Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Over 250 hospitals and health systems came together this week urging House and Senate leaders to again postpone or eliminate billions in funding cuts to the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital | The payments offsetting hospitals' uncompensated care costs are scheduled to dip by $8 billion annually beginning Oct.

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Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 25, 2023

Health system hospitals, physicians deliver 'marginally' better care at higher cost than independent peers: study dmuoio Wed, 01/25/2023 - 13:52

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Hospitals 263

Fierce Healthcare

JANUARY 24, 2023

Hospital, health system boards saw low turnover, slow diversity gains from 2018-2022, AHA finds dmuoio Tue, 01/24/2023 - 10:23

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Hospitals 272

Fierce Healthcare

AUGUST 17, 2023

Two of Portland, Oregon’s leading healthcare providers announced plans Wednesday evening to merge and form a 10-hospital, $6.6 billion health system. Should the nonprofits' deal close, the resulting system would pull more than $6 billion in annual revenue and become the largest employer in the Portland, Oregon, metro area.

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Hospitals Healthcare Providers Healthcare 130

Fierce Healthcare

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Beaumont Health, Spectrum Health complete 22-hospital merger to form Michigan's largest health system. Tue, 02/01/2022 - 09:54.

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Hospitals 246

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Levine: Hospitals, health systems must do part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thu, 11/04/2021 - 15:08.

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Hospitals 320

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Intermountain Healthcare, SCL Health unveil plans to form 33-hospital, $14B system. Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:44.

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Hospitals Healthcare 324

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Hospitals across multiple states have reopened their emergency rooms but continue to face disruptions after parent company Ardent Health Services was hit by a ransomware attack a week ago.

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Hospitals 344

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Ascension, AdventHealth are breaking up Amita Health, their 19-hospital joint system. Thu, 10/21/2021 - 17:40.

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Hospitals 276

Fierce Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

UnityPoint Health, Henry Ford Health System expand SNF- and hospital-at-home care services with new partnerships. Thu, 09/30/2021 - 17:06.

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Home Care Hospitals 272

HIT Consultant

APRIL 12, 2024

of US physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems, or corporate entities. Over 19,100 physicians left independent practices to join hospitals, health systems, or corporations in 2022 and 2023 alone. This includes ownership by health insurers, private equity firms, and large pharmacy chains.

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Hospitals Regulations 98

Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente recruit 11 health system partners for new hospital-at-home advocacy coalition. Wed, 10/13/2021 - 16:27.

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Hospitals 304

Health Care Dive

JANUARY 9, 2024

An analysis of cash on hand suggests that, despite declining operating margins, some nonprofit health systems had enough of a financial cushion to weather tough operating conditions in 2022.

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Hospitals 259

Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wisconsin's Bellin Health, Gundersen Health System to close 11-hospital merger on Nov. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 16:13.

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Hospitals 130

NASHP

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) just launched a hospital and health system financial data learning collaborative with 10 states, with the support of Arnold Ventures. The post NASHP Launches Hospital and Health System Financial Data Learning Collaborative appeared first on NASHP.

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Hospitals Medicaid Medicare 64

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 12, 2023

Vijay Kedar, Co-Founder and CEO at Tomorrow Health. As the financial markets turned south, many institutions saw their investment income stagnate, reducing the support it historically provided to hospitals’ thin operating margins. Growing surgical revenue will continue to be a top priority for health systems into 2023.

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Hospitals Life Sciences Patient Safety Quality Improvement 98

HIT Consultant

MARCH 23, 2023

What You Should Know: – Vital , an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital health company improving the patient experience, today announced that it has raised $24.7M Vital is a leader in the acute care patient experience with over 100 hospitals and 31 health systems nationwide.

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Hospitals Patient Experience Healthcare Providers Healthcare 98

Fierce Healthcare

JULY 12, 2023

The Wisconsin and Minnesota nonprofits' announcement is the latest in a string of large-scale health system mergers brewing in the Midwest.

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Hospitals 246

NASHP

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Health care affordability continues to be a priority across states. States enacted legislation on the following topics: facility fees; health care market oversight and certificate of need; competition; community benefits; transparency and oversight; surprise billing; and 340B transparency.

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Hospitals Medicaid Quality of Care Medicare 72

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

What You Should Know: – Hospitals’ financial performance declined slightly in September compared to the previous month, according to the latest National Hospital Flash Report from Kaufman Hall. Across the board, there was a decrease in patient volume during this period compared to 2022.

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Hospitals Healthcare 69

Health Care Dive

AUGUST 25, 2022

The trend of attacks focusing on a systemic technology used across most providers is one that cybersecurity firm Critical Insights expects to continue throughout the remainder of the year.

