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Optum strikes patient referral deal with Virginia Mason

Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health has partnered with UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Washington, with Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle operating as the physician group’s primary acute-care referral center, according to the health …

19 top hospitals and systems, 27K open jobs

Hospitals and health systems continue to grapple with staffing challenges, including shortages. Below are the number of job openings at hospitals that were named to the U.S. News & World Report’s 2022-23 Best Hospitals Honor Roll.

AHA welcomes CMS proposals to improve Medicaid, CHIP access

Plans for a multiyear commitment addressing health access challenges for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program beneficiaries have been praised by the American Hospital Association.

11 charged in $2B telehealth fraud scheme

The Justice Department has charged 11 individuals in connection with telehealth fraud schemes that resulted in more than $2 billion in false claims.

4 delayed hospital construction projects

Supply chain issues, inflation and capital costs caused hospitals in Pennsylvania, Arizona, New Jersey and Virginia to delay or scrap expansion plans.

14 Mount Sinai-supported startups

New York City-based Mount Sinai has an active innovation arm helping a diverse group of companies, including precision diagnostic companies focusing on allergies and vaccine platforms.

Epic's biggest moves in the first half of 2023

From partnering with Microsoft and Nuance to add GPT-4 powered clinical documentation to its software, to getting leading health systems and hospitals from across the U.S. to use its software to share health information with the Trusted Exchange Framew…

IBM using generative AI to develop COVID-19 antivirals

IBM and the University of Oxford used generative artificial intelligence to find four new potential COVID-19 antiviral drugs.

Regulations on EHR AI use could come later this year

HHS has proposed a rule that would require EHR systems using AI and algorithms to provide additional information to its users about how those technologies work, FedScoop reported June 28. 

Former Mass General Brigham CEO lands $115M for digital mental health company

Gary Gottlieb, MD, the former CEO of Boston-based Mass General Brigham, has co-founded Author Health, a digital mental health company serving Medicare Advantage patients, Boston Business Journals reported June 28.