Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles
Financial penalties increased hospitals' price transparency compliance: Study
Hospitals are more likely to comply with price transparency requirements when they face larger financial penalties for noncompliance, a study published June 29 in JAMA Network Open found.78 charged in sweeping $2.5B fraud scheme
The Justice Department has charged 78 individuals, including 24 physicians, for their alleged participation in a sweeping $2.5 billion telehealth, pharmaceutical and opioid distribution fraud scheme.HCA makes 6 hospital, division executive changes
HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., made leadership changes at several of its hospitals and divisions in recent weeks.
7 RCM headlines to know from June
From HFMA naming its 2023 MAP Awards winners to an RCM firm closing that 489,830 patients were affected by a third-party data breach, here are seven revenue cycle management headlines to know from June:New subvariant is not cause for alarm, experts say
Health experts are cautiously monitoring EU.1.1, a new SARS-CoV-2 subvariant the CDC started tracking this week. So far, experts said they have not seen anything that raises red flags.'We're definitely not ready for Dr. ChatGPT': Hospital digital leaders' favorite generative AI platforms
Health system digital leaders told Becker's they use different generative artificial intelligence programs depending on the situation, but "Dr. ChatGPT" hasn't arrived just yet.Physician group to buy, reopen Florida hospital that closed last year
Bonifay, Fla.-based Doctors Memorial Hospital plans to purchase Healthmark Regional Medical Center, a 50-bed hospital in Defuniak Springs, Fla., that closed in March 2022, mypanhandle.com reported June 28.
Pennsylvania system lays off 53; 226 positions cut since January
Greensburg, Pa.-based Independence Health System laid off 53 employees this week and has cut 226 positions — including resignations, retirements and elimination of vacant positions — since January, The Butler Eagle reported June 28.Mississippi hospital CEO turnover on track for highest-ever year
Mississippi's hospital CEO turnover might hit a record high this year, Mississippi Media reported June 28.$390M for nurses: How hospitals, colleges are tackling the shortage
With 94 percent of hospitals of health executives reporting their shortage of nurses as "critical," the industry is plugging hundreds of millions of dollars into reversing the trend.New Jersey cancer center 1st to dose patient with new tumor treatment
Summit, N.J.-based Gerald J. Glasser Brain Tumor Center at Overlook Medical Center is the first in the nation to dose a patient with a glioblastoma tumor treatment aimed at increasing the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy.
Former Ochsner exec named CFO of Mississippi system
Memorial Health System in Gulfport, Miss., named William Barrette CFO, effective March 6, the Mississippi Hospital Association said in a June 26 news release.MetroWest Medical Center names CFO
Framingham, Mass.-based MetroWest Medical Center has named Stephanie Jackman-Havey CFO.Staff at HCA Texas hospitals get pay bump
Members of the Service Employees International Union at Las Palmas and Del Sol medical centers in El Paso, Texas, will receive pay increases under a new, recently approved contract, the El Paso Times reported June 28.Hospital construction costs in 12 large U.S. cities
Los Angeles is the most expensive city to build a hospital costing $970 per square foot at the high end of the range, according to a second quarter 2023 report from construction consulting firm Rider Levett Bucknall.20 top critical access hospitals | 2023
The National Rural Health Association named the top 20 critical access hospitals in the nation in early June.Yale New Haven Health hit with rating downgrade
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health saw its default rating and that on a series of bonds downgraded one notch to "A+" from "AA-" amid continued operating woes, Fitch said June 28.HCA Florida hospital taps chief medical officer
Kimberly Salazar, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of HCA Florida Citrus Hospital in Inverness, the hospital said June 28.Top 10 cancer hospitals, per Newsweek
Newsweek released its annual list of America's Best Cancer Hospitals for 2023.Florida children's hospital taps chief of cardiovascular surgery
Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists tapped Joseph Forbess, MD, as chief of the section of cardiovascular surgery.
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