CMS cited two California hospitals with immediate jeopardy after medication errors that caused patient deaths and lifted the warnings in May following corrective plans, the Los Angeles Times reported Sept. 25.
Category: Static
'Too little, too Tate': Critics pan Mississippi governor's Medicaid plans
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Sept. 21 unveiled plans to reform Medicaid that he said will benefit the state’s hospitals by almost $700 million.
Making the most of the surgical time out: 2 experts weigh in
Even though wrong site surgeries happen in about 1 of 112,000 procedures, that single instance is what the surgical time out process aims to prevent.
Fired MetroHealth CEO wants successor to testify in defamation case
Akram Boutros, MD, former CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth, is seeking a court order to have his successor sit for a disposition, according to Cuyahoga County Court records.
Rite Aid eyes closing hundreds of pharmacies
Rite Aid proposed closing nearly a fourth of its 2,100 pharmacies and declaring bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal in a Sept. 22 story.
HHS preps skeleton crew for government shutdown
A government shutdown would leave HHS with about half of its staff, with 42 percent furloughed on the second day of closure.
60 IT job openings at Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic and NYU Langone
Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic and NYU Langone are all searching for IT-related talent.
How OSF is going into 'margin repair mode'
As Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, CFO Michael Allen told Becker’s that the task ahead is ‘margin repair.’
Stanford, Scripps executives share their thoughtful approaches to growth
Long-term vision is crucial for any hospital and health system. And today, health system executives must balance the need for growth with challenges related to finances, the workforce and operations.
Ransomware group didn't leak data from New York hospitals
LockBit, a ransomware gang, said it would leak stolen data from Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital and Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center if a ransom was not paid by Sept. 18, but the hospital officials said that did not happen, WWNY repo…
