Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 15, 2024

Nearly every hospital is feeling the consequences of Change Healthcare’s cyberattack on their finances, patient care delivery, or both, according to reports from almost 1,000 hospitals compiled by | Almost 60% of surveyed hospitals reported at least $1 million of impacted revenues per day, and 74% said that the incident has had "direct" implications (..)

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Hospitals Patient Care 139

Drug Topics

JANUARY 22, 2024

Of the 2596 patients included in the study, the hospitalization rates were 31.5% for Omicron, 27.7% for influenza, and 81.7% for RSV.

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Hospitals 185

STAT

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Hospitals’ list prices for surgeries, therapies, and other procedures always come with massive discounts. Financial documents at a prominent hospital system in Los Angeles show just how large those discounts are — and how raw of a deal uninsured patients could be getting. Cedars-Sinai reported more than $10.2

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Hospitals Documentation Insurance 134

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

STAT

MARCH 26, 2024

A new study of hospitals’ charity care spending suggests nonprofit hospitals really aren’t that different from their for-profit counterparts. One major benefit of being a nonprofit hospital is receiving tax exemptions on property taxes, income taxes, and sales taxes.

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Hospitals 141

STAT

APRIL 8, 2024

The world’s first recipient of a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig experienced a rejection episode before recovering and leaving the hospital last week, a Massachusetts General Hospital doctor told STAT. But in his first few days back at home in Weymouth, Mass.,

Hospitals 144

Hospitals 144

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.

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Insurance Hospitals Insurance Processing 145

STAT

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Hospitals acquired by private equity saw a 25% uptick in adverse events compared with controls, according to a new study released today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. There’s ample evidence that private equity buyouts in health care drive up costs. A new study shows quality declines, too.

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Hospitals Nursing Homes Insurance 145

pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Explore how innovation in healthcare can be scaled across hospitals and nations, driving transformation through research & development, biotech collaborations, and fostering start-ups in the industry.

Hospitals 122

Hospitals 122

STAT

APRIL 17, 2024

Federal rules forcing hospitals and insurers to post rates for medical procedures have taken effect, but the data’s so messy that a crop of new startups is rushing in to make a business out of parsing it for whoever is willing to pay.

Hospitals 103

Hospitals Insurance 103

STAT

APRIL 4, 2024

The prices charged by hospitals are exorbitant and rising. Here’s just the tip of the iceberg: $722.50 for a nurse to push a drug into an IV. 21,500 for ten stitches. Private health insurance premiums paid by working age adults are rising rapidly.

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Hospitals Insurance 133

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 26, 2024

Walk the floors of a busy hospital today and you’ll see signs of a healthcare workforce in crisis. It really doesn’t matter which hospital, or where. The signs are the same across the country. Nurses have been pushed to the limit. Their dedication and resolve is tested every day against the stark reality of an overburdened system.

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Hospitals 109

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 11, 2024

doctors employed by hospitals or other corporate entities as of the new year, according to a new | Nearly 4 in 5 physicians are employed by a hospital, payer, pharmacy chain or other corporate entity as of Jan. The decadelong decline of independent physicians rolled on in 2022 and 2023 with a new high of 77.6%

Hospitals 125

Hospitals 125

Drug Topics

JULY 14, 2023

A Western Australian study found the influenza vaccine has a possible protective effect against hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

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Hospitals Vaccines 182

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2024

Four Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) hospitals are the first in the country to achieve the Joint Commission’s sustainable healthcare certification. | Four Hackensack Meridian Health hospitals are the first in the country to achieve the Joint Commission’s sustainable healthcare certification.

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Hospitals 117

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Two of Trinity Health’s affiliate hospitals mounted lawsuits against a large anesthesia group alleging that non-compete and non-solicitation clauses included in its providers’ contracts restrict co | The latest pushback against large anesthesiology groups' market power and practices alleges "millions of dollars" in damages for each hospital (..)

Hospitals 135

Hospitals 135

STAT

OCTOBER 10, 2023

WASHINGTON — Hospitals get tax breaks that are worth far more than the value of the charity care they provide in return for their tax-exempt status, according to a report by Senate health committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). The American Hospital Association called the report “just plain wrong.”

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Hospitals 135

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 26, 2024

Ascension has a definitive agreement in place to offload three Northern Michigan hospitals and other facilities to MyMichigan Health. |

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Hospitals 98

STAT

JANUARY 10, 2024

A lawsuit between a large hospital system and a dominant vendor that works for health insurance companies is getting a lot more heated — with one party calling the other an “economic parasite.” Morgan Healthcare Conference. AdventHealth did not attend this year’s conference, but did so last year.

