Advocate Health Care on Dec. 17 unveiled plans to expand on Chicago’s South Side with $1 billion invested in new facilities and services.
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Congress' healthcare package: Key wins for hospitals, telehealth and physician pay
Lawmakers have unveiled a sweeping government funding deal containing a significant healthcare package that would extend Medicare telehealth flexibilities, increase physician reimbursement rates and implement new regulations targeting pharmacy benefit …
Aspirus Health's plan to fill gap left by HSHS hospital closures moves forward
Chippewa Falls (Wis.) City Council has approved Aspirus Health’s proposed location for a new hospital in the city to fill a gap left in the region from the closure of two hospitals earlier this year, WEAU reported Dec. 17.
Tufts Medicine names SVP of revenue cycle
Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine has named Rachel Verville senior vice president of revenue cycle, according to a Dec. 17 post on her LinkedIn page.
Google, Suki partner on clinical assistant
Suki and Google Cloud are advancing clinical support technology to include patient summaries and a question-and-answer functionality.
New York cancer center opens $98M cell, gene therapy hub
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center opened a $98 million cell and gene therapy hub aimed at growing the center’s capabilities for cancer cell therapy research.
2023 chemotherapy shortage did not affect mortality rates: 6 study notes
A 2023 shortage of the generic platinum-based chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin had no effect on cancer mortality rates, according to a study published Dec. 3 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
PBMs secretly profited from opioid crisis: New York Times
Pharmacy benefit managers were paid by drugmakers, including Purdue Pharma, to keep opioid prescriptions flowing even as overdose deaths soared across the U.S., according to an investigation by The New York Times.
Tufts Medicine reports $68.2M operating loss, -10.2% margin in Q3
Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine reported an operating loss of $68.2 million (-10.2% margin) in the third quarter, compared to a $61 million loss (-9.6% margin) recorded in the same period in 2023.
New Mexico hospital names COO
Mary Armijo has been appointed COO of Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., effective Jan. 6.
