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800 California hospital nurses plan strike

Members of California Nurses Association/National Nurses United plan to hold a 24-hour strike from May 1-2 at Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, Calif.

Intermountain to exit Kansas with clinic changes

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is making changes with three Kansas clinics, effectively ending its operations in the state.

4 RCM companies making executive moves

Here are four revenue cycle management companies that have made executive leadership moves since March 25: 

Tenet's CEO-to-worker pay ratio over the past 5 years

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare CEOs were paid between 189 and 452 times more than the health system’s median employee between 2019 and 2023, according to proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Joint Commission unveils new accreditation

The Joint Commission has created a new telehealth accreditation program for eligible hospitals, ambulatory and behavioral healthcare organizations. The program will launch July 1. 

Why healthcare should start outside the hospital

There are two issues in healthcare that Bruce Swords, MD, is highly focused on: Physicians struggling to stay independent, and systems focusing on solely acute care instead of preventive medicine.

4 Ozempic updates

Debates are swirling about surgery disruptions, a baby boom phenomenon and additional uses for Ozempic and other glucagon-like peptide-1 medicines. 

How healthcare's view of AI has shifted

Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2023, generative artificial intelligence has gathered buzz, with many healthcare workers, leaders and staff expressing concerns about using “unregulated” technology. But has this sentiment changed?

Community Health Network to scale home-based care program

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network is working with technology company Biofourmis to scale its care-at-home services.

Hospital groups react to Medicaid access and payment rules

CMS published two final rules on April 22 designed to expand access in the Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care programs.