
Mayo Clinic Ventures is among the investors in a $5.4 million funding round launching virtual fertility startup Turtle Health into eight states, a company spokesperson emailed Becker’s.
New York safety nets 'strapped for cash': 2 health system CEOs speak out
The CEOs of two safety-net health systems in New York have spoken out about the effects of low Medicaid reimbursement rates. They called upon the state’s capital to take action in a Dec. 8 opinion piece for City & State.
5 hiring tactics helping health systems beat the staffing crisis
Hospitals and health systems are getting creative with hiring tactics as staffing shortages continue to plague the industry — because when finances are tight, $30,000 bonuses are not in the budget for everyone.
33 CMS updates in 2022
Here is a recap of changes CMS made to covered procedures, payments and more in 2022 for ASC leaders to know.
Amazon Web Services collaborates with 3 hospitals on 'cancer moonshot' initiative
Amazon Web Services is working with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Seattle Children’s and San Francisco-based UCSF Health to help meet the White House’s goal of finding a cure for cancer.
HCA Florida hospital selects Dr. Luis Fernandez as CMO
HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Miami has selected Luis Fernandez, DO, to serve as chief medical officer, according to a Dec. 8 news release sent to Becker’s. He will oversee initiatives that support “consistent clinical performance and practice standard…
Largest ASC chains by number of physicians: 2021 vs. 2022
Here are the six largest ASC chains and their number of affiliated physicians in 2021 vs. 2022:
New York has 9,000+ nurse job openings; healthcare leaders urge state action
Upstate New York healthcare leaders and lawmakers are urging state legislative action to address staffing shortages that they say have become a crisis, the Times Union reported Dec. 7.
CDC chief to Congress: We need more authority, COVID-19 funding
In addition to more funding, the CDC needs Congress to grant it more authority to improve COVID-19 data reporting and accelerate its response to public health crises, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, told Roll Call in a Dec. 8 report.
