CMS proposed installing staffing requirements in nursing homes Sept. 1, a few days after the agency posted, then unpublished, research that failed to find a recommended staffing level in skilled nursing facilities.
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Digital health company raises $26.5M
Better Life Partners, a virtual substance use disorder treatment company, raised $26.5 million in series B financing.
Shuttered Illinois hospital files for bankruptcy
St. Margaret’s Health, which has been closed since June, filed two petitions of Chapter 11 bankruptcy for its St. Margaret’s Spring Valley (Ill.) and St. Margaret’s Peru (Ill.) facilities, Shaw Local News Network reported Sept. 1.
7 recent CFO exits
Here are seven hospital and health system CFO exits that Becker’s has reported on since its last roundup May 5:
8 RCM headlines to know from August
From a hospital delaying its Epic installation due to an RCM change to what three health system leaders see as the biggest challenges right now, here are eight revenue cycle management headlines Becker’s reported in August:
Where 11 leaders want more collaboration in healthcare
Collaboration is a common buzzword in healthcare, and some leaders worry it can be merely a vague concept. But collaboration can yield results when combined with focus.
Viewpoint: What will — and won't — change about cardiology in 50 years
Almost nothing that we view as modern cardiology was available 50 years ago. Cardiac procedures and surgery, cardiac intensive care units, almost all cardiovascular medications and even cardiology as a specialty were either unknown or very early in dev…
ChristianaCare to use $1M donation to purchase new radiology tech
Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare will use a $1 million donation to purchase a radiography system for breast cancer detection at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute, according to an Aug. 31 report from the Delaware Business Times.
Director of pediatric heart transplants leaves state over anti-LGBTQ laws
A swath of anti-LGBTQ bills that have moved through the Louisiana legislature throughout 2023 prompted Jake Kleinmahon, MD — one of only a few pediatric cardiologists in the state who handle heart transplants — to depart the state with his husband, CNN…
California system to pay $5M to settle false claim allegations
Lompoc (Calif.) Valley Medical Center has agreed to pay $5 million to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medi-Cal related to Medicaid Adult Expansion under the ACA.
