Hundreds of nurses who have asserted their innocence in the national degree scheme are still fighting to win back their licenses.
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Prime hospital plan would violate state staffing ratios, union says
Members of the Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union and the California Nurses Association say Prime Healthcare’s Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, Calif., has proposed a new staffing plan that would violate the state’s staffing ratio law …
6 healthcare orgs push back on parts of new CMS sepsis rule
Six of the nation’s leading healthcare associations have penned new recommendations on sepsis care to CMS on behalf of U.S. hospitals, which face the loss of federal funding if they fail to meet new benchmarks.
Shuttered Texas hospital may get 2nd chance
St. Mark’s Medical Center in La Grange, Texas, shuttered on Oct. 12 — not for a lack of trying.
Alaska hospital reinstates former CFO
Joe Wanner is returning to Bartlett Regional Hospital as CFO, effective Nov. 15.
Stanford hospital may be fined $4M for added traffic
Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, Calif., is requesting a revision of a city agreement that requires more than one-third of its employees to get to the hospital without cars, Palo Alto Weekly reported Oct. 18.
How Vanderbilt is expanding access to care
Growing access to care through capital expansion projects is one of the top priorities for Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Trinity Health investing aggressively in Medicare Advantage, COO says
Some hospitals and health systems may be souring on Medicare Advantage, but one of the country’s largest nonprofit systems is instead full steam ahead on the program.
Epic EHR meets Amazon Echo at Houston Methodist
Houston Methodist went live with a pilot Oct. 19 that connects Amazon’s Echo Dot with its Epic EHR system.
Minnesota system latest to drop weight loss drug coverage for employees
Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare is ending coverage for Wegovy and other injectable weight loss drugs from its employee health insurance plan next year, the Star Tribune reported Oct. 20.
