Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System received approval on Aug. 1 from the Hillsborough Industrial Development Authority for a $1.9 billion bond to advance care across west central Florida.
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CMS sets 2.9% inpatient pay bump for hospitals in 2025: 6 things to know
CMS on Aug. 1 released its Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule, which will increase inpatient hospital payments by 2.9% in fiscal year 2025.
HCA California hospital names chief nursing officer
Effective Aug. 5, Jesse Roque, MSN, will step into the chief nursing officer role at Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
How health systems are handling a blood culture bottle shortage
Health systems are grappling with effects from the BD BACTEC blood culture media bottle shortage.
DOJ will offer rewards to whistleblowers exposing healthcare fraud
The Justice Department is starting a pilot program to reward whistleblowers who expose healthcare fraud schemes involving private insurance plans.
WellSpan, Temple U to establish new medical school campus
WellSpan Health and Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine have signed a memorandum outlining their intentions to establish a new regional medical school campus in York, Pa., the two shared with Becker’s via email Aug. 1.
New Mexico hospital names interim CEO
Amanda Shurtz, MSN, RN, was named interim CEO of Alta Vista Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M.
NYC Health + Hospitals' lifestyle medicine program adds monthly produce boxes
NYC Health + Hospitals has launched a free produce delivery service for patients in its lifestyle medicine program.
WHO warns of moderate-risk level for drug-resistant K. pneumoniae
A strain of bacteria that causes severe and sometimes drug-resistant infections has been detected in all six World Health Organization regions, the group reported July 31.
Dallas systems partner on pediatric post-acute care
Nexus Children’s Hospital-Dallas has partnered with Pediatric Acute Care Associates of North Texas to provide a continuity of care for pediatric patients at Medical City Hospital Dallas.
