Dallas-based Steward Health Care is throwing a financial safety net around its nine Massachusetts hospitals amid reports that the health system was looking to sell four of them to settle its ongoing financial difficulties.
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Optum didn't build hospitals — it hired their employees
In 2018, former UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann made a clear statement to investors: Optum’s growth strategy did not include ownership of inpatient care facilities. In other words, the company would not build or own hospitals.
3 CEO retirements in 3 days
Since Jan. 30, three health system CEOs have shared plans to retire, adding to a steady stream of exits in the early weeks of 2024.
Florida bill seeks to replace hospital district board
If Florida’s HB 739 is inked, much could change for the Titusville-based North Brevard County Hospital District.
COVID-19 variants ranked by fatality risk
The beta variant was the most deadly of all the COVID-19 strains that the World Health Organization deemed variants of concern, according to a meta-analysis published Jan. 31.
Dignity Health hospital names medical staff president
Dignity Health-Community Hospital of San Bernardino (Calif.) has named Betty Daniels, MD, to serve a two-year term as medical staff president.
Trials show early success of dengue vaccine
Early trials for a vaccine to prevent dengue infections, responsible for more than 5 million cases and 5,000 deaths in 2023, are underway and showing success, according to data published Feb. 1 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Hospital C-suites get serious about health equity
Health equity is transitioning from an idea into tangible change as health system C-suites are investing in projects and initiatives to move the needle for patients.
How effective are the latest COVID shots? Data is in
The updated COVID-19 vaccines can reduce the risk of symptomatic infection by 54% among healthy adults, according to early estimates from the CDC.
Anesthesiologists affiliated with Cedars-Sinai unionize
Anesthesiologists employed through Beverly Anesthesiology affiliated with Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have voted to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.
