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Oregon hospital margins eke into the black for 1st time in 5 quarters

Oregon hospitals’ second-quarter median operating margin was positive for the first time in five quarters, but it is still far below pre-pandemic levels, highlighting the potential fragility of hospital services, according to the Hospital Association o…

Wyoming nurse pleads guilty in $6M healthcare fraud

A Wyoming nurse pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a $6.1 million healthcare scheme in Idaho.

MultiCare network outage affects services

A network issue at Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System affected its EHR in its Puget Sound and Inland Northwest Region.

Top 20 virtual scribes, per Black Book Research

AQuity Solutions was named the top virtual scribe by Black Book Research in an October report.

HCA operating income dips 4.1% in Q3: 6 things to know

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, a 183-hospital system, reported an operating income of $1.63 billion in the third quarter as both revenue and expenses grew significantly year over year. 

North Carolina system taps legal chief

Greenville, N.C.-based Eastern Carolina University Health has named Jenny Markham chief legal officer. 

Nurse practitioners, physicians have similar rates of inappropriate prescribing

Nurse practitioners are no more likely than physicians to prescribe inappropriately to older patients, a recent study found.

Oklahoma hospital CEO to retire

Krista Roberts is retiring from her role as CEO of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid, Okla., Enid News & Eagle reported Oct. 23.

Healthgrades names top hospitals for specialty care

Healthgrades has awarded hundreds of hospitals for excellence in 16 specialty care areas, ranging from critical and surgical care to joint replacements and neurosurgery. 

Henry Ford hospital sees highest strep rate in 25 years

Officials at Henry Ford Medical Center Fairlane in Dearborn, Mich., thought they may have had faulty testing swabs for strep throat when rates were so high, but the swabs are accurate, radio station WWJ reported Oct. 23.