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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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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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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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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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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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Cleveland hospitals delay surgeries due to COVID-19 spike
The organizations said they’re experiencing “unprecedented demand” for inpatient care, leaving many facilities at near-full capacity. December 6, 2021 /…
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Combating COVID and a workforce crisis, hospitals call for more financial relief from Congress
by Dave Muoio | November 4, 2021 For months, hospitals large and small have sounded the alarm on a labor crisis that is…
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Stryker Expands Its Mako SmartRobotics Footprint To Reach More Veterans And Military Suffering From Joint Pain
Stryker continues to work with United States VA and military hospitals to provide the leading robotic joint replacement technology to…
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Financial
Final rule ups financial penalties to hospitals that ignore price transparency regulation
Providers speak out against 340B drug pricing cuts of nearly 30%. November 3, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing Editor The Centers…
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Stratasys Partners With Ricoh to Deliver Point-of-Care Anatomic Modeling Solution
Partnership opens access and removes barriers to point-of-care medical models for hospitals and clinicians November 1, 2021 EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.…
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Moody’s: Rising costs will slow hospitals rebuilding margins to pre-COVID-19 levels
Operating cash flow margins for nonprofit hospitals fell to a median 7% in 2020. October 26, 2021 / Susan Morse, Managing…
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Hospitals paying $24 billion more for labor during the COVID-19 pandemic
Clinical labor costs are up by an average of 8% per patient day, translating to $17 million in additional annual…
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Financial
Will bonuses and benefits be enough to tackle healthcare’s workforce shortages?
by Dave Muoio | October 5, 2021 The provider industry is caught in the midst of a widespread labor crunch that, according to recent…
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HCA to purchase 5 Utah hospitals from Steward Health Care
by Dave Muoio | September 21, 2021 HCA Healthcare has signed a deal to acquire the operations of five Utah hospitals from Steward…
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COVID-19
CMS to require staff at hospitals and other facilities to get COVID-19 vaccine or risk funding loss
by Robert King | September 9, 2021 The Biden administration is moving to require all Medicare and Medicaid facilities to vaccinate their workforce,…
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