Home visit companies pushed nurses to run screening tests and add diagnoses during patient visits, which added up to about $15 billion in extra pay from Medicare Advantage between 2019 to 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 4.
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Judy Faulkner's philosophy on interoperability
Epic founder and CEO Judy Faulkner said her company helped pave the way for interoperability in healthcare by getting health systems to buy into data exchange.
Blood center restoring IT after cyberattack that affected hospitals
An organization that supplies blood to hundreds of hospitals in the southeast is coming back online after a July 29 ransomware attack.
Tenet to sell 5 Alabama hospitals to Orlando Health
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has agreed to sell its 70% majority ownership interest in Birmingham, Ala.-based Brookwood Baptist Health to Orlando (Fla.) Health.
Steward to lay off 1,243 Massachusetts employees amid hospital closures
Dallas-based Steward Health Care has shared plans to lay off a total of 1,243 employees due to the closure of two of its Massachusetts hospitals, Dorchester, Mass.-based Carney Hospital and Ayer, Mass.-based Nashoba Valley Medical Center, by Aug. 31.
California hospital posts 1st profitable Q3 in more than 3 years, CFO says
El Centro (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, an affiliate of UC San Diego Health, is making strides towards its financial turnaround and reported $7.2 million in operating income in the third quarter of fiscal 2024, compared to a $6.5 million net loss i…
Why U of Utah Health overhauled surgical tech pay
In the post-pandemic era, hospitals and health systems are focused on how to manage their healthcare workforce in a way that meets employees’ needs and aligns with organizational goals. For Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health, this involves …
Former Jefferson CMIO joins SUNY Upstate
Syracuse, N.Y.-based SUNY Upstate Medical University has appointed John Kairys, MD, as its new chief medical information officer.
Former CEO of Florida's Baptist Health dies
William Cordell Mason, EdD, CEO and president emeritus of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health, died July 2 at age 86, according to his obituary published by The Florida Times-Union.
Patient injured in shooting at South Carolina hospital
A patient was injured in an officer-involved shooting at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, S.C., on Aug. 2, state and hospital officials confirmed to Becker’s.
