An attorney who worked as a vice president and COO of an Illinois hospital and pleaded guilty to a federal mail fraud charge has been sentenced to a year and a half in federal prison.
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18 states leaving MGMA
On May 1, the Arizona Medical Group Management Association told the national MGMA it would end its affiliation. In the last few months, 17 other states have done the same and rebranded as Healthcare Leaders Associations.
Another system partners with Cost Plus Drugs
Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth will begin purchasing certain bulk drugs from Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Co., the 94-hospital system said May 1. This marks Cost Plus Drugs’ second health system partnership.
'A crisis of your creating': UnitedHealth CEO grilled by Congress on cyberattack
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty expressed that he was “deeply deeply sorry” about the impact that the late February cyberattack against Change Healthcare has had on patients and providers during May 1 congressional hearings.
Why hospital executives think Walmart Health failed
Health system leaders told Becker’s they’re not surprised by the failure of Walmart Health given the arduous economics of healthcare and the difficulty of providing primary care at scale.
Travel nurse pay by state
Average weekly travel nurse pay in the U.S. in April was $2,333.12, down 1.12% from the previous month, according to data shared with Becker’s from Vivian, a healthcare career marketplace.
Louisiana hospital makes interim CEO permanent
New Orleans-based Touro hospital, part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health, has tapped Christopher Lege, MD, as its permanent CEO.
U.S. healthcare job openings decrease
U.S. job openings hit 8.5 million in March of 2024, the lowest level of openings since March of 2021.
Novant Health plans cancer-focused hospital
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is looking to build a 26-bed, cancer-focused hospital.
Health systems vs. payers and the consolidation debate
The largest health systems, on average, have far less market share than the top three payers in each state, despite concerns from policymakers and the public, according to a report published May 1 by the Association of American Colleges Research and Ac…
