Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 23, 2021

KFF: Preventable COVID hospitalizations among unvaccinated cost U.S. health system $2.3B. Mon, 08/23/2021 - 16:01.

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Hospitals 143

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Over 250 hospitals and health systems came together this week urging House and Senate leaders to again postpone or eliminate billions in funding cuts to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital | The payments offsetting hospitals' uncompensated care costs are scheduled to dip by $8 billion annually beginning Oct.

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Hospitals 74

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 25, 2023

Health system hospitals, physicians deliver 'marginally' better care at higher cost than independent peers: study dmuoio Wed, 01/25/2023 - 13:52

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Hospitals 105

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Beaumont Health, Spectrum Health complete 22-hospital merger to form Michigan's largest health system. Tue, 02/01/2022 - 09:54.

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Hospitals 98

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 24, 2023

Hospital, health system boards saw low turnover, slow diversity gains from 2018-2022, AHA finds dmuoio Tue, 01/24/2023 - 10:23

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Hospitals 108

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Levine: Hospitals, health systems must do part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thu, 11/04/2021 - 15:08.

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Hospitals 128

Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 17, 2023

Two of Portland, Oregon’s leading healthcare providers announced plans Wednesday evening to merge and form a 10-hospital, $6.6 billion health system. Should the nonprofits' deal close, the resulting system would pull more than $6 billion in annual revenue and become the largest employer in the Portland, Oregon, metro area.

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Hospitals 52

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare, SCL Health unveil plans to form 33-hospital, $14B system. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:44.

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Hospitals 129

Pharmacy Times

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Pharmacy Times spoke with Carina Dolan, PharmD, Editor in Chief of the Pharmacy Market Outlook, about the highlights and the big picture moving forward for hospitals and health systems.

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Hospitals 65

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

UnityPoint Health, Henry Ford Health System expand SNF- and hospital-at-home care services with new partnerships. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 17:06.

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Hospitals 109

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Ascension, AdventHealth are breaking up Amita Health, their 19-hospital joint system. Thu, 10/21/2021 - 17:40.

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Hospitals 110

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente recruit 11 health system partners for new hospital-at-home advocacy coalition. Wed, 10/13/2021 - 16:27.

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Mayo Clinic Hospitals 121

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Hospitals across multiple states have reopened their emergency rooms but continue to face disruptions after parent company Ardent Health Services was hit by a ransomware attack a week ago.

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Hospitals 137

Pharmacy Times

DECEMBER 11, 2023

More drugs plus a growing population of older and sicker patients is creating medication-alert overload for already stressed clinicians.

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Hospitals 145

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wisconsin's Bellin Health, Gundersen Health System to close 11-hospital merger on Nov. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 16:13.

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Hospitals 52

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 17, 2024

Health systems across the country face the same pressing problem — rising levels of burnout among physicians. A growing number of hospitals and health systems are betting on advancements in AI as part of the cure for what ails physicians. It’s a challenge that’s reaching a crisis point. |

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Hospitals 110

Drug Topics

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Patients hospitalized for either virus had an increased risk of death, hospital readmission, and health problems in multiple organ systems over 18 months of follow-up.

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Hospitals 195

PhRMA

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Yet another study highlights the unintended consequences of the 340B program, which is increasing costs for patients and the health care system as a whole. Given that 340B hospitals mark up the price of medicines significantly more than physician offices, this shift in site of care is driving up costs for the entire system.

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Hospitals 286

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2024

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has found its first national health system buyer for hospital drugs currently in short supply. | The 71-hospital for-profit is the first national health system buyer to cut a deal with the billionaire-backed generic drug maker.

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Hospitals 136

STAT

APRIL 24, 2024

HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States, is planning to expand the use of an artificial intelligence tool to document doctor-patient interactions in its emergency rooms. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Documentation Hospitals 98

Pharmacy Times

JUNE 22, 2022

Vaccinations are a critical preventive vaccinations are a critical preventive health measure and are routinely recommended from an early age. Indeed, the first hepatitis B vaccine in the series can be administered within 12 to 24 hours of birth.

