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Hospitals
Northwell Hospitals Designated Advanced Spine Centers of Excellence
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, LIJ Valley Stream and North Shore University Hospital among five hospitals nationally to earn elite…
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Financial
Hospitals’ per patient labor spend increased 37% from 2019 to Q1 2022
By Dave Muoio / May 12, 2022 Hospitals across the country have seen their per-patient labor expense increase by more than…
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Financial
Kaufman Hall: Hospital outpatient volumes and revenue rebounds in March
By Robert King / May 2, 2022 Outpatient volumes and revenue for hospitals and health systems showed a robust rebound in…
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Financial
Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% payment increase in 2023
The Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule is expected to increase hospital payments by $1.6B. April 19, 2022, Susan…
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Recon
CMS grants outpatient facility code for insertion of Stryker’s InSpace subacromial balloon spacer
The new code enables greater access to patients and surgeons in the treatment of massive irreparable rotator cuff tears KALAMAZOO,…
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Hospitals
Operating Room Usage of Vuzix Smart Glasses Continues to Expand Via Solution Providers Pixee Medical and Rods&Cones
– Vuzix has been receiving ongoing smart glasses orders from these firms, as well as others within healthcare, as global awareness…
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Spine
Safe Orthopaedics announces the signature of an agreement with the Clinicpartner buying group in Germany
Safe Orthopaedics announces the signature of an agreement with the Clinicpartner buying group in Germany Serving over 200 hospitals in…
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Hospitals
CMS delays the release of hospital star ratings due to a calculation error
The ratings, which will be released in July, will not impact 2022 payment determinations, CMS says. February 16, 2022 /…
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Hospitals
Hospitals see job gains after two months of losses
Despite the gains, employment in healthcare is down by about 378,000 jobs (2.3%) from where it was in February 2020.…
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Hospitals
HCA to build five new hospitals in Texas
The Nashville-based health system has invested approximately $6.6 billion over the last five years, including other expansions currently in progress.…
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Hospitals
Monopoly lawsuit alleges HCA intentionally diverted patients from partner ASCs to its own hospitals
by Dave Muoio | January 20, 2022 A new lawsuit against HCA Healthcare accuses the health system of monopolizing the orthopedic surgery market…
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Hospitals
How many employees have hospitals lost to vaccine mandates? Here are the numbers so far
by Dave Muoio | December 28, 2021 The past several months have seen thousands of hospitals announce COVID-19 vaccination requirements for staff and…
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Hospitals
Massachusetts orders hospitals to cut non-urgent procedures by 50%
The reason is due to a critical staffing shortage that has contributed to the loss of approximately 500 medical/surgical and…
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Financial
Physician income declines when hospitals acquire practices, study shows
Those employed by health systems had about 49% lower Medicare billing, worked more hours per week and were in practice…
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COVID-19
With COVID-19 resurging, New York halts electives at 32 hospitals to preserve capacity
by Dave Muoio | December 7, 2021 Thirty-two New York hospitals facing low capacity due to increased COVID-19 are being ordered to halt…
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