Private equity regulation vetoed | Ransomware hit 67% of healthcare | California abortion lawsuit | UPMC's $50M private jet

Assembly Bill 3129 would have given the California Attorney General oversight of all private equity investments or purchases involving a healthcare entity. Gov. Gavin Newsom argued that a similar regulatory framework is already in place. 

A new survey from a cybersecurity firm shows ransomware attacks are increasing in frequency and healthcare entities are facing ever-higher demands. 

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing Providence St. Joseph Hospital to discourage an incident like this from happening in the future. 

Pittsburgh Medical Center CEO Leslie Davis used the jet to travel around the world, flight logs show. 

The drugmaker is voluntarily withdrawing Oxbryta from the market due to a higher-than-acceptable risk of death.

A federal judge in California ruled existing evidence of the negative effects of fluoride in drinking water warrants an investigation and potential action from the Environmental Protection Agency. 

The employee fell for a phishing scam that gave an unknown hacker access to the academic hospital’s email system. 

Six companies have settled with the city for as total of over $402M. Two remaining defendants, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen, will test their luck in court.

The 2016 payout totaled $770 million, with $71 million going to executives at Steward Health Care. That year, the hospital chain reported a net loss of $300 million. 

It allows providers to quantify changes in tumor size throughout patients’ treatment in real-time, providing early indications of efficacy and enabling adjustments as needed.

Today's heart teams already face a number of challenges on a day-to-day basis.  New data suggest they could soon be treating more patients than ever before.