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Hospitals 215

HIT Consultant

MAY 4, 2023

Don Kelly, Manager of the Virtual Information Security Program at Fortified Health Security It’s a fact: More than 80% of data breaches involve a human in some way. The answer is training, continual training to help create a culture of security within your hospital or health system. But what about a suspicious email?

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Hospitals Accountability Doctors Healthcare 97

Home Health Care

MARCH 28, 2023

Since Allina Health formed Inbound Health in 2020, the hospital-at-home and SNF-at-home enablement platform has helped the Minneapolis-based health system deliver more than 5,000 home-based acute care episodes. Prior to Inbound Health, this level of care didn’t exist at Allina Health.

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Hospitals Nursing 71

NASHP

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Policy Tools to Lower Hospital and Health System Costs December 1, 2022. This toolkit is a resource for state policymakers interested in strategies to address high and rising hospital and health system costs. Q&A: What can states learn from the hospital cost tool? Resources: .

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Hospitals Primary Care Regulations Medicare 64

NASHP

JULY 28, 2023

To apply to NASHP’s Hospital and Health System Financial Data Learning Collaborative, please complete this brief application. This learning collaborative will engage up to six teams of state leaders to educate and empower states on how to use hospital and health system financial data to help them achieve state policy goals.

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Hospitals Medicaid 52

Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The hospital-at-home concept was pioneered over two decades ago at Johns Hopkins. That means there are a lot more home-based care players by nature, including tech-enabled companies like Biofourmis and Luna, which are trying to help enable hospital-at-home models as part of their business plans. But in the U.S, But in the U.S,

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Home Care Physical Therapy Hospitals 100

Home Health Care

JUNE 26, 2022

Contessa Health, an Amedisys Inc. Nasdaq: AMED) company, has teamed up with Memorial Hermann Health System to provide home-based care services to its patients. Contessa Health is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and delivers high-acuity care in the home. And by partners, I mean health systems and health plans.

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Hospitals Rehabilitation Home Care Patient Experience 87

NASHP

JULY 27, 2023

This webinar will offer an opportunity for state officials to talk with NASHP staff about any questions regarding the application for NASHP’s Hospital and Health System Financial Data Learning Collaborative. If you have any questions or any trouble registering, please email Zoe Torrey. Wednesday, August 23, 2–3 p.m.

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Hospitals 52

HIT Consultant

JANUARY 18, 2024

What You Should Know: Hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions activity in 2023 was driven by increased pressure on operations and finances, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest analysis of healthcare transactions. – This whirlwind of transaction activity resulted in $38.4

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Hospitals Integration Healthcare 52

Home Health Care

APRIL 5, 2024

The hospital-at-home movement continues to gain steam. Boston Medical Center (BMC) on Wednesday announced the launch of its new hospital-at-home program. BMC traces its roots back to the merger of Boston City Hospital and Boston University Medical Center Hospital in 1996.

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Hospitals Medicaid Medical Services Nursing 45

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 17, 2024

Health systems across the country face the same pressing problem — rising levels of burnout among physicians. A growing number of hospitals and health systems are betting on advancements in AI as part of the cure for what ails physicians. It’s a challenge that’s reaching a crisis point. |

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Hospitals 277

Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 7, 2024

Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company has found its first national health system buyer for hospital drugs currently in short supply. | The 71-hospital for-profit is the first national health system buyer to cut a deal with the billionaire-backed generic drug maker.

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Hospitals 342

NASHP

AUGUST 31, 2023

States need not know exactly how they will use hospital and health system data or what potential policy interventions they may develop , but applicants should describe what they are looking to learn from the collaborative and how they intend to employ skills gained over the course of their participation.

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Hospitals 52

Healthcare It News

APRIL 21, 2024

Private healthcare group IHH Healthcare has moved several on-premise database systems of its hospitals across Malaysia and Singapore to the cloud. Meanwhile, IHH Malaysia consolidated its data systems, including patient management system, appointment booking system, LIS, and billings, and migrated them to Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer.

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Healthcare Private Healthcare Hospitals Patient Experience 239

Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Enterprise Taxonomy: Node settings: Exclude from Accelerate RSS feed

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Hospitals 245

Healthcare It News

APRIL 8, 2024

Island Hospital, a private quaternary hospital in Malaysia, is providing a case for this by building an integrated health ecosystem that fosters cooperation and collaboration among stakeholders. Island Hospital is using Vesalius, the hospital and clinical information system by Nova. "The VESALIUS.m

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Prevention Integration Hospitals Doctors 243

Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 11, 2024

Hospitals and health systems have kicked off the calendar year with a flurry of merger and acquisition deals reflecting several different strategic trends driving providers in 2024. |

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Hospitals 284