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STAT

MARCH 26, 2024

Troubled hospital operator Steward Health Care, grappling with a financial crisis that’s engulfed its eight Massachusetts hospitals, has moved to shore up its finances by striking a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to insurance giant UnitedHealth’s Optum Care unit.

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Hospitals Documentation Insurance 142

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 11, 2024

Hospitals and health systems have kicked off the calendar year with a flurry of merger and acquisition deals reflecting several different strategic trends driving providers in 2024. |

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Hospitals 113

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 12, 2023

The Wisconsin and Minnesota nonprofits' announcement is the latest in a string of large-scale health system mergers brewing in the Midwest.

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Hospitals 98

STAT

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Hospitals, pharmacies, and other health care providers are getting stuck in an insurance processing logjam after UnitedHealth Group disclosed a cyberattack within a recently acquired subsidiary that serves as a central hub for payments across the industry. The company took down its Change Healthcare payment systems, which remain out.

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Insurance Hospitals Insurance Processing 145

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Massachusetts healthcare organizations announced this week that every hospital, health system and local health plan in the state is removing “stigmatizing or invasive” mental health questions from | In a nationwide first, every hospital, health system and local health plan in the state has signed on to removing sensitive mental health questions from (..)

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Hospitals 128

STAT

APRIL 2, 2024

WASHINGTON — Health care costs are getting so high that prices are literally running off of the page. Medicare on a couple of occasions recently has had to deal with billing forms that don’t provide adequate space for prices. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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Hospitals 141

Fierce Healthcare

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Blue Shield of California members will no longer be covered across 17 Adventist Health hospitals, the hospital system recently announced. Blue Shield of California and Adventist Health were unable to reach a new contract agreement, leaving members without coverage since Dec.

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Hospitals 124

STAT

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Chicago pediatric hospital Lurie Children’s has been forced to take its network offline in the face of a “cybersecurity matter” as experts warn of heightened threats against health systems across the country. The disruptions reportedly began Wednesday.

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Hospitals 116

Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

described the $739 billion climate, tax, and health bill “ as one of the defining legislative feats of the twenty-first century ,” and Biden similarly touted the IRA as “ one of the most significant laws in our history.” Hospitals and health systems have long advocated for lower prescription drug prices.

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Hospitals Omnicell Pharmaceutical Companies Pharmaceutical Companies 52

STAT

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Children’s hospitals were spared from the worst ravages of the pandemic, putting them in a much stronger financial position than their acute-care peers. The result, according to a new Fitch report , is children’s hospitals have more cash and stronger margins than larger hospitals.

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Hospitals Vaccines 97

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 14, 2024

Mayo Clinic wants to help digital health more quickly—and more cost-effectively—bring its innovations into the hospital. | The Mayo Clinic Platform's Solutions Studio program will work with digital health companies "from idea to integration into clinical workflows."

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Mayo Clinic Hospitals 134

STAT

APRIL 26, 2024

MultiPlan is facing a new class action lawsuit that alleges the company and large health insurers “conspired to fix, suppress, and stabilize” payments made for out-of-network medical claims.

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Hospitals Insurance 72

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 10, 2024

Banner Health CEO Peter Fine will retire on June 30 after 24 years in the $14 billion system’s top role, according to a Tuesday announcement from its Board of Directors.

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Hospitals 98

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Intermountain Healthcare, a health system that operates 33 hospitals across seven western states, is transitioning from Oracle Health's Cerner electronic health record to rival Epic, citing higher | Intermountain Healthcare, a health system that operates 33 hospitals across seven western states, is transitioning from Oracle Health's Cerner (..)

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Cerner Hospitals 132

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 21, 2024

More than 100 provider organizations want the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take a tougher stance on Medicare Advantage (MA) plans’ practices following an industry survey es | Providers spent nearly $20 billion in 2022 pursuing delays and denials across all payer types, yet those efforts are substantially more costly on average (..)

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Hospitals 144

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 27, 2024

Tenet Healthcare has wrapped up its deal to sell four hospitals and their related outpatient sites to UCI Health, according to a Wednesday announcement academic system. |

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Hospitals 118