As rising interest rates push the cost of debt higher, heavily leveraged health systems are cutting back and selling assets, creating growth opportunities for financially stronger players ready to capitalize on the shake-up.
Advanced nursing students face an uphill battle securing clinical placements, often navigating a fractured educational system that can leave them unprepared to enter the workforce, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Dec. 16.
A concern voiced by public figures — including President-elect Donald Trump and his nominee for HHS secretary, Robert Kennedy Jr. — is that the number of vaccines administered to children may overwhelm their immune systems and contribute to
In March, MultiCare Health System joined Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co.'s Marketplace and accessed 125 generics at a discounted price. Between April and October, the partnership saved MultiCare $1 million.
The CDC used patient-level EHR data to plot hypertension rates across the U.S. with hopes the information will inform county-level public health programs and initiatives, according to a study published Dec. 5 in Preventing Chronic Disease.
Dallas-based Steward Health Care has filed a closure notice for its Sharon (Pa.) Regional Medical Center after Meadville (Pa.) Medical Center withdrew its proposed transaction of the hospital.
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit against Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, alleging the company violated state consumer protection and data security laws after a February ransomware attack.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has issued a warning to Sanofi over its plan to implement a new credit model for sales of certain covered outpatient drugs, threatening to remove the pharmaceutical company from the 340B Drug Pricing
Adventist HealthCare's 2025 strategy is focused on improving access to care and addressing health inequities, particularly in inpatient services across its market, CEO John Sackett told Becker's.
An internal AI chatbot developed for Optum employees was inadvertently left publicly accessible online, allowing unrestricted access via a web browser, TechCrunch reported Dec. 13.