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Ochsner resident arrested after video camera found in staff bathroom

An Ochsner resident is facing 10 counts of video voyeurism after a camera was found inside a hospital bathroom, NBC affiliate WDSU reported Aug. 3.

Physician-owned hospitals have worse readmission metrics: AHA

Physician-owned hospitals have worse readmission and Medicare quality measures than full-service community hospitals, a new analysis from the American Hospital Association found.

HCA facing new lawsuit related to data breach

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is facing the fifth lawsuit from patients relating to a July data breach that compromised the information of 11 million patients, law.com reported Aug. 4.

Troubled PeaceHealth reports $240.7M operating loss

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth saw further losses in its fiscal year ending June 30 even as it reduced labor costs.

IU Health revenue broken down by payer

Indianapolis-based IU Health posted $2.2 billion in second-quarter revenue — up 9.2 percent year over year — and $4.3 billion in revenue for the first half of the year, according to financial documents published Aug. 3.

CHS revenue broken down by payer

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems reported $3.1 billion in net operating revenue in the second quarter, with managed care comprising nearly 48 percent of revenue, according to financial documents published Aug. 3.

Meet the chief medical officers at US News' 2023-24 honor roll hospitals

U.S. News & World Report named 22 hospitals to its 2023-24 Best Regional Hospitals Honor Roll Aug. 1. 

New Jersey hospital workers go on strike

Members of United Steelworkers Local 4-200 are on strike Aug. 4 at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.

Hospitals around the country affected by Prospect Medical ransomware attack

A ransomware attack is affecting hospitals around the country owned and operated by Prospect Medical Holdings, a 16-hospital system based in Culver City, Calif.

Newly launched Project Empower more of a 'longer-term play,' CHS CFO says

Community Health Systems, one of the largest for-profit healthcare systems, will be implementing its new Project Empower initiative in a few weeks, but the effects of it will not be fully known for a few years.