Hackers have been impersonating hospital revenue cycle workers and tricking IT staff into giving them log-in credentials to steal money from the health systems, the American Hospital Association warned.
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Health systems want tech to make work 'more human'
Healthcare delivery needs more humanity. Over the last 15 years, clinicians have been forced behind the computer entering data into the EHR during patient visits. Increasing patient volume and workforce shortages make it a challenge to deliver high-tou…
Optum Perks launches new telehealth service
Optum Perks, a prescription discount provider, has launched a new telehealth service that provides affordable healthcare and prescription treatments for conditions such as acne, cough and high blood pressure.
Ex-Illinois hospital COO pleads guilty in fraud scheme
An attorney who worked as a vice president and COO of an Illinois hospital pleaded guilty Jan. 22 to a federal fraud charge.
3 major care providers facing closure
Continued financial challenges have led to closure discussions at three major care providers in the last week.
2024 a 'vigorous season' for hospital M&A
Healthcare merger and acquisition activity has been up and down over the last few years, with activity slow in the first three quarters of last year. However, 2024 will be a “vigorous season for M&A activity in healthcare,” according to a Jan. 22 Grant…
HCA ramps up Texas M&A
In the last two months, HCA Healthcare has scooped up multiple hospitals, freestanding emergency departments and surgery centers in Texas.
The work nurse leaders would rather be doing
Nurses said their favorite tasks were employee engagement and retention efforts and their least favorite tasks were capacity issues, according to an American Organization for Nursing Leadership Foundation study.
Guthrie migrates care to shuttered Pennsylvania hospital
Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic is now seeing patients at the former Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa.
The best, worst states to retire
Florida was ranked the best place to retire while Kentucky was the worst, according to a Jan. 22 report from personal finance website WalletHub.
