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FTC sues to block merger of device coatings companies

Date
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 11:36 AM
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The Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit to block private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings from acquiring Surmodics, a medical technology company, arguing the deal would reduce competition for critical device coatings. 

Mercy hospital nurses reject tentative labor deal

Date
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 10:59 AM
Description

Nurses at Mercy Health—Allen Hospital in Oberlin, Ohio, represented by the Ohio Nurses Association and AFT, have rejected a tentative labor contract, with 94% of nurses voting "no," according to a March 10 union news release shared with Becker's.

A closer look at the Duke Health-Novant partnership

Date
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 10:28 AM
Description

In early March, Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System and Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health shared plans to expand care through a partnership that will build new campuses across North Carolina.

Texas pharmacy owner to forfeit $405M tied to fraud scheme

Date
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 9:50 AM
Description

In the highest forfeiture secured by the Justice Department's health care fraud unit, a federal court ordered a Texas pharmacist to forfeit $405 million in assets tied to fraud and money laundering schemes. 

Former Virginia nurse faces additional charges in NICU abuse case

Date
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 9:25 AM
Description

A former nurse at HCA's Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Va., is now facing eight counts of abuse and malicious wounding after several infants in the hospital's neonatal ICU were found with unexplained fractures while under her care, according

Meet the Jefferson Health executive unifying cardiovascular care

Date
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 - 9:23 AM
Description

In January, Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health appointed Joseph Bavaria, MD, as executive director of the Bruce & Robbi Toll Heart and Vascular Institute. He was also named chair of the department of cardiac surgery at Thomas Jefferson University's