Denosumab, a bone-modifying agent for cancer treatment, is being overused and costing Medicare more than $43 million each year, a recent Memorial Sloan Kettering study found.
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TikTokers stealing clinicians' identities to promote supplements
Dozens of TikTok accounts are using social media photos from real physicians, nurses and dental clinicians to promote a range of supplements and unchecked health claims — with few people policing them, Forbes reported March 4.
'World's most ethical companies' list includes health systems
Ethisphere Institute, a for-profit company that defines and measures corporate ethical standards, has released its 2024 list of the “world’s most ethical companies,” which includes health systems and other healthcare companies.
Judge dismisses NYU Langone's trademark lawsuit against Northwell
A federal judge on March 1 dismissed a trademark lawsuit brought by New York City-based NYU Langone Health System and NYU Langone Hospitals against New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health regarding the use of the color purple and other elements in N…
Duke Health names new CFO
Lisa Goodlett joined Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System as CFO March 4.
Wyoming hospital names CFO
Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins, Wyo., has tapped Margaret Fontana as CFO.
How Nebraska Medicine is bucking nurse turnover
After Nebraska Medicine turned to AI, the organization was able to reduce first-year nurse turnover by 40%.
Change Healthcare offers funding program, prescribing workaround after cyberattack: 7 updates
Optum’s Change Healthcare continued to deal with outages March 1, nine days after a ransomware attack took its systems offline. Here are seven updates.
Lawmakers question Aspirus CEO over hospital service changes
U.S. and Michigan lawmakers are seeking answers to concerns regarding the recently announced transition of services at Aspirus Ontonagon (Mich.) Hospital.
'That's what Indiana deserves': IU Health CFO on capital projects, community investment
After reporting $1.1 billion in net income in 2023, compared to a $715 million net loss in 2022, Jenni Alvey, senior vice president and CFO of IU Health, is pleased with how the health system is coming out of the pandemic.
