The American Hospital Association has labeled CMS’ $957 million cut to Medicare disproportionate share hospitals for 2024 as “simply unacceptable” and criticized the agency for a lack of transparency in how it calculates the uninsured rate and its effe…
Bridgeport, Conn.-based federally qualified health center Optimus Health agreed to pay more than $470,000 to settle false claim improper billing allegations.
Deaths and years of disability from exposure to air pollution increased 31 percent worldwide since 1990, according to a study published Aug. 9 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Teddy Jones has been named CFO of Medical City North Hills, effective Aug. 14.
Tenet Healthcare CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, has been elected to serve as chair of the board of directors of the Dallas-based system, effective immediately.
Wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have killed six people, consumed homes and destroyed multiple commercial buildings — including one hospital-run clinic and one dialysis center, Hilton Raethel, president and CEO of the Healthcare Association of …
Biosense Webster, a Johnson & Johnson-owned company focused on cardiac arrhythmia treatment, announced that several of its catheter products have received FDA approval for a zero fluoroscopy workflow, according to an Aug. 4 news release.
Dignity Health’s St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino, Calif., has named Charlie Abraham, MD, as its new chief medical officer, City News Group reported Aug. 9.
NRC Health has identified 12 health systems, hospitals and medical groups that go above and beyond to provide excellence in patient experience, the healthcare data firm said Aug. 8.
Earlier this year, As You Sow issued its annual report on “overpaid” CEOs among the S&P 500.