Hospitals 110

Hospitals Health Insurance Companies Insurance 110

Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 2, 2024

At a time when pharmacist burnout and turnover is higher than ever before, talent retention is increasingly a strategic imperative for hospitals.

Hospitals 120

Hospitals 120

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 120

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 12, 2024

Nearly all hospitals’ websites collect and transmit user information to third parties, yet most do not have privacy policies that tell the visitors who exactly will be receiving those data, accordi | A recent study warns that many hospitals' user tracking and disclosure practices could open their organizations up to lawsuits.

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Hospitals 99

STAT

MARCH 6, 2024

Some hospital systems have started charging patients for digital messages to their doctors via the electronic medical record, either a flat rate (like a copay) or on sliding scale depending on the time or complexity of the physician’s response. Thinking about messaging your physician about a weird rash? You may want to hold off on it.

Hospitals 120

Hospitals Medical Records Insurance 120

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 25, 2024

Four in five nonprofit hospitals are spending less on community benefit areas like financial assistance than what they are estimated to receive in tax breaks, according to the latest annual report | Even after accounting for discounted care and community benefit investments, the money 2,425 nonprofit hospitals saved through tax breaks in 2021 would (..)

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Hospitals 113

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Broadly speaking, the hospital sector is a much stronger state financially than it was in 2022 or even early 2023 amid industry reports of higher medians and margin improvements being shared by sev | A review of hospitals' 2023 operating numbers show 40% are still losing money going into 2024 and that high-performing hospitals are "effectively (..)

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Hospitals 117

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Tiene Bauters, PharmD PhD, Pharmacy Department , Ghent University Hospital in Belgium, offers her take on what’s hot on the horizon for hospital pharmacy in 2024. These will undoubtedly present great opportunities for hospital pharmacists and their teams.

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Hospitals Health and Personal Care Stores Medical Records Compounding 111

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 3, 2024

The program, and its complementary effort targeting manufacturers, would require new authorities from Congress.

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Hospitals 116

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A recommendation on the 2024 Measures Under Consideration list, brought forward by the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH), would add a quality measure in the Medicare Advantage (MA) star rating | The Federation of American Hospitals is pushing CMS for the inclusion of a star ratings quality measure that shows how often insurers overturn or uphold (..)

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Insurance Hospitals 127

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 117

STAT

JANUARY 8, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — If you learned anything about nonprofit hospitals on the first day of the J.P. Making money outside of patient care — or “revenue diversification,” if you prefer industry jargon — has always made appearances on hospital slides at the annual investor conference in San Francisco.

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Hospitals Patient Care Insurance 130

STAT

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Five years after investor-owned HCA Healthcare took over an esteemed nonprofit hospital in North Carolina, Medicare is threatening to cut off payment for any services it provides seniors. The rare and dramatic move follows a Medicare revelation that patient safety is in “immediate jeopardy” at Mission Hospital in Asheville.

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Hospitals 114

Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 26, 2024

In hospital pharmacies, roughly 2% of pharmacy spend can be overcharge.

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Hospitals 139

STAT

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The two leaders of the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday launched a bipartisan investigation into private equity ownership of hospitals in the United States, citing concerns that such arrangements are bad for both health care providers and patients. in a statement.

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Hospitals 141

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 19, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s campaign against healthcare worker burnout took a step forward this week with the release of a new instructional guide for executive-level hos | The free resource was developed alongside the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation and informed by a six-month, six-hospital pilot across CommonSpirit (..)

Hospitals 133

Hospitals 133

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has been working through a “cybersecurity matter” since Wednesday that has led the organization to take its phone, email and Epic MyChart systems offline, accor | Illinois' largest pediatric care provider said it took down its systems preemptively on Wednesday, leading to disruptions across its hospital and (..)

Hospitals 125

Hospitals Communication 125

STAT

MARCH 12, 2024

Steward Health Care’s Massachusetts hospitals are on the brink of financial disaster. But in many important ways, Steward’s troubles are just a symptom of a larger crisis engulfing the entire industry.

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Hospitals 104

STAT

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Physician staffing firms, flailing in the wake of a federal law banning surprise bills, are demanding extra payment from hospitals to stay afloat. Hospitals, desperate for doctors to staff their facilities, have little choice but to comply. It’s a big topic of conversation on for-profit hospital earnings calls.

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Hospitals 134