Today's Top 20 Healthcare News Articles

  1. 10 best states for healthcare: US News

    Kelly Gooch -
    Among states, Hawaii ranks No. 1 overall for healthcare, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual best states rankings published May 7. 

  2. CMS gives California hospital chance to keep Medicare contract

    Kelly Gooch -
    CMS has rescinded its April 11 determination to terminate Modesto, Calif.-based Stanislaus Surgical Hospital's Medicare contract.

  3. CommonSpirit's most recent executive appointments

    Kelly Gooch -
    Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health is a nonprofit, Catholic health system of more than 2,200 care sites in 24 states.

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  1. Medicare's financial picture brightens slightly

    Rylee Wilson -
    Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund is expected to run out in 2036, five years later than the fund's trustees projected last year. 

  2. MD Anderson gets $20M gift to boost neurodegenerative research

    Erica Carbajal -
    The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has received a $20 million gift from a longtime donor that will go toward advancing research on Alzheimer's and other types of neurodegenerative diseases. 

  3. HCA accused of withholding pay of 1,000 workers

    Kelly Gooch -
    HCA Healthcare faces a lawsuit alleging its Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health illegally kept pay from at least 1,000 employees, the Citizen Times reported May 6.

  4. Baptist Health settles False Claims allegations for $1.5M

    Naomi Diaz -
    Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health has agreed to pay $1.5 million to address accusations of breaching the False Claims Act. 

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  1. The 'dawn of a new era' for Tenet

    Andrew Cass -
    Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare started 2024 with a hospital selling spree that netted nearly $4 billion in gross proceeds. 

  2. 30 health systems with strong finances

    Andrew Cass -
    Here are 30 health systems with strong operational metrics and solid financial positions, according to reports from credit rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody's Investors Service released in 2024.

  3. How Mayo Clinic Platform is supporting providers

    Naomi Diaz -
    In an era marked by an abundance of options in the health IT marketplace, Mayo Clinic Platform aims to get proven tools to healthcare providers. 

  4. U of I Health Care rolls out new branding

    Naomi Diaz -
    Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care has rolled out the first phase of its rebranding initiative. 

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  1. FTC wants more information on Novo's $16.5B deal to boost Wegovy production

    Erica Carbajal -
    In February, Novo Nordisk agreed to buy Catalent for $16.5 billion. The Federal Trade Commission has since requested more information from the companies as it reviews the deal, The Wall Street Journal reported May 3. 

  2. PeaceHealth broadens sustainability efforts

    Paige Twenter -
    PeaceHealth has tapped its first program director of environmental stewardship as it expands sustainability projects, the 9-hospital system said May 3.  

  3. Steward hospitals by state

    Andrew Cass -
    Dallas, Texas-based Steward Health Care filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 6. 

  4. 10 best, worst states for mental healthcare

    Kelly Gooch -
    Five of the top 10 best states for mental healthcare are in the Northeast, and six of the top 10 worst states for mental healthcare are in the South, according to a new Forbes Advisoranalysis.

  5. The patient population most at risk of ED boarding

    Mariah Taylor -
    Of the roughly 10% of patients that were boarded in emergency departments, an estimated 30% to 50% were adults 65 and older, KFF Health News reported May 6.

  6. Bill proposes paying hospitals for maintaining drug stockpiles

    Paige Twenter -
    Following an HHS proposal, a Senate committee penned a bill to incentivize hospitals and other healthcare supply chain stakeholders for their drug shortage mitigation strategies, including stockpiles. 

  7. Essentia targets growth, payer alignment amid margin pressure

    Laura Dyrda -
    Douglas Arvin, West Market vice president and CFO of Essentia Health, has deployed multiple strategies to improve access and margin performance over the last few years.

  8. NYU Langone Health, Long Island hospital inch closer to merger

    Naomi Diaz -
    New York City-based NYU Langone Health expects its merger with Patchogue, N.Y.-based Long Island Community Hospital to be completed in about a year, a spokesperson for the health system told Becker's. 

  9. How Mass General Brigham provides emergency care at home

    Giles Bruce -
    Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham now treats patients needing emergency or urgent care at home.

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