Hospitals: Page 3
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Novant hires cyber exec from CommonSpirit
Sanjeev Sah will take on the chief information security officer role at the North Carolina-based health system after more than three years at CommonSpirit Health.
By Emily Olsen • June 25, 2024 -
For-profits performed worse on ‘most socially responsible’ hospital rankings
For-profit hospitals represented an outsized portion of low grades on an index from the Lown Institute measuring equity, care value and patient outcomes.
By Sydney Halleman • June 25, 2024 -
Trendline
Payer/Provider relationships
As M&A intensifies and companies embrace more holistic and value-based care models, partnerships have become more closely intertwined.
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HHS finalizes info blocking penalties for providers
Providers pushed back against the disincentives, with the Medical Group Management Association calling them “unnecessarily punitive.”
By Emily Olsen • June 25, 2024 -
Kaiser-owned Risant to buy North Carolina system Cone Health
If the deal goes through, it will be Risant’s second acquisition after the nonprofit hospital venture was launched last year.
By Susanna Vogel • June 24, 2024 -
Federal judge sides with providers, nixes online tracker guidance
A federal court in Texas ruled regulators exceeded their authority in limiting providers’ use of online tracking technologies.
By Emily Olsen • June 24, 2024 -
Steward further extends asset sale timeline. More delays could follow.
Steward has again delayed the sale timeline for several of its assets, including its physician group Stewardship Health.
By Susanna Vogel • Updated July 16, 2024 -
Opinion
Price transparency enforcement is a shared responsibility
A principal strategist at Turquoise Health argues that regulatory enforcement is crucial for hospitals to post files compliant with price transparency goals.
By Carol Skenes • June 20, 2024 -
Novant calls off plan to purchase CHS hospitals following FTC challenge
Novant abandoned its merger plans after an appellate court granted federal regulators more time to challenge the deal.
By Susanna Vogel • June 20, 2024 -
Change Healthcare cyberattack
CMS to end Change Healthcare cyberattack financial relief program
The Medicare funding program, which launched in March to ease cash flow challenges for providers, will stop accepting applications July 12.
By Emily Olsen • June 18, 2024 -
Tracking Steward's decline
Lawmakers ask Department of Labor to protect Steward workers
Steward has a vested interest in keeping workers happy. Its assets, which the health system plans to sell this summer, could lose value if physicians quit.
By Susanna Vogel • June 18, 2024 -
By the numbers: The impact of the Ascension cyberattack
The health system, one of the largest nonprofits in the country, lost access to its electronic health record, patient portal and some phone systems after the attack in early May.
By Emily Olsen • June 17, 2024 -
Change Healthcare cyberattack
Biden administration gives providers grace period to open surprise billing arbitration
Because of the cyberattack on Change Healthcare earlier this year, providers say they’re having difficultly getting the necessary information from plans required to kick off the dispute resolution process.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 17, 2024 -
VA extends EHR modernization contract with Oracle
Despite patient safety and technical concerns plaguing the years-long rollout of the new electronic health record, the Department of Veterans Affairs extended its contract with Oracle for another 11 months.
By Emily Olsen • June 14, 2024 -
Tracking Steward's decline
Steward contends with possible facility closures
State regulators, workers and creditors reacted to Steward's new loan terms, which demand the health system transition or close facilities that don't sell at auction.
By Susanna Vogel • June 14, 2024 -
Protected health data may have been compromised during Ascension cyberattack
Hackers gained access to the major nonprofit’s systems early last month after a worker accidentally downloaded a malicious file, Ascension said.
By Emily Olsen • June 13, 2024 -
Q&A
Complex environments, 24/7 availability: Why cybersecurity poses a unique challenge for hospitals
Andrew Carney from HHS agency ARPA-H explains why hospitals struggle with cybersecurity and talks about a new program that aims to help them defend their technology environments.
By Emily Olsen • June 13, 2024 -
White House partners with Microsoft, Google on cybersecurity for rural hospitals
The technology giants will offer free or low-cost cybersecurity tools to rural hospitals, which often have limited resources to combat the rising number of cyberattacks.
By Emily Olsen • June 12, 2024 -
Court strikes down FTC’s latest attempt to block Novant-CHS deal
This is the second time a district court has shot down the antitrust agency’s request to stop the deal.
By Susanna Vogel • June 12, 2024 -
Tracking Steward's decline
Steward secures $225M days before it was set to run out of cash
The health system found financing after its original backer Medical Properties Trust declined to provide more funds. Steward will present the deal in federal bankruptcy court later this week for final approval.
By Susanna Vogel • June 11, 2024 -
Prospect files suit demanding Yale New Haven purchase its three Connecticut hospitals
The health systems have been at odds over the deal, which was first announced in 2022.
By Susanna Vogel • June 10, 2024 -
9th Circuit orders new $411M antitrust trial for Sutter Health
The California health system beat allegations of anticompetitive conduct in 2022. But a new ruling says the original jury didn’t hear the full story.
By Susanna Vogel • June 7, 2024 -
Q&A
Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine’s outgoing CEO on how technology aids student learning
Before his job as CEO ends this summer, Mark Schuster spoke with Healthcare Dive about the new medical school and how immersive technologies can aid instruction.
By Brian T. Horowitz • June 6, 2024 -
FTC cannot block $320M Novant, CHS deal
A federal court struck a blow to antitrust regulators on Wednesday when it ruled that Novant’s purchase of two hospitals from CHS could go through, arguing the deal seems likely to promote competition in North Carolina.
By Susanna Vogel • June 6, 2024 -
Under the watch of the attorney general, Northwell overhauls charity care policy
New York's largest health system will expand its financial assistance policies following a review from the state attorney general.
By Susanna Vogel • June 5, 2024 -
House subcommittee lands on transparency for 340B reform
Based on the Oversight and Investigations hearing, political will in Congress seems slim to cut back the 340B program — without a clearer view of how hospitals are using the funds first.
By Rebecca Pifer • June 5, 2024