As payers look to consolidate their claims and administrative platforms, KLAS Research scored the top vendors in an Aug. 15 report.
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43,000 California health system patients to receive notices of possible billing corrections, refunds
About 43,000 former patients of Santa Clara Valley (Calif.) Healthcare will receive notices of possible billing corrections and refunds.
From Beds to Clinics: How 37 Healthcare Leaders Are Adapting to the Outpatient Revolution
Becker’s asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their organization’s areas of growth for the next few years.
Jefferson sells lab business for $108M
Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University, owner of Jefferson Health, sold its lab business for $108 million, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Aug. 14.
Some health system IT execs taking on multiple roles
Some health system IT executives have been taking on multiple roles, such as CIOs taking on the tasks of chief digital officer. The moves have been cited as enabling an overarching technology vision for the organization.
'Blue legs': Another potential long COVID-19 symptom
Pooling of blood in the legs causing them to turn a bluish color is the latest symptom researchers have linked to long COVID-19, according to a researcher at the University of Leeds in the U.K.
20 healthcare companies with the widest CEO-worker pay gaps
At Align Technology — the San Jose, Calif.-based orthodontics manufacturer responsible for Invisalign — the CEO makes 1,026 times what the median worker brings in.
Prospect Medical hospitals still disrupted by cyberattack nearly 2 weeks later
Hospitals in multiple states continue to be disrupted by a ransomware attack on their parent company, Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, nearly two weeks earlier.
Sanford Health reports $121M 1H profit
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has reported an operating gain of $71.8 million on revenue of $3.6 billion just weeks after the merger plan with Minneapolis-based Fairview Health was nixed.
Employers hiring fewer teens
Fewer teens are working this year, and employers added the lowest total of teen jobs for the summer months since 2010.
