A ransomware gang is auctioning off Social Security numbers, passport information and health data from more than 500,000 patients and employees of Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, CyberNews reported Aug. 24.
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Physician, former cancer group president pleads guilty in antitrust case
William Harwin, MD, former president and managing partner of Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute in Fort Myers, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to allocate oncology treatments for cancer patients in Southwest Florida.
12 executive appointments at Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic is a $13 billion, 23-hospital system that Tom Mihaljevic, MD, has led as CEO and president since January 2018.
Sutter Health faces challenge on $400M antitrust win
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health may be facing an uphill battle after an appeals court judge questioned the legitimacy of a recent $400 million win in an antitrust suit, according to an Aug. 24 Law360 report.
PeaceHealth at odds with unions as closures, layoffs loom
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is closing locations, causing frustration amongst displaced workers and the union representing them.
'We can no longer simply increase wages': What health systems are doing instead for retention
The national healthcare staffing shortage has inflated wages and increased competition for talented nurses and clinical support staff. For a while, hospitals’ main retention strategy was increased wages; that’s changing as nurses feel more comfortable …
2 hospitals appealing price transparency fines
Two hospitals that were recently fined by CMS for alleged price transparency violations are appealing the punishments.
Hospitals get new CAUTI guidance
A group of five medical societies released new recommendations aimed at preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals Aug. 25.
West Virginia hospital infection free since 2021 opening
Since opening in December 2021, there has not been a single hospital-acquired infection at Mon Health Marion Neighborhood Hospital in White Hall, W. Va..
How NCLEX pass rates compare to pre-COVID stats
Pass rates of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s new NCLEX testing format were “similar to statistics reported prior to the pandemic,” Nicole Williams, MSN, RN, the associate director of examinations told Becker’s.
